News and Events

Canan Tınaz, senior attorney in our IP prosecution practice, moderated a Table Topic discussion during INTA Leadership Meeting entitled: “Managing International Portfolios of Clients: How to Establish an Understanding Relationship with Foreign Attorneys” on Wednesday, Nov 18 at 11:00 am EST. https://www.inta.org/events/2020-annual-meeting-leadership-meeting/

Hande Hançar, partner in our TMT practice, moderated the "Misleading Health Claims & COVID-19" webinar organized by the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance on Wednesday, Nov 18 at 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT-5) [21:00 - 22:00 (GMT+3, Istanbul time)]. Kristen Klesh from Venable LLP (USA), Irena Lisková from Randl Partners (Czech Republic), Renata Fialho de Oliveira from Veirano Advogados (Brazil), and Sharad Vadehra from Kan & Krishme (India) were the speakers. https://events.r...

We are honoured our firm has been awarded the "Who’s Who Legal Country Firm of the Year Award for Turkey" for the 4th consecutive years in 2020. Who’s Who Legal says: "Following thousands of interviews conducted and nominations received, our research has emphatically identified you as standing apart from all other firms in the country this year. The accolade is therefore richly deserved." https://whoswholegal.com/awards/2020-country-and-state-awards 

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan, partner in our IP practice, shared her views on becoming a lawyer and Turkish IP law with a focus on Trademark law at the event hosted by the Dispute Resolution Club of the Istanbul University Law Faculty.

Barış Kalaycı, chair of our anti-counterfeiting practice, moderated a Table Topic discussion during INTA Leadership Meeting entitled: “How to Support Anticounterfeiting Activities with Anti-Money Laundering Provisions? A Possible Solution to Fake Sales on the Internet and Small Parcel Shipments” on Monday, Nov 9. https://www.inta.org/wp-content/uploads/public-files/events/2020AMLM/2020AMLM_SCHEDULE-091820.pdf 

Uğur Aktekin, co-chair of our intellectual property practice, spoke at the "Around the tables: a taste of hot topics in the Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section" session of IBA (International Bar Association) 2020 - Virtually Together Conference on NOV 2, 16:00-18:00 GMT. https://www.int-bar.org/Conferences/1094/ProgrammeSearch/Results/Detail.cfm?FunctionGuid=14062845-C7AB-4BFA-8ABB-3BD6D71E1C42&Search=SearchAllFunctions 

Mehmet Gün, our founding partner, and Uğur Aktekin, co-chair of our intellectual property practice area, have been recognized in the WTR Global Leaders Guide 2020. WTR Global Leaders evaluates law firm and corporate trademark experts according to their expertise and experience in relation to creating, protecting, managing and enforcing essential brand rights, and also their ability to innovate, inspire and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients. https://www.worldtr...

Filiz Toprak Esin, partner in our business crimes and anti-corruption practice, shared her experience on compliance environment in life sciences industry in Turkey at "Middle East Healthcare Compliance Certificate" virtual program organized by Seton Hall Law School faculty. https://law.shu.edu/compliance/health/middle-east/index.cfm 

Mutlu Yıldırım Köse, partner in our intellectual property practice, co-chaired the "Technical functionality: in relation to the protection of trademarks, designs and copyright in various jurisdictions" workshop session of MARQUES Month - September 2020 virtual event.

In our new term opening meeting, we were together even though we were far away. On this occasion, we welcomed our new formal trainees who have recently joined us.

TÜSİAD (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) SD² Digital Industry Program calls, which is Turkey’s first comprehensive and local program on digital transformation in industry and which is intended to create an ecosystem bringing the technology user and provider companies together, has been published. As Gün + Partners which has made the corporate law firm management software GÜNCE available for lawyers’ use and which has recently entered into a coopera...

Özlem Divandiler, our finance director, has been chosen as a mentor by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) for the “BIGG+ Mentor” Program which has been put into practice with the aim of supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Turkey, contributing to the growth of start-ups  and increasing the number of investible start-ups. We congratulate her for offering volunteer mentoring services and for being one of the mentors chosen by TÜBİTAK i...