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We are honoured our firm has been awarded as "Firm of the Year - Turkey” for the for the sixth year in a row by Who’s Who Legal. The winners were selected on a range of factors, including feedback received from clients and peers in the research process, breadth and depth of practice area and geographical capability and the number and proportion of individuals selected as WWL Thought Leaders. The award ceremony attended by more than 200 guests from more than 40 practice areas ...

We are delighted our lawyers have been recognised as Mondaq Thought Leading Authors for below categories in Mondaq Autumn 2022 awards. Intellectual Property: Neither A Compulsory License Nor An IP Waiver Is The Solution To Finding Or Accessing The Vaccine Data Protection: Audit Standards For Information Security Processes  Arbitration & Dispute Resolution: Effective Date Of Additional Obligations On Consumer Protection Approaches Mondaq Autumn 2022 Thought Leadership Awar...

Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş, partner in our Data protection and privacy practice, was the facilitator of Women Leading Privacy Section Meet-Up at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022 in Brussels on November 16th. https://iapp.org/conference/iapp-europe-data-protection-congress/

We are delighted to see Dicle Doğan, managing associate in our life sciences practice, has been listed among Euromoney Expert Guides - Rising Stars 2022. Expert Guides identifies the world’s leading lawyers, advisers and legal practitioners based on extensive peer review. https://www.iflr1000.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Expert-Guides-Rising-Stars-2022/Index/13724

Hande Hançar spoke at GALA Annual Meeting and GALA Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change Event respectively and discussed The Obesity Crisis and its relationship with HFSS, functional and novel foods advertising regulations. GALA is an alliance of lawyers located throughout the world with expertise and experience in advertising, marketing and promotion law. https://www.galalaw.com/Events/Article/4528 

Uğur Aktekin spoke at GALA Annual Meeting and shared his experience on “Building Business and Marketing in a Post-Pandemic World”. GALA is an alliance of lawyers located throughout the world with expertise and experience in advertising, marketing and promotion law. https://www.galalaw.com/Events/Article/4528 

We are delighted to announce Maral Büyükkürkçü, Zeynep Çağla Üstün, and Dilan Sıla Kayalıca, our new generation lawyers in our intellectual property practice, are listed among rising stars by Euromoney's MIP IP STARS 2022. IP STARS is the leading specialist guide to IP law firms and practitioners worldwide since 1994. https://www.ipstars.com/Firm/Gun-Partners/Profile/101593#lawyers

Özge Atılgan Karakulak, partner in our patent and utility models practice, was the trainer of “Patent Litigation Workshop in Turkey” at IP Camp 2022. IP.CAMP is the leading training event in the field of Intellectual Property Management and Licensing that is organized by LES-Turkey since 2014. With increasing attention to strategic patent portfolio management, IP.CAMP 2022 is intended to focus on comprehensive cases as follows: Program

Our partners, Barış Kalaycı and Zeynep Seda Alhas gave a presentation on “Anti-counterfeiting in Turkey” to the attendees at the IIPPF (International Intellectual Property Protection Forum) on September 27th. We thank the organizers of the Forum and its Secretariat JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) for their kind invitation to this highly successful webinar as well as their interest in our jurisdiction and expertise.

We are delighted to have been named the winner of the Trademark Firm of the Year for Turkey in the Global IP Awards 2022, that recognise the outstanding achievements of law and attorney firms in litigation, prosecution and transactional work during 2021/2022.

Istanbul Arbitration Association and a panel of global experts discussed the ways in which modern dispute management processes can be improved and the role arbitration can play in resolving legal cases.  

Mehmet Gün, our founding partner, is listed in IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2022. The research, conducted by IAM, identifies the trailblazing individuals in the development and implementation of world-class IP value creation programmes.