LEXIST TEAM

Mustafa Doğan İnal

Founding Partner

Mustafa provides services to his clients in various areas of law, initially in press, real estate, energy, and criminal law.

Until today, Mustafa has participated in many important projects and has significant experience in all stages of dispute resolution. He has successfully concluded many cases in the field of criminal law, press law, litigation processes, real estate, and energy law.

Before establishing Lexist, he worked as a legal advisor at a leading holding company and a media institution.

He took part in the establishment of Lexist in 2016, and successfully represented his clients in the resolution of disputes arising from company law, disputes between shareholders, and disputes arising in the field of real estate and construction law.

Kariyer ve Nitelikler

• LL.B. – İstanbul University

Profesyonel Üyelikler

• İstanbul Bar Association

Çalışma Alanları

• Dispute Resolutions (Litigation and Enforcement Processes)
• Company and Commercial Law
• Real Estate Law
• Energy Law
• Press Law
• Criminal Law

Dr. Eyüp Kul

Founding Partner

Eyüp provides services to his clients regarding dispute resolutions, mergers and acquisitions, construction, energy, and infrastructure projects.

Eyüp has worked in many important projects until today, such as leading negotiations of major contracts with respect to mergers and acquisitions, finance and energy law. His extensive experience in project creating and negotiation phases has given him a strong and strategic perspective that makes him see the source of the dispute at every stage of the dispute resolution.

Eyüp has significant experience regarding every stage of dispute resolution, and successfully represents his clients in many disputes in litigation and enforcement processes, and alternative dispute resolution methods.

Before the establishment of Lexist, he worked as a self-employed lawyer and worked as an in-house lawyer in domestic and foreign companies.
In the early years of his profession, Eyüp was engaged in execution proceedings, consultancy, and followed up cases in various fields of medium-sized companies and individuals. In the following years, he gained experience in labor law disputes, disputes arising from company law, disputes between shareholders, disputes arising from immovable and construction law. He took and is taking an active role in resolving disputes in many large construction projects.

He authored a book that examines legal validity of warranties given to investors in large scale construction contracts such as highways, tunnels, bridges, city hospitals and power plants, and has published articles on various topics.

Career and Qualifications

• Ph.D. – Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences
• LL.M. – UC Davis School of Law
• LL.B. – Marmara University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolutions
• Construction, Energy, and Infrastructure Projects
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Dr. Murat Erbilen

Partner

Career and Qualifications

• Yeditepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, Özel Hukuk Doktora – 2022
• Boston University School of Law, Banka ve Finans Hukuku Yüksek Lisansı – 2016
• Columbia University School of Law, New York (Doktora Tezi Araştırma Çalışmaları 2008-2009)
• Yeditepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, Özel Hukuk Yüksek Lisansı- 2007
• Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi – 2001

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Barosu
• New York Eyalet Barosu
• New York Şehir Barosu

Services

• Proje Finansmanı
• Kurumsal Finansman
• Dış Ticaret Finansmanı
• Birleşmeler Devralmalar
• Yatırım Fonları
• Satın Alma Finansmanı
• Krediler
• Seküritizasyon
• Yapılandırılmış Finansman
• Varlık Finansmanı
• Kurumsal Yönetim
• Sermaye Piyasası Hukuku
• Uluslararası Ödeme Sistemleri
• Şirket Yapılandırmaları
• Tahkim

Ayşe Ergül Arslanoğlu

Senior Associate

Ayşe Ergül Arslanoğlu, works as a Senior Associate in the commercial law team.

Ayşe Ergül Arslanoğlu works in the disputes arising from commercial disputes.

She takes part in the litigation and pre-litigation processes in the fields of contract law, real estate law, construction law and commercial law.

Furthermore, with her experience in ınheritance law and family law, Ayşe represents her clients in all phases of related disputes.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – İstanbul University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Real Estate Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Inheritance Law
• Family Law
• Administration Law
• Bankruptcy and Enforcement Law
• Criminal Law
• Press Law

Betül Sena Tatar

Associate

Betül Sena Tatar works as an Associate in the commercial law team.

Betül Sena Tatar provides services mainly in the disputes regarding corporate and commercial law, enforcement and bankruptcy law.

She also pursues the litigation and pre-litigation processes in the fields of contract law, real estate law, construction law, inheritance law and commercial law.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.M. (expected) – Altınbaş Üniversitesi, Public Law
• LL.B. – Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Law

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Bankruptcy and Enforcement Law
• Inheritance Law
• Administrative Law
• Criminal Law
• Press Law

Beyza Gözen

Associate

Beyza graduated from Galatasaray University as an honor student and started her associate at the Corporate Department of Lexist Law Firm in 2021. During her internship, she assisted her team in providing legal consultancy services to domestic and foreign companies by conducting legal research and drafting various contracts and legal documentation. She also participated in Build-Operate-Transfer, Project Finance, Public Offering, and Finance Center Projects and contributed to these projects.

