Gökçe’s firmwide focus on technology translates into a disputes practice that demonstrates a significant orientation towards IP. Other recent areas of activity include tax litigation, contentious bankruptcy cases, real estate disputes and white-collar crime matters. Ali Paslı co-heads the group together with Müberra Gürdal, a former judge, and Erkan Sarıtaş, who specialises in criminal law. Associates Başak Taş and Aslihan Kayhan are also noted.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Gökçe has an experienced, practical and extremely fast dispute resolution team. We have been receiving regular and intensive support from Gökçe for the last two years on commercial, IP and real estate disputes. The team identifies the differences between each legal dispute very well.’

  • ‘Gökçe understands tech-related business very well. It has exceptional knowledge on the technical and commercial fronts, besides the legal side. We are grateful for the team's eagerness and sector-specific know-how.’

  • ‘We are working intensively with Ali Paslı, Başak Taş and Müberra Gürdal from Gökçe. Ali Paslı is one of the best in the field of commercial law and intellectual property law.’

  • ‘We work closely with Başak Taş, who always delivers faultless work and handles strict deadlines without exception. Overall, I can say that she is solution-oriented, intensely helpful and talented.’
  • ‘Gökçe consists of lawyers who are experts and competent in their field. The team is always accessible. It understands us and our business very well and is able to create suitable solutions for us. We are faced with many different commercial disputes due to the requirements of our business.’

  • ‘Lawyers use technology effectively, they are open-minded and follow our business as if it was their own.’

  • ‘The team is effective and handles the issues in a detailed way.’

  • ‘In dispute resolution processes, we work with Ali Paslı, Müberra Gürdal and Başak Taş. They handle our case files completely. They have a serious communication network in the courthouses. Cases and disputes are resolved for the benefit of our company.’

Key clients

  • Inheritors of Cem Karaca (Turkish rock star)
  • Zümrüt White Goods
  • Derviş Zaimağaoğlu
  • Kürşat Ufuk Coşkun
  • Biz Cevahir
  • R.Shohat
  • BBraun
  • Dressbest
  • Çelebi Bandırma
  • Gram Games
  • ASB Modern
  • Trendbox
  • Al- Amel LTD.
  • Tervelli

Work highlights

  • Representing the inheritors of Cem Karaca (Turkish rock star) in copyright litigation.
  • Advising Çelebi Hava Servisi before the Turkish Commercial Court in a bankruptcy proceeding between it and a major airline.
  • Representing R. Shohat in a case brought against a bank concerning the bank’s failure to fulfil its duty of care.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ali Paslı, Müberra Gürdal, Erkan Sarıtaş

Other key lawyers

Başak Taş, Aslihan Kayhan