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Cenk Jek Batu

Principal Partner

The Principal Partner. He is a leading international commercial lawyer in Instanbul with over 35 years wealth of experience of Legal Practice in Commercial, Corporate, Property and Civil law combining outstanding experience as a Solicitor and Advocate engaged in Commercial and Corporate practice. He has a special skill in employing its several years of experience in commercial and corporate law practice in negotiating foreign direct investment into Turkey economy sub-sector. His experience in Real Estate Property Law is unrivalled. He is responsible for developing and driving the vision of the Law firm for excellence and Clients satisfaction through valuable solution to Client’s brief or job.

Batu devotes his time focused on achieving the Firms Strategy and supporting Partners in building their relationship with clients. He has introduced several dynamic reforms which seek to improve the way the firm do things for the benefits of the Client’s in rapidly changing and evolving market in Turkey. He is a versatile lawyer and passionate about leadership quality whether dealing with everyone at the firm whether Partners, Associates, members of the society and Client’s.

He graduated in 1981 from the prestigious University of Galatasaray Faculty of Law, 1981, and also bagged his LLM at same university five years later.

He can be reached on [email protected]

Dr. Gökçe Sirasu Kinmuz

Position: Partner

Dr. Gökçe Sarısu Kanmaz is a partner in the Firm and focuses on tax practice. She specializes in tax dispute resolution and management of tax controversies at the administrative and judicial stages, representing Turkish and multinational corporations during the tax audits and tax litigation and management of possible tax controversy risks. Gökçe has also notable experience in advising tax efficient structuring and implementation of tax-free tools. She advises local and multinational corporations on tax law in the technology, healthcare, real estate and fast moving consumer goods sectors.

 

Memberships: Istanbul Bar Association.

Silem Keki

Position:
Partner

Dr. Silem Keki is an expert transactional lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in handling complex cross-border transactions in a variety of sectors, including energy, automotive, construction, FMCG and pharmaceuticals. He advises a wide range of clients from strategic investors to private equity houses and individual investors. He also has significant experience in anti-bribery and other compliance-related matters.

 

Dr. Keki combines his extensive practical experience with a strong academic background. His JD thesis, entitled “Deutsches und türkisches Konzernrecht in der rechtsvergleichenden Betrachtung”, compares the provisions applying to group companies in Germany to those in Turkey.

 

He is a co-author of the 4th edition of the highly reputable “Handbuch Vertragsverhandlung und Vertrags management” published by the Dr. Otto Schmidt publishing house in 2014. He teaches at post-graduate programs and regularly publishes articles on important legal developments and contributes to books.

 

Memberships: Istanbul Bar Association.

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