STG Partners

For us,legal services must be proactive, design-informed, and embedded in our clients’ strategic objectives. We operate at the intersection of law, technology, and innovation—offering high-impact counsel that is commercially sound and sector-specific. We advise multinational corporations, regulated financial institutions, and high-growth tech companies that seek more than transactional legal support—they want partners who understand their business models, risk profiles, and growth plans.

We operate at the forefront of technology, media, and telecommunications law, combining deep sector expertise with a commercially driven approach. We support clients across the full lifecycle of regulated financial technologies—from license structuring and product rollout to governance, cross-border market entry, and regulatory enforcement.

Our core service areas include digital banking, e-money, payment systems, crypto-assets, tokenization, embedded finance, open banking, and DeFi platforms. We regularly advise startups, regional VCs, and established institutions as they navigate evolving regulatory frameworks, including PSD2/PSD3, stablecoins, and the legal design of regulatory sandboxes. We also supportRegTechinnovation and platform governance development.

Our lawyers have led some of the most novel and complex FinTech matters in the Turkish market. These include structuring cross-border wallet infrastructure, handling sensitive DeFi deployments, digital banking infrastructures, and launching hybrid token models that require in-depth knowledge of stock markets, tradable instruments, and capital markets regulation.

Our Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & AI Regulation practice builds compliance by design—covering KVKK/GDPRprogrammearchitecture, incident response and enforcementdefence, cybersecurity frameworks, surveillance and investigatory powers, and AI ethics reviews/algorithmic transparency—connecting horizontal obligations with sector-specific rules to ensure products, data flows, and ecosystems remain regulator-proof.

We routinely assist clients with AML frameworks, fintech-specific compliance programs, and policy design aligned with evolving regulatory standards. Our practice also includes deep expertise in transactional and digital tax strategy. We regularly advise clients on tax structuring, indirect tax, and innovative transactional models tailored to FinTech operations.