News and Events

We are delighted to have been named as one of the major domestic firms of Turkey by The Legal 500 EMEA 2021 and to have the “Top Tier” rankings in 6 out of 9 practice areas we are ranked. We are proud that our 5 lawyers are recognized as "Leading Individual", 3 lawyers as "Rising Stars" and 3 lawyers as “Next Generation Partners” in their practice areas. https://www.legal500.com/firms/10998-gun-partners/11375-istanbul-turkey/#rankings 

How to apply mandatory mediation provisions, when monetary and non-monetary IP claims are combined in a single action? Let’s find out the answer in light of the recent Turkish Court of Cassation decisions, in our video! Further details are available in our thought leadership paper.

Gün + Partners once again celebrated the World IP Day with a discussion on significant role of IP on SMEs’ growth: the story of WeWalk. Topics Why “WeWalk”?: What it is? How did it grow? What are contributions of IP rights during WeWalk’s journey?  Common problems of SMEs in their day-to-day activities, focused on IP field Importance of IP for SMEs, importance of choosing the right trademark IP disputes/problems that WeWalk faced through its journey Q&A  

Barış Kalaycı, partner in our intellectual property practice, was the panellist in the "Fighting Those Fakes and Staying One Step Ahead of Infringers" panel discussion at MIP - Global Trademark Forum 2021 on Apr 14, 2021. https://events.managingip.com/globaltm#agenda 

Gün + Partners once again celebrated the World IP Day. On the occasion of this special day, which is celebrated to remind everyone of the critical role that intellectual property plays in encouraging creativity and innovation, we discussed the top patent cases of 2020 in Turkey and UK perspective and case law about the same.   Topics Compensation action for employees’ invention, Compensation action for unfair competition Precautionary injunction decision to cease indirect u...

We are honored that our firm has been named "Law Firm of the Year in Southeast Europe Region" by Euromoney Legal Media Group's European Life Sciences Awards 2021. The awards highlight the firms, individuals and companies behind the most innovative and challenging life sciences legal work of the past year, as well as those driving the international market. https://gun.av.tr/news-and-events/we-are-honored-to-be-shortlisted-for-lmgs-european-life-sciences-awards-2021 

Our partner Uğur Aktekin has been featured at the "Volunteer Spotlight" section of INTA Bulletin's March edition, where he talked about the highlights of his INTA career. To see the interview conducted by Ceren Aytekin please see https://bit.ly/3u8Bm2z

We are honored to have been selected as the "Firm of the Year" in "Trademark" and "Patent" categories in Turkey by Managing Intellectual Property EMEA Awards 2021 which are presented to firms, individuals and companies behind the most innovative and challenging IP work of the past year, as well as those driving the international IP market. 

We are pleased to announce the promotions of Talat Yörük as our new managing associate, Begüm Soydan and Direnç Bada as our new senior associates. https://gun.av.tr/people 

Hande Hançar, partner and co-chair of our TMT practice, spoke about influencers, disclosures, and social media in Turkey at "The 4th Annual Hot Topics in Global Advertising Law" webinar by Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) on March 19. https://www.galalaw.com/Events/Article/4498 

Mehmet Gün, our founding partner, is recognized as the litigation star of 2021 in Turkey by Euromoney's Benchmark Litigation. Benchmark Litigation recognises the most distinguished law firms and lawyers for their dispute resolution work over the past 12 months. https://benchmarklitigation.com/Firm/Gun-Partners/Profile/101593#lawyers 

We are pleased to announce that we have been named as the top tier firm and our 8 practitioners are recognized as the leading individuals in the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021. WTR 1000 focuses exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners, has established itself as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking world-class legal trademark expertise.  https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/directories/wtr1000/rankin...