
Our team covers the competition and regulatory practice needs of our clients, advising local and international clients on competition and regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.

Kasapoglu Legal provides consultancy services for the legal aspects of all matters involving domestic and international banking and finance law, international project finance, individual financial transactions, securitizations, treasury funding and settlement operations, securities, futures and options regulations, derivative products, public offerings and capital market transactions.

We provide detailed legal support services across all capital markets matters including regulatory compliance (not only of public companies but also compliance of intermediary institutions), initial and secondary public offerings, as well as issuance of bonds and securities and other capital market instruments.

In the current economic climate, long-term organisational sustainability is key for large and multi-national corporations. These corporations constantly monitor, assess, and manage complex challenges, risks, and opportunities.

We familiarize ourselves with the needs of each particular client operating in regulated sectors, and we assist them right from the beginning in the drafting stage of articles to ensure full regulatory compliance.

Kasapoglu Legal advises its clients on a wide range of issues which includes the collection, processing, disclosure and cross-border transfer of data. Kasapoglu Legal holds extensive knowledge of current and prospective rules and laws as well as practice of data protection in Turkey and the current and draft data protection rules imposed in the European Union (EU) territories, EU third country policies and EU standard contractual clauses as well as intra-group data transfer and sharing agreements.

We provide legal representation before all types of courts in Turkey, at both the local and the appellate levels. We also provide legal representation in local and international arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional, including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, ISTAC and ITOTAM.

Our team advises our clients on their daily corporate needs as they relate to employment issues. We provide legal assistance in the most complex, sensitive matters, resulting in innovative legal solutions. We also work with you to build a robust employment strategy from a legal perspective in order to minimize potential employment law related disputes.

We advise our clients in all segments of the energy sector including traditional resources like oil and gas, mining, natural gas, coal, and nuclear, as well as renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal, which can present novel and unique legal issues.

We act for developers, property investment companies, funders, owners, occupiers, and contractors across a wide range of matters. This includes hospitals, ports, large mixed-use schemes, shopping malls, hotels, office developments, logistics centers, energy and infrastructure projects.

Our IP team provides a full range of IP services, such as registration, transfer, and other transactional services, as well as opposition, litigation, enforcement, criminal prosecution of IP rights ranging from copyrights to trademarks, patents, domain names and industrial designs.

Our team has a solid background and specialized market knowledge that enables minimization of such risks in venture capital and private equity investments focusing in ICT, internet, e-commerce, copyright, entertainment and media markets. We have experience in seed-capital, start-up, early stage, expansion and growth capital investments.

Kasapoglu Legal advises clients of the entertainment sector, such as online gaming and online betting companies, film, TV and music producers, broadcasters, radio stations, about drafting and assessing their respected agreements (such as licensing agreements, software agreements, actors agreements, advertising agreements, cable, satellite and IP broadcasting agreements etc).

Our firm has experience in all regulated sectors including the energy, media, mining, and telecom markets, not only during the transactional stages but also through the operational phases of major transactions.

Our team has extensive experience in representing clients in all types of real estate transactions including: (i) development projects covering both residential and commercial development, (ii) real estate acquisitions and disposals including conditional sales, (iii) property management, (iv) urban regeneration projects, (v) commercial leases employing innovative methods such as build-to-suit or more robust servitude rights arrangements, (vi) zoning matters, which are key to the success of any real estate transaction, (vii) construction contracts including FDIC contracts, and (viii) construction and environmental related permitting processes.

We provide legal assistance, tax expert services, and legal advice on contentious and non-contentious matters relating to Turkish Tax Law and international aspects related thereto. We are committed to assisting individuals and businesses resolve their complex tax issues smoothly and efficiently.

From advice on regulations in sport through to multi-million pound sporting disputes, our team of expert sports lawyers have the experience and expertise to help, whatever your legal query may be.