Turkey

Overview

Çektir&Başarı is a premium full service Turkish law firm with a culture of international performance. We provide high quality legal services in English to several multinational clients such as; distinguished multinational companies, market leaders, financial institutions and government authorities.

Our attorneys are specialized in a broad spectrum of practice areas, including international trade, corporate transactions, foreign investment, company law, capital markets & securities, mergers & acquisitions, energy, competition/antitrust, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals, employment, real estate, and litigation.

Our law firm also provides legal assistance to foreign clients, which desire to invest in Turkey by obtaining necessary permits and enabling them to benefit from government incentives.

Our key strength is our dedication, expertise and strong ability in obtaining positive results on behalf of our clients while providing comprehensive legal services at international standards. With its extensive experience, our law firm has a very well established reputation in practice of Turkish Law and handling international cases.

All our partners are fluent in Turkish and English. In addition, Chinese and German are also spoken by team members.

 

Area of Expertise

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Arbitration
  • Litigation
  • Labor Law – Individual and Collective
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring & Insolvency Law
  • Construction Law
  • International Family Law

 

Key Experience

CSR, SNPTC, CHONGQING SOKON MOTOR (GROUP) IMP.&EXP. CO., OPPO

 

Key Members

AV. BERK ÇEKTİR

Berk Çektir started his law practice in 1996 and is admitted to practice at Istanbul Bar. Berk has the extensive experience in Turkish Company Law, mergers & acquisitions, EPC matters, IP law and corporate practices. He has mainly been advising international and Turkish clients on various aspects of corporate law and represented numerous multinational clients from different jurisdictions.

In addition, Berk has authored numerous articles on legal matters for national and international press published in English. He has also been a featured speaker at seminars, meetings and conferences.

EDUCATION
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.

Bilgi University, LLM

AV. BERK ÇEKTİR

AV. SELÇUK ACARÖZMEN

Selçuk Aacarözmen has been practicing as a lawyer over 15 years. Selçuk has extensive experience in employment law suit. Selçuk also performed as deputy chairman of Karaman Municipality.

EDUCATION

LL.B, Selçuk University, Faculty of Law (1998)

AV. SELÇUK ACARÖZMEN

AV. ÖZLEM ZINGIL

Özlem ZINGIL graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2002 and is admitted to practice at Istanbul Bar Association. Özlem pursued her LL.M degree in business law at Galatasaray University. She is a doctoral candidate in public law at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Özlem spent 10 years in the private sector, respectively as a lawyer at an international law firm and in-house counsel for the construction firm of a large Turkish Holding. With expertise in international and commercial law, Özlem has substantial experience in construction, infrastructure and PPP projects for listed Turkish companies. Özlem is considered an expert in compliance matters assisting and supervising companies in the design, implementation and enforcement of comprehensive enterprise-wide compliance and ethics programmes, and providing compliance training and conducting third party and anti-corruption due diligence.

EDUCATION

PhD candidate, Istanbul Bilgi University, Public Law

LL.M, Galatasaray University, Business Law (2007)

LL.B, Marmara University, Faculty of Law (2002)

AV. ÖZLEM ZINGIL

GİZEM DEMİR

Gizem Demir graduated from Atılım University Faculty of Law and is admitted to practice at Ankara Bar Association. Gizem is specialised in labour law, family law, commercial law suits and executive proceedings.

EDUCATION

Atılım University, Faculty of Law, LLB

GİZEM DEMİR

FEVZİ FURKAN DİNÇ

Furkan Dinç is a trainee lawyer at Çektir & Başarı Law Firm. Furkan worked as trainee attorney earlier in Germany. His practices focus on intellectual property, international law, corporate and commercial law.

EDUCATION

Istanbul Kültür University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.

FEVZİ FURKAN DİNÇ