Kılınç Law & Consulting

Chairman: Levent Lezgin KILINÇ

Managing Partners: 2

Number of partners: 4

Number of lawyers: 40

Languages: Azerbaijani, English, German, Serbian, Swedish, Russian, Turkish.

THE FIRM Kılınç Law & Consulting is a law firm based in Turkey, providing legal services in domestic and international areas. The Firm’s leading services include energy and commercial law, competition law, mergers and acquisitions, including execution of application processes to the competition authority, project finance and consultancy services given to foreign direct investments. Accordingly, our law firm provides daily consultancy services to its clients in employment law, contracts law and capital markets law. Its team is competent to provide necessary legal advice to clients before the national courts and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, with lawyers specialized in maritime law, enforcement and bankruptcy law, and a dispute resolution team specialized in national and international dispute resolution. In addition, Kılınç Law & Consulting, has experience in assisting foreign companies with obtaining work permits, residence permits and the acquisition of Turkish citizenship for their employees.

Kılınç Law & Consulting has extensive experience in assisting their clients before the administrative authorities to ensure they obtain required authorizations, licenses and/or permits for their respective commercial activities. The firm's specialist lawyers pursue and finalize the application process for the client before public authorities in Turkey while ensuring its foreign clients benefit from the incentives that the legislation offers. Following the completion of authorization, licensing and/or permit processes Kılınç Law & Consulting prepares project and financial agreements for its clients by carrying out the relevant negotiation processes and completes the closing and registration processes for its clients.

Moreover, the firm conducts services in order to ensure its clients comply with the ever-changing regulations through our regulation & compliance department with the daily sector-specific feedback on regulatory changes.

In addition to providing consulting services on government relations in multiple sectors, Kılınç Law & Consulting also advises international companies on their investments in Turkey, including company establishment procedures, contract negotiations, completing agreements, restructurings, day to day corporate and operational needs and taking the necessary legal steps against disputes that may arise in the future. Kılınç Law and Consulting, within the scope of its innovation & fintech department; provides services to clients working in the fintech, artificial intelligence, e-commerce and esports sectors and start-up and scale-up companies Kılınç Law & Consulting, through its data privacy department, provides services on compliance with the Personal Data Privacy Law that was amended in 2016 that regulates privacy obligations for companies that has a certain amount of revenue and employees. In addition, Kılınç Law and Consulting provides services to real and legal persons operating in the media and entertainment sector in the fields of advertisement law, digital media, media contracts, press and broadcasting law and internet law through the media and entertainment department.

Kılınç Law & Consulting's goal is to offer preventive precautions and to generate solutions to the legal issues our clients face. The team comprises experienced partners, associates, and paralegals who are fluent in English, German, Arabic, Russian and Azerbaijani.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE

Capital Markets

2 partners, 11 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Seray Ozsoy Yavuz

Email: seray.ozsoy@kilinclaw.com.tr

Competition Law

1 partner, 5 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Seray Ozsoy Yavuz

Email: seray.ozsoy@kilinclaw.com.tr

Contracts Law

1 partner, 4 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Nigar Guliyeva

Email: nigar.guliyeva@kilinclaw.com.tr

Corporate Law

1 partner, 8 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Gulenay Kavcar

Email: gulenay.capkinoglu@kilinclaw.com.tr

Data Protection Law

Employment Law

7 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Başak Kartal Bektimur

Email: basak.kartal@kilinclaw.com.tr

Dispute Resolution

Law 1 partner, 12 fee earners based in Turkey

Contact: Başak Kartal Bektimur

Email: basak.kartal@kilinclaw.com.tr

Energy Law

2 partners, 11 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Seray Ozsoy Yavuz

Email: seray.ozsoy@kilinclaw.com.tr

Fintech & Innovation

1 partner, 6 fee earners based in Turkey

Contact: Duygu Dogan Sahiner

Email: duygu.dogan@kilinclaw.com.tr

Government Relations

1 partner, 5 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Levent Lezgin Kılınç

Email: levent.kilinc@kilinclaw.com.tr

Immigration Law

1 partner, 3 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Habip Taş

Email: habip.tas@kilinclaw.com.tr

Intellectual Property Law

4 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Gulenay Kavcar

Email: gulenay.capkinoglu@kilinclaw.com.tr

M&A

2 partners, 11 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Seray Ozsoy Yavuz

Email: seray.ozsoy@kilinclaw.com.tr

Maritime Law

1 partner, 3 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Duygu Dogan Sahiner

Email: duygu.dogan@kilinclaw.com.tr

Real Estate

3 fee earners based in Turkey

Contact: Mevra Baran Akkoyun

Email: mevra.baran@kilinclaw.com.tr

Regulation & Compliance

1 partner, 5 fee earners based in Turkey

Key Clients: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, PETKİM, TANAP, STAR Refinery, Pasha Holding

Contact: Gulenay Kavcar

Email: gulenay.capkinoglu@kilinclaw.com.tr

SIDE BAR

PRACTICE AREAS

Administrative Cases

Aviation Law

Capital Markets

Competition Law

Contracts Law

Corporate Law

Data Protection Law

Employment Law

Dispute Resolution Law

Energy Law

Fintech & Innovation

Government Relations

Immigration Law

Intellectual Property Law

M&A

Maritime Law

Media & Entertainment Law

Projects

Real Estate

Regulation & Compliance

OFFICES

İstanbul Office

Ayazağa Mah. Azerbaycan Cad. No:3B Vadistanbul, 1B Ofis Blok, Kat:26, BB:58

Sarıyer/İstanbul

Email: info@kilinclaw.com.tr

ASSOCIATED OFFICES

İzmir Office

Kültür Mahallesi, İstiklal Caddesi No:24, K:2, D:6 Aliağa/İZMİR

Email: info@kilinclaw.com.tr

London Office

140 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4SD London - United Kingdom

Email: info@kilinclaw.com.tr

Qatar

Al Sulaiti Law Firm

Doha Tower, West bay Qatar 22nd Floor P.O. Box: 14646, Doha, Qatar

Tel: +974 4466 4066

Email: info@slf-qa.com

Kuwait

Al Yaqout Leagal Group

Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry - 4th Floor Abdulaziz Al- Saqer St, Al-Qibla, Kuwait City, State of Kuwait

Tel: +965 - 22250210 – 22250211

Email: info@alyaqoutlg.com