Corporate & Commercial Law
YılmazÜlker provides advisory services to clients in all major sectors, including media, telecommunications and technology, financial services, insurance and pensions, textile, pharmaceutical, FMCG and retail on a full range of corporate and commercial matters.
Our corporate practice includes advisory on day-to-day corporate governance matters, shareholder rights, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, by-laws, signature authorities, incorporation, winding-up, corporate restructuring and exist strategies and ESG matters. We work closely with the board of directors of our clients’ companies to provide up to date strategic advice for their businesses.
We also assist our clients in starting business overseas, including incorporation of companies in desired jurisdictions, collaborating with a local counsel by way of our wide network of international law firms.
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, as well as their active involvement in relevant professional associations within this field. YılmazÜlker advises contractors as well as owners in construction projects such as complex structures, plants, residential areas. We also have an in-depth knowledge of zoning process and applicable environmental requirements. We foster longstanding relations with industry-leading companies, leveraging a deep understanding of the sector. Recognizing the prolonged duration of sector-specific disputes and the importance of time value of money in this sector, we effectively employ mediation in both pre-dispute and dispute resolution 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 blockchain, AI, 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.
Venture Capital Investments & Start-Ups
YılmazÜlker provides day-to-day legal advisory services to companies that are in incorporation phase, newly incorporated or growing. Our service mainly encompasses managing investor relations, structuring capital injections, drafting shareholders’ agreements and protecting intellectual properties.
Wealth & Asset Structuring
YılmazÜlker’s unique, integrated structuring practice combines deep expertise in financing and capital structure design. We provide advisory services to high-profile individuals and family businesses 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 and litigation services to its clients in the areas of Insurance, International Trade and Customs Law. Staffed by a team of expert lawyers and consultants, some with decades of experience at leading firms, we provide legal services to local and international individual and corporate clients before regulatory authorities and courts. Within this respect our team advises 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, coverage matters, and claims recovery.
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 highly experienced in representing both employers and employees in employment disputes before the courts, as well as in mediation and settlement negotiations.
Alongside our expertise on employment law, we offer comprehensive legal consultancy services on foreigners’ 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.