Expertise
Görkem Bilgin has been with the firm since 2012 and became a partner in 2021. His practice is focused on corporate and M&A, life sciences, energy and natural resources, and insurance and reinsurance practice areas.
Görkem’s practice mainly concentrates on corporate and commercial law issues with a focus on merger and acquisitions and corporate governance issues. He has been involved in various M&A transactions and advised foreign and Turkish companies on their joint ventures, drafted and negotiated SPAs, SHAs and JV agreements, conducted the due diligence processes, and prepared and re-structured numerous commercial agreements.
Görkem also advises and represents clients from life sciences sector, especially multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies in relation to their complex agreements and engagements with the authorities as well as their distributors and manufacturers.
Görkem advises clients, both national and international, on Turkish energy and natural resources legislation, providing advisory services in the areas of energy law.
Görkem assists insurance companies from the regulatory aspect, and he advises national and international insurance companies regarding localization of the insurance and reinsurance policies in Turkey.
Publications
- Corporate Governance 2025 in Turkey
- Threshold Values for Statutory Independent Audit Updated for 2025
- Amendments to the Insurance Agencies Regulation
- Developments Regarding the Implementation of Share Buyback Programs Initiated by the Board of Directors of Publicly Traded Companies
- Insurance Litigation 2025 in Turkey
- Updates on the Ban Regarding Foreign Currency Payment in Movable Sale Contracts
- Significant Developments in the Implementation of the Turkish Commercial Code in 2025
- New Regulation on Electronic Maintenance of Commercial Books Not Related to the Accounting of the Business
- Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties in Turkey 2024
- The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, 12th Edition, Turkey Chapter
- Recent Changes in the Turkish Commercial Code
- Corporate Governance in Türkiye 2024
- Recent Changes Regarding the Determination of Companies Subject to Independent Auditing
- Ban on Foreign Currency Payment in Certain Sale of Goods Contracts Lifted
- Private Mergers and Acquisitions 2024 in Turkey: Overview
Speaking Engagements
Effective Contract Management, Ethics and Reputation Society and Gün + Partners, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2018
Associations
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International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- 2008, Faculty of Law, Marmara University, Istanbul LL.B.
- 2002, Edremit Anatolian High School, Balıkesir