About

Murat Sümer is the head legal counsel of Otoyol Yatırım ve İşletme, the project company of the multibillion dollar Gebze İzmir Motorway project. In this capacity Sümer manages the in-house legal team which comprises of three lawyers whose responsibilities involve all aspects of corporate governance, contract negotiation and the implementation of a state-of-the-art debt collection system. Sümer has been integral in many aspects relating to the successful implementation of construction and operational strategy for the motorway. Due to the project’s place as first implementer of the “Build-Operate-Transfer” (BOT) framework for a motorway in Turkey, the required solutions for legal strategy and day-to-day execution of the project has required a creative mind-set; something that has been successfully fulfilled by Sümer. Under his proficient management the in-house legal team was instrumental in successfully closing a recent $5bn project finance agreement. To date, the mnotorway project has entered into hundreds of contracts ranging from mid-sized operational contracts to multibillion dollar construction contracts all negotiated and executed by Sümer and his in-house legal team. For his role in seamlessly overseeing these deals in such a high-profile project, Sümer has gained much recognition by both internal colleagues and external peers.