Görkem Bilgin
Partner
+ 90 (212) 354 00 12
gorkem.bilgin@gun.av.tr
Bar Admissions:
Istanbul Bar Association
Languages:
English, Turkish
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
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Remote Working in the New Normal After COVID-19
ILO - Employment & Benefits Newsletter, Co-Author, 09.07.2021 -
Corporate Governance in Turkey 2021
GTDT, Co-Author, 22.06.2021 -
Using Foreign Currency Loans from a Group Company as an Alternative Financing Source
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 08.06.2021 -
Increase on the Corporate Income Tax Rate
Gün + Partners, Author, 29.04.2021 -
Developments on Signature Specimen and Signature Circular
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 26.02.2021 -
Amendments to the Communiqué with respect to Capital Loss and Negative Equity
Gün + Partners, Author, 30.01.2021 -
Amendments to the Turkish Commercial Code
Gün + Partners, Author, 30.01.2021 -
Restrictions on Dividend Distribution Extended to 31 December 2020
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 23.09.2020 -
Dividend Distribution Restrictions Imposed on Equity Companies in Scope of COVID-19 Measures
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 05.06.2020 -
Private Acquisitions 2020 in Turkey: Market Analysis
Practical Law, Co-Author, 28.05.2020 -
Private M&A 2020 in Turkey
Practical Law, Co-Author, 24.01.2020 -
Enhancing the Justice System
The Oath, Co-Author, 20.09.2018 -
Turkey Implements Further Measures to Improve the Country’s Investment Environment
MEA Markets, Co-Author, 26.04.2018 -
Amendments to the Law on Movable Pledge in Commercial Transactions Numbered 6750
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 19.03.2018 -
Amendments within the context of Law on the Amendment of Certain Laws for the Improvement of the Investment Environment
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 14.03.2018 -
Investing in Turkey
The Oath-Features, Co-Author, 22.11.2017 -
Turkey Targets Foreign Investment
The Global Legal Post, Co-Author, 10.11.2017 -
Emergency Buttons for Business Partners
IFLR 1000 Newsletter, Author, 14.03.2014 -
Appetite for Iranian Uncertainty
Europe and Middle East Outlook – Issue 11, Co-Author, 11.03.2016 -
Turkish Delights? Choosing the Most Effective Corporate Structure for Investing in the Turkish Market
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency, Co-Author, 01.02.2015
Speaking Engagements
Effective Contract Management, Ethics and Reputation Society and Gün + Partners, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2018
Education
- 2008, Faculty of Law, Marmara University, Istanbul LL.B.
- 2002, Edremit Anatolian High School, Balıkesir