TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Product Liability 2017. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Didem Bengisu. The publication is a guide to product liability legislation in 23 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England...

Turkey’s first data protection and privacy law (the “Law”) came into force on April 7, 2016. The Law, which is largely in line with the EU’s Data Protection Directive, aims to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their right to privacy, with respect to the processing...

Kerem Turunç has published a guest editorial for the latest issue of CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Kerem Turunç’s editorial focuses on practicing law and doing business in Turkey and the larger CEE region. The editorial is available...

TURUNÇ has represented Rivulis Irrigation Ltd., an Israel-headquartered global micro and drip irrigation solutions provider, on its 100% acquisition of Eurodrip SA, a Greek drip irrigation solutions company, from the U.S. private fund Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC. TURUNÇ acted alongside Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. as Israeli counsel and Kyriakides...

Many years in the making, the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (“ISTAC” or the “Centre”) was finally established in 2015 and began picking up steam in 2016. The first plans to form an arbitration Centre in Istanbul were laid out by the Turkish government in 2009 as part of the country’s action...

TURUNÇ has advised Peoplise, a video-based digital recruitment and human resources solutions platform serving a wide range of industries, on the investment it received from 500 Startups, a U.S.-based and globally operating venture capital fund. TURUNÇ had also advised Peoplise (then known as Elba), on the investment it received from...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Getting the Deal Through’s Ports & Terminals (2017) title. The contributing lawyers were Esin Çamlıbel and Grace Maral Burnett. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to ports and terminals in 25 jurisdictions. The contributing editor is Alex Kyriakoulis of HFW. The guide...

Managing Partner Kerem Turunç joined partners from several other Turkish law firms at the 2016 General Counsel Summit, organized by CEE Legal Matters in October 2016, for a panel discussion about last year’s coup attempt and its effects on the practice of law. TURUNÇ was one of the sponsors of...

Ticari İşlemlerde Taşınır Rehni Kanunu (“Kanun”) 20 Ekim 2016’da 6750 sayılı kanun olarak kabul edilmiş ve 28 Ekim 2016’da Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır. Kanun 1 Ocak 2017 tarihinden itibaren yürürlüğe girecek ve bu tarihten itibaren kurulan ticari işletme rehinleri için geçerli olacaktır. Bir teminatlandırma yöntemi olan taşınır rehni uzun yıllardır elverişli...