Corporate & Commercial Law

YılmazÜlker provides advisory services across all major sectors, including media, telecommunications, technology, financial services, insurance, pensions, textiles, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, and retail. Our expertise spans the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters.

Our corporate practice includes advising on day-to-day corporate governance, shareholder rights, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, by-laws, signature authorities, incorporation, winding-up, corporate restructuring, exit strategies, and ESG considerations. We work closely with our clients’ boards of directors to deliver strategic and up-to-date guidance tailored to their business needs.

We also support clients in expanding their businesses internationally, including establishing operations and incorporating companies in desired jurisdictions. Leveraging our extensive network of international law firms, we collaborate with local counsel to ensure a smooth and compliant entry into foreign markets.

Real Estate & Construction

One of YılmazÜlker’s key strengths is real estate and construction. Our lawyers distinguish themselves through their successes in practice and academic contributions, their technical expertise, and their active involvement in professional associations within this field.

YılmazÜlker advises contractors as well as landlords in real estate and construction projects. We offer comprehensive legal services for urban transformation projects, real estate transactions, leasing agreements, investments in organized industrial zones, foreign investments, zoning processes and applicable environmental requirements.

We have longstanding relations with industry-leading companies, leveraging a deep understanding of the sector. Recognizing the prolonged duration of sector-specific disputes and the critical importance of time value of money in this sector, we effectively utilize alternative dispute methods, including mediation and settlement in both pre-dispute and dispute phases.

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

As YılmazÜlker, we are aware that TMT businesses require the right mix of industry knowledge and experience. We invest time to understand our client’s strategic objectives, offering relevant and practical advice collaborating with external experts depending on our clients’ needs, with a focus on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, blockchain and the Internet of Things.

We provide legal assistance to a wide range of TMT businesses, primarily companies engaged in e-commerce, gaming, broadcasting and film production as well as start-ups utilizing blockchain, AI, and the Internet of Things in their operations and products. The legal support we provide spans a broad range, from drafting and reviewing sector-specific agreements to managing investment incentive processes and evaluating government incentive systems.

Intellectual Property Law

YılmazÜlker offers strategic advisory services on all aspects of intellectual property law, serving both international and domestic clients. We utilize the latest technological advancements, particularly artificial intelligence, to achieve significant time and cost savings in this area of practice, where technological capabilities make a significant difference.

Our practice encompasses patents, trademarks, copyrights, utility models, industrial designs and domain names. We also offer tailored solutions by drafting IP-related agreements, including actor agreements, production agreements, event organization agreements, advertising agreements, film agreements, and management agreements, ensuring comprehensive protection of your intellectual property rights.

Venture Capital Investments & Start-Ups

YılmazÜlker provides comprehensive legal advisory services to companies at all stages of their lifecycle - whether in the incorporation phase, newly established, or scaling for growth. Our services focus on managing investor relations, structuring capital injections, drafting shareholders’ agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights.

We bring in-depth knowledge of heavily regulated industries where start-ups are particularly active, such as gaming, FinTech, BioTech, CleanTech, and Healthcare. This allows us to deliver reliable assessments of regulatory frameworks and tailored legal solutions to help our clients navigate these complex sectors with confidence.

In addition, we advise venture capital investors throughout all stages of the investment cycle, including fund formation, financing rounds, and exits. Our team understands the unique needs and preferences of risk capital providers and works to align their objectives with strategic and efficient legal structures.

Wealth & Asset Structuring

YılmazÜlker provides advisory services to high-profile individuals and family-owned enterprises collaborating with both Turkish and international experts. Our services include wealth and asset structuring and transfer (both nationally and internationally); business succession planning; corporate structuring to enhance investment protection under international treaties; advising on tax optimization structures for investment strategies; regulatory advice on complying with international banking rules; management of wealth partition and estate-related negotiations for high-net-worth families; estate planning for individuals with multi-country citizenship and cross-border assets.

Insurance, International Trade & Customs Law

YılmazÜlker offers legal consultancy services to importers and exporters on every aspect of customs law; we conduct sanction checks for companies in their international trade activities and we also offer legal counsel and support to our clients regarding policy drafting and coverage matters. Our team also includes experts with advanced knowledge and extensive experience in foreign exchange, trade finance, and incentive mechanisms, enabling us to provide high-standard legal services for your daily commercial operations.

Labour, Employment & Immigration

YılmazÜlker offers comprehensive advice on all aspects of labor law. This includes the review and drafting employment documentation, contracts of employment and personnel handbooks, providing guidance on bylaws, union matters, and the termination of individual and collective agreements, as well as advising retainer clients day-to-day employment matters.

We are experienced in representing both employers and C-level executives -both foreign and Turkish- in employment disputes, whether before the courts or during mediation and settlement negotiations.

Alongside our expertise on employment law, we offer comprehensive legal consultancy services on immigration law, specializing in Turkish and Bulgarian citizenships, short and long-term residence permits, and work permits. We provide such services in other EU states in cooperation with our local connections. We assist clients in meeting Ministry requirements for obtaining work permits for non-Turkish employees and securing necessary exemptions.