Beyza continues to provide legal counseling services regarding the preparation and examination of commercial contracts, projects, and other corporate transactions of local and foreign companies operating in various sectors.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.M. (expected)- Koç University International Pivate Law)
• LL.B. – Galatasaray University

Professional Memberships

• Istanbul Bar Association

Services

• Company Law
• Commercial Law
• Project Finance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Contract Law

Elif Dilara Yiğit

Associate

Elif Dilara Yiğit works as an Associate in the labour and social security law team.

Elif Dilara Yiğit works in the field of labour and social security law and provides legal consultancy services to companies operating in different sectors on the interactions between employee and employer, the establishment of procedures for recruitment and termination, and the resolution of disputes between employee and employer.

Furthermore, she pursues compliance processes with the occupational health and safety law. She takes part in the mediation negotiations carried out before the litigation process in labour law.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – Istanbul Ticaret University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Labour and Social Security Law
• Mediation

Elif Yaşaroğlu

Senior Associate

Elif Yaşaroğlu works as a Senior Associate in the personal data protection and industrial & intellectual property law team.

Elif Yaşaroğlu works in the field of Personal Data Protection. Within the scope of national and international data protection legislation, she carries out compliance projects of her client companies operating in many different sectors. In addition, she provides consultancy and litigation services on the protection of personal data, ıntellectual property and trademark law on a sectoral basis. She further offers her legal services on disputes arising from banking business, public procurement law and real estate law.

Elif Yaşaroğlu pursues litigation processes especially in the fields of ıntellectual property law, e-commerce and ınternet law, corporate and commercial law and real estate law, and represents her clients in both judicial and administrative jurisdictions. She further offers training services to her clients, non-governmental organizations and private and public enterprises with special regards to their fields of expertise.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.M. – İstanbul Medeniyet University, Private Law (English)
• Erasmus Programme – Bremen University, Political Science
• LL.B. – İstanbul Şehir University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Intellectual Property Law
• Data Privacy and Data Protection
• Information Technologies and Internet Law
• Associations and Foundations Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Consumer Law
• Real Estate Law

Emre Ramazan Atasoy

Senior Associate

Emre Ramazan Atasoy works as a Senior Associate in the commercial law team.

Emre Ramazan Atasoy offers his services on private Law, with a special emphasis on commercial law, company law, construction law, rental law, ınheritance law. He takes part in litigation and legal consultancy processeses of the companies operating in various sector.

Emre Ramazan Atasoy further represents his clients in enforcement and litigation processes.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.M.- Bahçeşehir University Private Law (2022)
• Micro-MBA- TOBB Economy and Technology University (2020)
• LL.B.- Girne American University Faculty of Law (2017)

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Judicial Process Management
• Construction Law
• Rental Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Inheritance Law
• Real-Estate Law
• Bankruptcy and Enforcement Law

Etka Koçoğlu

International Arbitration Associate

Etka Koçoğlu is an international arbitration associate with particular focus on investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration.

Etka is an associate in the arbitration team of Lexist Law Firm where he joined as a legal intern in 2017. He took part in investment treaty arbitrations where he represented and adviced governmental bodies, and in international commercial arbitration proceedings in the field of construction.

After gaining experience in energy law, commercial law and project finance in his internship years, Etka specialised in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution when he finished his LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London. During his LL.M. studies Etka took classes on investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration, construction arbitration, and energy arbitration from leading arbitration practitioners and some of the most prominent professors in the field.

While obtaining his bachelor’s degree Etka participated in the 23rd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, and the 12th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition. He was also a member of the team that represented Queen Mary University of London in the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot in 2020. Etka took part in the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as an arbitrator.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London – 2021
• LL.B., Istanbul Sehir University Faculty of Law (with Full Scholarship) – 2017
• Austrian Arbitration Academy – University of Vienna – 2016
• Kabataş High School

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Investment Treaty Arbitration
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Commercial Mediation
• International Law

Kadir Özdemir

Senior Associate

Kadir Özdemir, works as a Senior Associate in the corporate law, energy law, project finance, and administrative law team.

Kadir has practice on a wide range of energy and corporate management issues. He advised project owners, public authorities and contractors on various legal matters including drafting and negotiating intergovernmental agreements, host government agreements and project agreements. He has developed particular expertise in nuclear energy law.

Kadir also provides services for various private companies, in a broad range of corporate subjects including project financing, corporate governance and risk mitigation.

