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.
Practice Areas
Speaking Engagements
Effective Contract Management, Ethics and Reputation Society and Gün + Partners, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2018
Publications
- 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
- Insurance Litigation 2024 in Turkey
- Impact of New Minimum Capital Amounts on Trade Registry Applications
- Obligation to Open and Register a Website
- New Minimum Capital Requirements in Turkey: Impact on Joint Stock and LLCs
- Regulatory Update in Turkey: Prolonged Exclusion of Specific Losses in Capital and Equity Assessments
- Minority Shareholders' Rights in Joint Stock Companies
- Notification Obligation to Tax Office for Registered Transactions in the Trade Registry is Abolished
- Recent Changes in Relation to Determination of Companies Subject to Independent Auditing
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