Our background: Tekinalp Lawyers is an international law firm that provides a full breadth of legal services to represent all of our clients’ interests. Founded in the 1970’s by Dr. Unal Tekinalp, the firm combines its vast academic knowledge with the highest quality commercial, corporate and practical experience in order to return top-notch work to our clients.
At Tekinalp Lawyers, our goal is excellence.
Our leadership: Under the leadership of Dr. Unal Tekinalp the firm works as a team throughout all projects. Dr. Tekinalp brings a vast array of academic knowledge to our client team. As an author, Dr. Tekinalp has been published extensively in the areas of commercial, banking, corporate and partnership law, as well as banking regulations, capital market securities, accounting, competition and intellectual property law. Dr. Tekinalp is recognized as one of the top commercial and corporate law professors in Turkey.
Our practice areas: Tekinalp Lawyers provides superior legal services in all aspects of the law, with a strong focus on corporate, banking and capital market law. In addition to these three practice areas, the firm also provides services in mergers and acquisitions, competition, intellectual property, international arbitration, and privatization law. Our office is well-known for its tailor-made service and commitment to our clients in all of our practice areas.
Commercial
& Corporate Law
Corporate and commercial law is one of our firms
main practice areas. We advise on difficult commercial transactions which require
specific legal experience. We provide stellar legal advice to commercial clients
and local as well as international law firms.
We have been servicing the Turkish
market in this practice area and leading industry players for 35 years. We have
worked with local clients such as Sabancı Group including Akbank, Anadolu Group, Borusan Group
and international clients such as Cadbury-Schweppes, PLC, Daimler-Benz,
Siemens, Bosch, Oyak Group, Assam/Kibar Group, Pak Group, Thompson CSF, Sogo, Thames Water and Motoren Tirbunen Union.
Our team is extremely current with the best and most
secure interpretation of the upcoming new Turkish Commercial Code, the committee
for which Dr. Tekinalp was the Chairman. This advantage enables us to tailor our
work to the particular needs of every client.
Banking Law
As one of the leading
law firms in Turkey, Tekinalp Lawyers provides legal advice for major banks both
in country and abroad. Our firm’s leader Dr. Tekinalp, has worked as the legal advisor
for Akbank from 1966 to 1992 and was a member of its board from 1992 to 2000.
Our
legal expertise enables us to provide our clients with high quality services in
this practice area. We advise on a wide variety of related topics, from banking
regulations to all relevant agreements, such as loans and credits, to lenders, borrowers
and issuers.
Corporate Finance & Capital Market Law
Tekinalp Lawyers has a vast
amount of experience in providing legal services for domestic and international
financial institutions. Specifically, we specialize in financing, reconstruction,
mergers and acquisitions and capital market operations.
Dr. Tekinalp is especially
active in capital market law and has not only a long-term relationship with the
Capital Markets Board but has played a significant role in the preparation of the
Capital Market Code.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our law firm’s extensive experience
in commercial law has made us one of the most reliable law firms in M&A transactions.
Our services consist of due diligence, preparation of related M&A agreements
and submittal of applications to public entities, including the Competition Authority
and Capital Markets Board. In this practice area, we have worked with local clients
such as Dereli Holding and Kipa and international clients such as Cadbury-Schweppes.
Competition Law
Our law firm plays a key role in matters
of competition, including merger controls, market investigations, agreements, and
obtaining clearance for all fields of business activity. In this practice area,
we advise our clients in the defense and administrative appeal stages with the Competition
Authority and provide timely updates regarding any changes in legislation.
Dr. Tekinalp
is frequently invited to be a guest speaker on competition law at conferences and
seminars organized by the Competition Board, universities and clients.
Intellectual
Property Law
Our firm covers all aspects of intellectual property law such as patents,
trademarks, design rights, advertising and copyright. In this practice area, our
firm also provides assistance and advice on unfair competition, intellectual property
rights and related agreements such as licenses and franchises. Our legal services
are provided in accordance with Turkish Law, combined with interpretations of European
law and related international conventions.
Arbitration
Dr. Tekinalp and his team
provide advisory services to law firms representing clients before arbitral tribunals.
In this practice we service clients to draw up legal documentation and we act
as a liaison with such arbitral tribunals. As a part of the firm’s complementary
advisory services at the enforcement stage of arbitral awards, we provide our clients
and their litigators with legal opinions and draft any necessary legal documentation.
Dr. Tekinalp has conducted numerous arbitration cases. He also appears in international
arbitration tribunals as an expert witness and is occasionally called upon to act
as a referee.
Privatization
In this practice area, we provide a full range of services,
from the due diligence process through the closing stage. We also outsource teams
of professionals, academics and well-reputed lawyers in the sector according to
the specific needs of our clients.
Most recently, Tekinalp Lawyers garnered notice
in this practice area for our work with Erdemir, which advises international investors
and the government on privatization projects.