Commercial & Corporate Law
Foreign investors cannot trade in Turkey as sole traders except in narrow cases, so incorporation is usually the first step rather than an option. The process is straightforward and the mistakes are expensive: Work permit rules, tax registration, municipal licensing and chamber of commerce requirements each carry liabilities that surface years later. We handle incorporation as a single closed file, from structuring through to the first compliant payroll run, and then stay on the file as ongoing counsel.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisitions involving Turkish targets run on two tracks at once: Turkish commercial law, and, where a foreign buyer is involved, the private international law framework that governs the deal around it. We advise on structuring, due diligence and documentation, with particular attention to regulatory approvals, competition clearance, and the corporate governance requirements foreign buyers routinely underestimate. Where a transaction later produces litigation, the partner who papered it runs the dispute.
International Contracts
A contract between a Turkish party and a foreign one is typically governed by whatever law the parties chose, and enforced wherever the assets are. Those are separate questions and the second is usually the one that matters. We draft and review cross-border supply, distribution, agency and services agreements with attention to choice of law and forum, the practical enforceability of the chosen forum’s judgments in Turkey, and the clauses that determine who bears currency and payment risk. Documented in both languages so neither side is working from a translation.
Tax & Compliance Advisory
Corporate tax, VAT, withholding and sector-specific levies each carry their own compliance requirements, and Turkey changes them often. The consequences of getting them wrong fall hardest on foreign-owned entities, which are least likely to notice a change in time. We advise on tax and regulatory obligations on an ongoing basis rather than at year end, so that a structure which was compliant when it was built stays compliant as the framework moves.
