I.

Arbitration & Insurance Arbitration

Resolution of commercial and insurance disputes through arbitration — from drafting the arbitration clause at the contract stage, to representation in the proceedings and enforcement of the award.

• Representation in Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) proceedings
• Applications and objection panels before the Turkish Insurance Arbitration Commission
• Ad hoc arbitration
• Design of arbitration clauses and agreements
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign awards (New York Convention)
• Pre-arbitral negotiation and settlement
• Actions for annulment of awards

Most arbitration files grow out of a commercial contract; in insurance arbitration, post-award collection depends on enforcement discipline.

II.

International Trade Law

Contractual frameworks and cross-border disputes of exporting and importing companies. Logistics, carriage and delivery disputes born of the commercial life around the port of Mersin form a continuous part of the practice.

• International sale contracts (CISG framework)
• Delivery and risk disputes under Incoterms 2020
• Distribution, agency and franchise agreements
• Letters of credit and trade-finance disputes
• Carriage and logistics contracts
• Contract negotiation and correspondence in English

Trade disputes usually end up in arbitration; the company’s internal structure shapes the contractual design.

III.

Corporate Law & Ongoing Counsel

Meeting the day-to-day legal needs of businesses on a continuing basis: legality of corporate decisions and contracts, pre-transaction risk assessment and protection of corporate order.

• Incorporation, conversions and articles of association
• General assembly and board processes
• Ongoing (monthly) counsel arrangements
• Drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts
• Shareholders’ agreements, share transfers and exits
• Commercial receivables and litigation

Ongoing counsel is the layer where restructuring and dispute files are diagnosed early.

IV.

Family Business Structuring

Legal design of control, capital and generational balance in family companies: conversions, holding structures, privileged share classes and shareholders’ agreements that build the company’s future today.

• Holding and group structures
• Share groups and privileged shares (voting and representation privileges)
• Conversions, mergers and divisions
• Family constitutions and shareholders’ agreements
• Preparing management and representation for succession
• Prevention of minority-rights and shareholding disputes

The purpose of structuring is usually transfer; a structure built without computing the tax burden stays on paper.

V.

Tax Law

Tax is not a separate compartment at the firm but a discipline embedded in every restructuring and transfer. The tax burden is computed before the transaction is designed; where disputes arise, litigation and settlement tracks are pursued.

• Tax design in corporate restructurings (partial divisions, transfer exemptions)
• Tax planning in real estate and share transfers
• Litigation against tax assessments
• Settlement and penalty-reduction procedures
• Inheritance and transfer tax planning
• Tax dimension of foreign trade (VAT refunds, customs disputes)

Tax sits at the centre of the web: it touches structuring, transfers, real estate and trade alike.

VI.

Succession, Estates & Private Wealth

Transferring wealth from one generation to the next while minimising the risk of family conflict. On the planning side, transfer strategies and inheritance contracts; on the contentious side, estate and matrimonial-property litigation.

• Inter vivos transfer strategies and gifts
• Inheritance contracts and wills
• Estate determination, partition and sham-transaction claims
• Liquidation of matrimonial property regimes
• Reserved-share and abatement disputes
• Succession-law dimension of intra-family share transfers

Most wealth consists of company shares and real estate; the plan is built together with the law of both.

VII.

Receivables Management & Enforcement

Managing the receivable portfolios of finance companies and businesses with portfolio discipline rather than single-file logic: periodic reporting, collection-performance tracking and a holistic strategy for realising security.

• Portfolio-based enforcement proceedings and reporting
• Enforcement through realisation of mortgages and pledges
• Actions for annulment and removal of objections
• Negative declaratory and restitution actions
• Representation in concordat and bankruptcy
• Periodic collection reporting and portfolio performance

Corporate receivables arise from contract, are usually secured on real estate, and the collection of arbitral awards also depends on enforcement discipline.

VIII.

Real Estate & Investment Transactions

The transfer, investment and dispute dimension of real estate portfolios: on the transactional side, sale, promise-to-sell and project agreements; on the contentious side, title and lease disputes.

• Sale and promise-to-sell agreements
• Title annulment and registration actions
• Lease agreements and eviction disputes
• Construction-for-flat and project agreements
• Contribution of real estate as capital in kind
• Acquisition of real estate by foreign nationals

A real estate transfer without a tax computation and an estate plan is merely a land-registry formality.