Begüm Biçer İlikay

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution, Ethics and Compliance

Career

Begüm Biçer İlikay joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2016. She became the Firm’s counsel in 2024.

Professional Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association; Middle East Committee Member, Fire Starter

Publications

Co-author of “The International Investigations Review,” Turkey Chapter, 10th-12th editions (the Law Reviews, 2020-2022); “The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review,” Turkey Chapter, 5th-6th editions (the Law Reviews, 2016-2017)

Personal

Galatasaray University School of Law (LL.M., pending); Galatasaray University School of Law (2012); Galatasaray High School (2007)

Languages Spoken

English, French, Turkish

Experience

Begüm Biçer İlikay has strong experience in dispute resolution, compliance and investigations. She represents domestic and international clients before the Turkish Courts, execution offices and other public authorities in a wide range of litigation matters, including commercial and corporate-related disputes, employment-related disputes, administrative lawsuits, enforcement lawsuits, criminal proceedings in relation to white-collar crimes as well as execution and bankruptcy proceedings. Begüm also provides Turkish law advice in connection with disputes pending before foreign courts. She has a vast experience in execution and bankruptcy proceedings as well as the enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.

Begüm is also experienced in advising on the compliance of clients’ business practices with local and international anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations and conducting internal investigations. She was involved in several major investigation processes.