Bezen & Partners is known for ‘’excellent teamwork and communication that delivers exceptional service to clients’. Serdar Bezen, who is a listed arbitrator at the London Court of International Arbitration, the Shanghai International Arbitration Center and the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center, and Aykut Bakırcı, who focuses on administrative law cases, are the practice heads. ‘Commercially savvy’ arbitrator Yeşim Bezen and ’legal encyclopaedia’ Murat Soylu also play key roles in the practice.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent teamwork and communication among team members that delivers exceptional service to clients.’
‘Expertise in their fields. Dedication. Focus. Availability. Responsiveness.’
‘Great people, agile and proactive.’
‘Yeşim Bezen is a leader in her field in Turkey, commercially savvy and strategically top-notch. Murat Soylu is a legal encyclopaedia, able to analyse quickly very difficult legal questions - and works very hard for his clients.’
Key clients
- Akhisar Güneş Enerji Yatırım Danışmanlık A.Ş.
- Durasil Enerji Yatırım Danışmanlık A.Ş.
- Lumino Elektrik Üretim Ticaret Ve Sanayi Anonim Şirketi
- Ekrem Ekşioğlu Enerji Üretim Ve Sportif Faaliyetler A.Ş.
- Beyza Zapsu Enerji Üretim A.Ş.
- Ghzw Enerji Üretim Anonim Şirketi
- PPC Elektrik Tedarik Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
- Guess Turkey Perakende Satış Mağazacılık ve Tic. Ltd. Şti
- Guess Turkey Giyim İthalat ve Dağıtım Ltd .Şti.
- L.P.
- DIGITALIA FZCO
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Herrenknecht AG
Work highlights
- Advised and assisted Herrenknecht AG, a German construction equipment manufacturer, in relation to the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award issued by the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Türkiye.
- Advising PPC Elektrik Tedarik ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, the Turkish subsidiary of a state-owned conglomerate, during the legal proceedings concerning the annulment of administrative fines imposed against the company for not repatriating export proceeds of electricity trading into the country.
- Advised and assisted Guess? IP holder L.P. in a case involving the closure of counterfeit internet addresses imitating the e-commerce platform of the Guess brand in Türkiye, as well as preventing infringement of the brand rights.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Serdar Bezen, Aykut Bakırcı