Maral Minasyan
Kolcuoglu Demirkan KoçakliKolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli, whose diverse workload incorporates M&A-related matters, executive employment contracts and incentive plans, ‘is very experienced in employment matters which require market practice and experience of real-life relationships between employers and employees’. Running the team are Okan Demirkan, who ’is very practical and result oriented in the way he works’ and Maral Minasyan, who ‘is a problem-solver like no other’. Elsewhere, Rami Arda Yörükoğlu is often called upon for labour disputes owing to his extensive experience in this area.
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‘Precise advice, good advisory style, practical, and results oriented.’
‘Okan Demirkan is very precise in his advice when addressing certain questions that are posed. He is sufficiently aggressive in his approach. He is very practical and result oriented in the way he works.’
‘Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli is one of the biggest firms in Turkey in terms of number of lawyers employed and volume of the business they hold. It is very experienced in employment matters which require market practice and experience of real life relationships between employers and employees. They consult their clients from a wide perspective by using all legal solutions. The team is experienced in all aspects of the labour law.'
- 'Selin Balkir is an exceptional senior associate. She responds to all legal tasks in a timely manner.’
‘Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli provide clear, concise and commercial advice and consistently impress with their insight into local employment law issues. They are true commercial partners rather than simply providers of legal services.’
‘They are always extremely responsive whenever they are required, which is often on an urgent basis.'
‘Burcu Çınar is always responsive whenever we require advice in his jurisdiction, often to extremely tight deadlines.'
'In all matters whether simple or complex, we always know that Maral Minasyan will resolve them to our benefit. She is a problem-solver like no other.'
Key clients
- Prada
- ABB Limited
- Adidas
- Allianz
- Atlas Technology Solutions
- Axalta Coating Systems
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Binance Holdings (IE) Limited
- DriveNets
- Ethos Energy
- Eurofins
- GTT Communications
- Howden Insurance Brokers
- ICON Plc
- IDP Education
- Infosys
- Jato Dynamics
- Juniper Networks
- Key Travel
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
Work highlights
- Advises Gucci on all aspects of employment law on a retainer basis.
- Advises Tik Tok on several employment law-related matters as well as on its policy making procedures.
- Advises Boston Consulting Group on various Turkish law-related matters including employment law, on a retainer basis.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Okan Demirkan, Maral Minasyan