Expertise
Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş has been with the firm since 2007 and became a partner in 2021. Her practice focuses on data protection and privacy, corporate and M&A, life sciences, and competition.
Begüm deals with all aspects of data protection and privacy, including supervising and conducting data privacy compliance projects, advising multinational clients in their activities on a day to day basis as well as in their specific projects. She has sector specific knowledge in regulated sectors and advises clients on newly developed devices/apps to ensure compliance. Begüm advises clients on international data transfer of personal data and represents clients before the Turkish DPA. She assists clients in data breach notifications and investigations, provides appeal strategies to object to Turkish DPA decisions rendered against our clients. Begüm represents multinational companies operating in various industries including pharmaceutical, medical device, telecoms, banking and automotive industry. She holds Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and she is one of the former co-chairs of IAPP Knowledgenet Istanbul Chapter, and founding member of Data Protection Association in Istanbul.
Begüm led several M&A projects including due diligence processes and assisted various local and foreign companies during incorporation of their partnership in special projects which also include transfer of technology, know-how and thus needs protection in this respect. She drafted and negotiated several joint-venture agreements, shareholders agreement, share pledge and voting agreements. In addition to her corporate law expertise, she has experience in competition law related matters and provides full service to clients in their corporate law related matters. Apart from providing consultancy services and trainings, she is also representing clients before the TCA about notifications and investigations.
Having wide range of experience in pharmaceutical and medical device industry, Begum advised and represented several multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies on their commercial deals and needs, including advising on their new investments in Turkey, marketing authorization and asset transfers, corporate restructuring projects, negotiating distributorship agreements and termination of these agreements, and advising on localisation projects.
Practice Areas
Speaking Engagements
Protection of Our Personal Data, Screen of the Future Podcast, Speaker, 24.03.2023
Legal Issues to be Considered in Cooperation of Technology User & Technology Supplier, TÜSİAD SD² Webinar, Speaker, 22.12.2022
Legal Approach in Digital Transformation, TÜSİAD Industrial Digital Transformation Program (TÜSİAD SD²), Industry – Technology Integration Program, Speaker, 07.12.2022
Personal Data Protection Law and Implementation, Kontrol Bende Project Training Program - Meta and Habitat Association, Speaker, 25.10.2022
“Transfer of Data Abroad”, “Binding Company Rules, Commitments”, “The Concept of Registration and Contact Person”, Özyeğin University Lifelong Learning Academy Turkish Personal Data Protection Law, Basic Training Course, Trainer, 03.09.2022
Turkish Personal Data Protection Law Webinar, Automotive After Sales Products and Services Association (OSS), Trainer, 13.05.2022
Legal Actions Against Counterfeit or Illegal Drugs Eluded out of the Legal Supply Chain, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 06.04.2022
Legal Issues to Consider in Technology User & Technology Supplier Collaboration, TÜSİAD SD² Digital Industry Program 2021, Panelist, 15.11.2021
Returning to Office During Covid-19, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 29.09.2021
Electronic Meetings in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Industries and Data Protection Law Perspective, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 05.05.2021
Legal Impacts of Digitalization in Workplace in Turkey, Mondaq and Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 24.02.2021
Data Protection Day Agenda, Data Protection Association, Speaker, 29.01.2021
Evaluation of Data Breaches within the Scope of KVKK and GDPR, Hacettepe Law Society - Informatics and Law Conference, Speaker, 26.12.2020
The Attitude of the Personal Data Protection Authority and Important KVKK Decisions, Istanbul University Faculty of Law Information Technology Law Club - Personal Data Protection Week Webinar, Speaker, 11.12.2020
Amazon and Biometric Data Decision of the Personal Data Protection Board and recent developments - Information Security and Privacy, KnowledgeNet Chapter Webinar, Moderator, 13.11.2020
Current Developments in the Light of the Final Board Decisions, IAPP KnowledgeNet Istanbul Chapter Webinar, Moderator, 22.05.2020
Current Developments in the Light of the Final Board Decisions, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 21.05.2020
Current Developments on Data Protection within the Scope of COVID-19, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 22.04.2020
Data Protection, IAPP - Conversations on Data Protection, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 16.10.2019.
Data Protection, Facebook – Turkey, Tech and Policy Meeting, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, May 16, 2019.
Processing Personal Health Data in Life Science under the GDPR and Turkish Law on Protection of Personal Data, Biolegis Meeting 2018, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, September 13-14, 2018.
Are we making the most of our data? Managing IP TMT Forum London, Moderator, London, UK, May 19, 2016
Requirements of law for compliance in terms of Cloud Computing contracts, 2nd Cloud Computing Forum, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2016
Publications
- Draft Regulation by Turkey's Competition Authority: A Step Forward in Cartel Transparency
- Developments Regarding the Renting of Residential Places for Tourism Purposes
- Reflections of Digital Transformation on Competition Law
- The Exception Criteria for Registration Obligation with the Data Controllers' Registry has been Changed by the Decision of the Personal Data Protection Board
- The Constitutional Court Rules that the Competition Board's On-Site Inspection Without a Judge's Decision Violates the Right to Immunity of Residence
- The Rise of Online Advertising and The Problems Related to Competition Law
- Evaluating ChatGPT and AI Applications from the Personal Data Protection Perspective
- Personal Data Protection Board Decisions on Commercial Electronic Messages
- New Regulation from ICTA on Social Network Providers
- Law on the Protection of Personal Data and Its Application
- Lawful Personal Data Processing
- Explicit Consent under Data Protection Law
- Transfer of Personal Data to Third Parties
- Transfer of Data Abroad
- Data Breach Notification
Associations
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International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Former Istanbul KnowledgeNet Co-chair
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International Technology Law Association (ITECHLAW), Data Protection Committee
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Board Member of Data Protection Association of Turkey
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EuroCloud, Cloud Privacy Check
Education
- 2007, International Commercial Law, Bournemouth University, UK LLM
- 2005, Faculty of Law, İstanbul University, İstanbul LL.B.
- 2001, Gemlik Celal Bayar Anadolu Lisesi, Bursa