Corporate Law
Corporate Law
The Corporate Law team of Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provides our clients with all the legal consultancy services they need such as legal accompaniment in commercial meetings, interactive connection during the day, regular visits upon request, preparation of monthly and annual reports, and the appointment of lawyers to their headquarters if necessary.
Our commitment is to take an active part in all of the legal processes of our clients.
The main services offered by our Corporate Law Attorney team include:
- The preparation of board of directors resolutions and internal directives
- The amendment of the article of association for local and foreign client companies by taking into account their organizational structure
- The preparation and negotiation of all kinds of contracts needed on a sectoral basis, such as those for concessions, franchises, agencies; loans, work, service, management; licenses, distributorships; transportation, sales, export registered sales; construction, subcontractor; and the review and amendment of existing contracts by our Contract Law Lawyer team and their evaluation from a commercial point of view
- The execution of company merger and acquisition processes, the examination of all kinds of legal documents and due diligence
- The provision of legal consultancy and consultancy services by our Merger and Acquisition Lawyer team
- The establishment of branches or liaison offices of foreign companies in Turkey; the establishment of companies with domestic or foreign capital
- The implementation of the foundation and association establishment transactions requested by the clients, apart from the establishment of a company
- The participation in general assembly meetings
- The provision of legal consultancy services to the client companies and taking necessary actions regarding processes related to the dissolution of the company by court decision, liquidation, or decision of the general assembly, according to the company type
- The excecution of the necessary compliance studies of companies with special and specific laws such as Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and the
- The provision of any training necessary to the company management and employees within the scope of consultancy services
In addition to these, Fırat Gültekin and Partners provide legal consultancy services in the field of company law within the scope of the Foreign Direct Investments Law No. 4875, Turkish Commercial Law No. 6102, and other relevant legislation.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and our Corparate Law Attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Competition Law
Competition Law
The Competition Law Attorney team at Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provide advocacy and consultancy services within the scope of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition and other relevant legislation. Among the services provided, they
- Conduct the necessary inspections to determine whether our clients have engaged in anti-competitive acts in their activities during the investigation and preliminary examination processes by the competition board representation
- Execute objection processes and administrative proceedings against the competition board’s decisions
- File and follow up on lawsuits for the annulment of administrative fines and sanctions
- Provide legal consultancy services to prevent anti-competitive situations in mergers and acquisitions
- Submit applications for exemption
- Detect infringements that can be considered as unfair competition according to the Turkish commercial code, code of obligations, and law on intellectual and artistic works, and prevent such infringements
- File lawsuits for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages
- Bring cases against entities that engage in unfair competition to prevent the abuse of dominant position
In addition, attorneyship and consultancy services are provided in all areas of competition law.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information and referencess about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and Competition Law Attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions
Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provides various services on company mergers and acquisitions. In merge and acquisitions matters, our lawyers analyze the financial, strategic, operational, and other goals of our clients and provide the necessary legal support with their corporate perspective,
Our office assists clients on a variety of issues from asset sales, stock sales, reverse, exit or cash-out mergers, leveraged buy-outs, and employee stock options to venture capital transactions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. We also help our clients access financing with private placements and initial debt or equity public offerings.
Apart from these, we provide for the preparation, negotiation, and enforcement of share transfer agreements and other transfer transaction documents; the execution of all legal and bureaucratic transactions before and after mergers, divisions, or acquisitions; the closing of transactions, as well as consultancy; and advocacy in all similar matters required by the client companies.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information and references about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and our merger/acquisition lawyers. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Commercial Crimes and Anti-Corruption
Commercial Crimes and Anti-Corruption
Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provides legal consultancy and advocacy services to its clients in cases such as:
- Commercial fraud
- Embezzlement
- Smuggling
- Money laundering
- Tax crimes and penalties
- Fraud
- Credit card fraud
- IT crimes
- Customs smuggling
- Abuse of trust and bribery within the scope of Anti-Smuggling Law No. 5607, Tax Procedure Law No. 5237, and Criminal Procedure Law No. 5271
Legal opinions are provided to domestic and multinational companies. During the investigation phase we prepare the complaint petition, apply to the appeal authority against decisions regarding non-prosecution, search and seizure procedures are carried out, clients are represented in hearings during the prosecution phase, legal remedies are taken against court decisions and individual actions by our institution. Including but not limited to these, an interactive consultancy and support service is provided to our clients with our corporate perspective on issues and our law firm takes other necessary actions in this regard.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information about commercial crimes and anti-corruption area. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
The Insurance Law team at Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm represents Turkey’s leading insurance companies in all kinds of disputes arising between insurance and reinsurance companies and the insured within the scope of the Insurance Law, the Turkish Commercial Code and other relevant legislation. We provide fast and effective advocacy, mediation, and consultancy services, and represent our clients in these processes before insurance arbitration commissions with our expert staff.
