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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The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, 10th Edition, Turkey Chapter
The Law Reviews, Co-Author, 16.05.2022 -
Making Payments in Turkish Lira in Movable Sale Contracts Has Become Mandatory
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 25.04.2022 -
The Necessity to Convert the Additional Workplaces into Branches or Close Them Down
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 08.02.2022 -
Insurance Litigation 2022 in Turkey
GTDT, Co-Author, 25.01.2022 -
Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Gains More Importance Day by Day
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 11.11.2021 -
Declaration of Ultimate Beneficial Ownership in Turkey
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 13.09.2021 -
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
Speaking Engagements
Effective Contract Management, Ethics and Reputation Society and Gün + Partners, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2018
Associations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- 2008, Faculty of Law, Marmara University, Istanbul LL.B.
- 2002, Edremit Anatolian High School, Balıkesir