Görkem Bilgin

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

• Corporate and M&A
• Life Sciences
• Energy and Natural Resources
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Construction and Real Estate

Speaking Engagements

Effective Contract Management, Ethics and Reputation Society and Gün + Partners, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2018

Publications

• The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, 11th Edition, Turkey Chapter
  The Law Reviews, Co-Author, 24 August 2023
• Corporate Governance in Turkey 2023
  GTDT , Co-Author, 31 May 2023
• Insurance Litigation 2023 in Turkey
  GTDT , Co-Author, 01 March 2023
• Notification Obligation to Tax Office for Registered Transactions in the Trade Registry is Abolished
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 21 February 2023
• Corporate Governance and Directors Duties in Turkey Overview
  GTDT, Author, 31 January 2023
• Recent Changes in Relation to Determination of Companies Subject to Independent Auditing
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 09 December 2022
• Extension of the Deadline Regarding Amendments to the Communiqué With Respect to Capital Loss and Negative Equity
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 09 December 2022
• Substantial Amendments to the Regulation on Distance Contracts
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 15 September 2022
• Product Liability and Safety 2022 in Turkey
  Practical Law, Co-Author, 15 August 2022
• Effective Date of Additional Obligations on Consumer Protection Approaches
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 13 June 2022
• Private M&A 2022 in Turkey
  Practical Law, Co-Author, 03 June 2022
• Making Payments in Turkish Lira in Movable Sale Contracts Has Become Mandatory
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 25 April 2022
• The Necessity to Convert the Additional Workplaces into Branches or Close Them Down
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 08 February 2022
• Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Gains More Importance Day by Day
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 11 November 2021
• Declaration of Ultimate Beneficial Ownership in Turkey
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 13 September 2021

Associations

• International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

• 2008, Faculty of Law, Marmara University, Istanbul LL.B.
• 2002, Edremit Anatolian High School, Balıkesir