Head of legal Özlem Akyüz Atamer is the most senior lawyer and leads a legal team of five at Kale Holding, a conglomerate that initially pioneered the ceramics industry in Turkey but now invests in machinery and equipment manufacturing for a diverse range of industries including defence, chemistry, electrical appliances, energy, IT and transportation. The advice with which Atamer dispenses is amidst a background of diverse regulations that come with working for a conglomerate that operates internationally in a number of sectors. Known especially for her facilitation of clear communication lines that exist internally, Atamer explains: ‘the competence of our team is very high for communicating and negotiating with colleagues all around the world. Therefore, we are involved directly with business transactions abroad and guided through them with our foreign colleagues’.