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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution
Law 1 partner, 12 fee earners based in Turkey
Contact: Başak Kartal Bektimur
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Fintech & Innovation
1 partner, 6 fee earners based in Turkey
Contact: Duygu Dogan Sahiner
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Real Estate
3 fee earners based in Turkey
Contact: Mevra Baran Akkoyun
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

İzmir Office
Kültür Mahallesi, İstiklal Caddesi No:24, K:2, D:6 Aliağa/İZMİR
Email: [email protected]

London Office
140 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4SD London - United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]

ASSOCIATED OFFICES 

Qatar
Al Sulaiti Law Firm
Doha Tower, West bay Qatar 22nd Floor P.O. Box: 14646, Doha, Qatar
Tel: +974 4466 4066
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]