The Insurance Law team at Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provides fast and effective advocacy, mediation, and consultancy services in the resolution of all kinds of disputes arising between insurance or reinsurance companies and the insured within the scope of the Insurance Law, the Turkish Commercial Code, and other relevant legislation with the sectoral experience as a representative of Turkey’s leading insurance companies. In addition, our expert arbitration staff represent our clients in arbitration processes before insurance arbitration commissions.
Our insurance law team provides legal consultancy services to national and international insurance and reinsurance companies; prepares policies and insurance contracts such as fire insurance policies, personal accident policies, manager liability policies, financial liability insurance policies, commodity transportation insurance, maritime insurance policies; offers opinions on contracts; and represents the clients effectively in insurance arbitration commission.
Our Legal consultancy, negotiation, mediation, and advocacy services are provided to our clients in areas such as the arbitration applications of the insured or third parties and for the settlement of disputes with amicable or alternative dispute methods
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information and references about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and our Insurance Law Attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Banking and Financial Service Law
Banking and Financial Service Law
Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm provides legal services to settle the issues clients encounter within the scope of the organization and operations of banks and other financial institutions. We also provide legal support to ensure the compliance of their clients with regulations, permissions, transactions, and notifications before the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) and Capital Markets Board (CMB) by following the latest banking and finance legislation. We provide legal consultancy and representation services to companies in their relations with financial institutions, such as loan, leasing, mortgage agreements, receivable assignment and factoring transactions and all other transactions before banks and financial institutions.
Please visit our contact page for more information and to reach our office and our banking and finance law attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Construction and Real Estate Law
Construction and Real Estate Law
Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has qualified experience on build-operate-transfer and public and private sector tenders, title deed cancellation and registration cases of all kinds of disputes arising from Zoning Law No. 3194, cases of prohibition of intervention and compensation, and settlement of cases arising from construction and real estate law through litigation and arbitration.
Our team prepares all kinds of contracts originating from construction law such as subcontracting, contracting, real estate sales promise, engineering, FIDIC, and copyright and license. These include construction contracts in return for revenue sharing, turnkey contracts, construction contracts in return for land share, and contracts related to usufruct and right of construction. Our team makes applications before the land registry and cadastre directorates and municipalities regarding the determination of title deed and zoning status, and preparation of deed reports.
Our institution, with experience in the sector since 2005, provides services to the leading construction companies of Turkey involving construction projects from mass housing to large-scale infrastructure.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and our Construction and Real Estate Law Attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
Labor Law
Labor Law
The Labor Law team of Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm offers counseling and advocacy services within the scope of the Labor Law No. 4857 and related legislation. These include but are not limited to:
- Providing human resources management according to sectoral differences, and, if necessary, human resources authorized personnel qualification interviews and legal training
- Issuance of payroll and personal files, employer’s liability insurance policies, and safety misconduct insurance policies on a sectoral basis in occupational accidents
- Taking legal measures within the scope of occupational health and safety
- Providing instant legal support in work accidents and litigious work exits, unfair competition, and confidentiality between the employee and the employer
- Interactive consultation on the issues of filing compensation lawsuits arising from the violation of their obligations
- Filing complaints of abuse of trust due to service related to the actions of the workers against the company and active follow-up of the process.
In addition, we have qualified experience in the preparation and negotiation of employment contracts, the preparation of defense letters and termination notices to be received from the employee regarding dismissal, and legal consultancy service regarding the termination of employment contracts. We provide:
- Follow-up on labor law cases such as reemployment, overtime, annual leave, wages, seniority, notice, national and public holidays, and the effective execution of mediation processes, performance evaluation, preparation of release and rescission agreements
- Preparation and negotiation of protocols regarding the obligations of workers on loyalty, confidentiality, non-compete and personal data protection
- Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, resolution of disputes regarding collective dismissal, liability for occupational accidents, and recourse requests of SSI
- Consultation regarding the fees to be paid in accordance with the Regulation on Employee Inventions
- Inventions made in Higher Education Institutions and Inventions Emerged in Public Supported Projects and other relevant legislation, and conducting arbitration and litigation processes in case of disputes.
Please visit our contact page for more detailed information and references about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and Labor Law Attorney staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.
