About

Mehmet Tekergül is the most senior lawyer at the Volkswagen Doğuş Finansman (vdf) Group Companies, which include a number of business areas including Finance, vdf Insurance, vdf Factoring, vdf Operational Leasing/Fleet and vdf Service. Tekergül can boast a number of initiatives he has overseen in his career, including the establishment of a legal department from scratch, the implementation of a ‘legally secure decision mechanism’ and undertaking the responsibilities of the compliance function and being responsible for adopting a compliance culture. Elaborating on these highlights, Tekergül says, ‘By carrying out these tasks and projects, I had the chance to contribute to achieving the strategic goals of the related companies. I also determined strategic topics in order to ensure business continuity and establish a harmony with the other departments and global policies of the shareholders. Hence, we updated and put into place separate legal procedures regulating each area of our practice such as corporate secretary activities, contract management, regulatory monitoring, litigations and compliance key controls’. Another feature of his tenure with vdf was being involved on a merger transaction with MAN Financial Services-Turkey. Tekergül began his in-house legal career at Şekerbank in 2005. After two years he moved to HSBC in Turkey, spending over seven years there and gaining a number of promotions in the process. He left as head of litigation and global functions in 2015 to join vdf and is currently involved in an asset-based securitisation project which will be a first for a finance company in Turkey.