Department profile
Yavuz & Uyanık

Employment

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Yavuz & Uyanık

About

Provided by Yavuz & Uyanık

Yavuz & Uyanık’s Employment Team provides comprehensive legal services, combining preventive advisory with effective dispute resolution in employment law. They represent clients at all stages of employer–employee disputes, including receivables, reinstatement and compensation claims, while also advising on pre-litigation risk assessment and strategy.

On the advisory side, the team assists with the drafting and revision of employment contracts, preparation of internal policies and compliance audits in line with applicable legislation. By identifying legal risks, they seek to prevent disputes before they arise and to support sustainable employment relationships.

In both individual and collective employment law disputes, the team act with the experience gained from handling thousands of cases. Taking into account sector-specific dynamics and practices, they offer practical, swift, and result-oriented solutions tailored to the clients’ needs. This extensive experience enables them to develop strategies suited to the unique nature of each dispute and to manage processes efficiently. The experienced team adopts a proactive and holistic approach.

Industries (13)

  • Automotive
  • Cosmetics
  • Maritime
  • Technology
  • Logistics
  • FMCG
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Construction
  • Banking & Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Transportation

Chambers Review

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Employment - Turkey

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Yavuz & Uyanık holds a compact team that is capable of handling employment mandates for domestic and international clients. The law firm is particularly well placed to represent clients in employment litigation, including in unfair dismissal and compensation claims.

Notable practitioners

Mehmet Selim Yavuz is a key contact for this area.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Yavuz & Uyanık goes beyond simply providing legal opinions. It understands your business scope and commercial decisions which enables the firm to guide you in the right direction.

    Employment respondentEurope
  • We particularly value the team's ability to quickly grasp complex factual and legal issues, and to deliver clear, business-focused advice within short turnaround times.

    Employment respondentEurope

Members

Provided by Yavuz & Uyanık

  • Esra Ulcay

    Head of Department

  • Renan Ak

  • Yunus Samet Dikmen

  • Nazan Akyürek Karahan

  • Kübra Çetin

  • İrem Demir

  • Mehmet Selim Yavuz

    Head of Department

  • Murat Uyanık

    Head of Department

  • Mirel Ayşe Arkan

  • Nelin Can Bayrak

  • Yaman Ata Halfeoğulları

  • Hilal Dilek

  • Ata Atıcı

  • Beril Güçlü

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