Location: Taxim Hill Hotel – Hill Terrace Restaurant (top floor), Taksim Square. http://www.taximhill.com/

Lawyers included in the panel (please see below for full bios):

Sinan Naipoğlu, LL.M., Managing Partner – BSS PLUS, Business Support Services, Naipoglu Law Firm and Lecturer – Istanbul University, Yeditepe University

Burçin Barlas, L.L.M. Partner – Barlas Uyar Eraslan Law Firm (BUE)

Burcu Çalışkan, LL.M. Senior Associate – Aksan Law Firm

Time: 6-8:30pm

Bios:

Sinan Naipoğlu, LL.M., Managing Partner – BSS PLUS, Business Support Services, Naipoglu Law Firm and Lecturer – Istanbul University, Yeditepe University

Sinan Naipoglu graduated from Istanbul University, Law Faculty and completed his masters (LL.M.) at the University of Westminster-London, specializing in International Commercial Law.

In addition to his work as managing partner at BSS PLUS and the Naipoglu Law Firm, he is a lecturer for “Basic Concepts of Law” and “Business Law” courses at Istanbul University, Business Administration Faculty and “Legal Terminology-English” at Yeditepe University, Law Faculty.  He has been the chair for the “European Union Law and European Human Rights Law” at the Istanbul Bar Association Trainee Lawyer Center since 2003.

Concurrent to his other work, he is a doctoral candidate, completing his doctoral thesis on the topic “Comparison of EU and Turkish Laws on Competition Law and Corporate Governance in Establishing a Functioning Market Economy in Turkey” at the University of Westminster-London.

Areas of Expertise: Corporate and Commercial Law, Competition Law, Real Estate Law, European Union Law, Labour Law, Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law, Human Rights Law, Media Law and Sports Law

Burçin Barlas, L.L.M. Partner – Barlas Uyar Eraslan Law Firm (BUE).

Burcin Barlas graduated from Marmara University, Law Faculty and completed his masters (LL.M) at Stockholm University, specializing in European Union Law.

Prior to incorporating BUE, he worked on many due diligence projects, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and international structuring projects in a variety of sectors, including energy, health, finance, construction, insurance and real estate. Burçin assists his clients with the establishment of all types of business entities, limited liability companies, Joint Stock Companies and REICs (Real Estate Investment Companies).

He has extensive experience handling all aspects of corporate liquidations, insolvencies, restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings, as well as protecting his clients’ rights with debt recovery and other remedies when faced with insolvency.

Burçin’s articles have been published by the Oxford University Press and the World Report of the World Bank, as well as reputable legal web sites, such as mondaq.com. He also organizes lectures for corporations regarding amendments to the new Turkish Commercial Code, promulgated in July 2012.

Besides his membership to the Istanbul Bar association, Burçin is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry and American Chamber of Commerce and is listed in the local legal reference source of the Australian Consulate in Turkey.

Before he started BUE, Burçin worked as a Consultant Lawyer at the legal department of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Areas of expertise: Commercial and Corporate Law, Labor Law, Foreign Investment Law, Contracts and Real Estate.

Burcu Çalışkan, LL.M. Senior Associate – Aksan Law Firm

Burcu Çalışkan graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, School of Law and completed her masters degree (LL.M.) at the University of London, Queen Mary College, specializing in International Commercial Law.

She has comprehensive experience in legal consultancy and has assisted clients active in a variety of sectors such as energy, mining, pharmacy, logistics and production, in relation to their international contracts and International Commercial Law matters, Corporate and Company Law issues as well as Employment, Social Security Law and Work Place Health and Safety Regulations. She has taken part in due diligence examinations and M&A projects. Besides consultancy services, she also provides dispute resolution and litigation services.

She is a qualified lawyer registered to Istanbul Bar. She has given speeches in international seminars.

Areas of expertise: Turkish Employment Law, International Commercial Law, Turkish Commercial and Corporate Law, Social Security and Work Place Health, Litigation and Safety Law