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Since the previous general counsel was transferred to Nestlé headquarters in Switzerland in 2015, the legal team of the transnational Nutrition, Health and Wellness company’s Turkish branch has been headed by Özge Atila. Describing the team’s level of interaction with the business Atila says, ‘in our company culture the legal team is always involved in all business decisions that may have legal and compliance impacts on Nestlé’. As a proactive team, they closely follow regulatory changes and market developments and are involved in a number of industry associations in order to prepare the company ahead of potential impacts on the business. This responsive and business-orientated attitude is further supplemented by the team’s close and constant relationship with the senior management; Atila serves as a member of the management committee, directly providing legal service to the senior management of the company. That aside, the value of Nestlé Turkey’s legal team can be measured by both the limited number of litigations that the company is part of and by the limited incidents that affect it.