Kadir offers an extensive experience on internal legal management of public and private companies as well as on their transactions including project and contract management and dispute resolution.

Career and Qualifications

• University of Montpellier – International School of Nuclear Law Programme
• LL.B. – İ.D. Bilkent University

Professional Memberships

• Ankara Bar Association

Services

• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Project Finance
• Administrative Law

Mesut Kaya

Partner

Mesut Kaya is a Partner with particular focus in Energy Law, Administrative Law and Privatization processes and PPP projects.
Mesut has a deep knowledge in Administrative Law and Law of Obligations. His main focus is in the implementation process of first of a kind nuclear power plant projects and he also took a key role in the drafting and negotiations of their intergovernmental agreements, host government agreements, implementation agreements, power purchase agreements licensing processes and various private law contracts such as Joint-Venture Agreements, EPC contracts, FIDIC contracts, O&M contracts and fuel supply contracts. Mesut also has a comprehensive and first hand experience when it comes to sovereign wealth funds. Especially, the establishment and activities of SWF’s are his area of expertise where he can combine both of his strong suits to find legal solutions. Apart from those Mesut also advices his clients on corporate governance and risk mitigation. He also take charge in several privatization processes and M&A deals. He serves to clients in both public and private sectors. Thus, he has the ability to asses legal matters from both perspectives.

Before joining Lexist, Mesut worked in the litigation department of a reputable law firm. He has played an important role especially in the disputes arising out of public tenders and contracts, construction law and commercial claims. For his self-improvement he also worked on several noteworthy criminal cases and debt collection processes.

Mesut is taking an active role in non-governmental organizations, especially in social responsibility projects and he provides guidance by sharing his professional experiences with some freshman and senior law students from Marmara University.

Career and Qualifications

• University of Montpellier – International School of Nuclear Law Programme
• Galatasaray University, Private Law, LL.M
• Marmara University Faculty of Law, LL.B

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

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Meysa Yamakoğlu

Associate

Meysa is currently an associate in the Corporate Department of Lexist Law Firm and assists them in providing legal consultancy services to domestic and foreign companies, public institutions and organizations which operate within Turkey by means of conducting legislative research and drafting various contracts and legal documentation. She has worked in the establishment phase of new generation payment service institutions and electronic monetary institutions as well as supported the provision of legal consultancy services by taking part in important projects such as preparations of legislation for a financial center, preparation of various legal infrastructures and resolution of all types of corporate disputes or concerns. In addition, Meysa provided legal consultancy services by executing, following, applying and preparing the application files to companies that are subject to audit processes and whose establishment and activities are subject to the permission of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. Meysa has contributed to several privatization projects and has assisted in providing legal consultancy services within such projects through the examination of tender documents, preparation and examination of contracts, conducting legal research required for the relevant projects and also help provide legal consultancy during the public offering process of certain companies.

As a young entrepreneur and founder of a Solar Energy Project, Meysa has gained valuable experience and practical knowledge in renewable energy given the fact that she followed the legal processes herself, which makes her qualified for the legislations on renewable energy. Accordingly, she is acquainted with and has a keen interest in Energy Law. Currently she helps assists licensed producers by providing legal consultancy services required for the installation and operation of wind power plants. In addition, Meysa was appointed as a board member of the International Law Society of Bahçeşehir University and has represented Bahçeşehir University in various platforms.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – Bahçeşehir University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Privatization
• Company Law
• Contract Law
• Energy Law
• Commercial Law
• Public Offering

Neşem Nazlı Aksoy

Managing Senior Associate

Neşem Nazlı Aksoy works as a Managing Senior Associate in the commercial law team.

Neşem Nazlı Aksoy mainly works in the field of litigations arising from commercial disputes, and provides services in corporate and commercial law, consumer law, rental law, contract law with a special focus in real estate and construction law.

Neşem Nazlı Aksoy further provides legal consultancy in the fields of contract law, real estate law, construction law and commercial law, and pursues the litigation and pre-litigation processes.

As also experienced in inheritance law and consumer law, Neşem Nazlı Aksoy represents her clients during the entire litigation processes.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – İstanbul University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Real-Estate Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Inheritance Law
• Consumer Law
• Administrative Law
• Bankruptcy and Enforcement Law

Sevde Nur Paksoy

Associate

Sevde Nur Paksoy joined Lexist Law Firm in 2020. At Lexist Law Firm, she focuses on corporate and commercial law, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Lexist Law Firm as an associate, Sevde has gained an experience in a reputable law firm based in İstanbul, by providing counseling services in order to preperation, revision, examination and negotiation of many types of contracts including preparation of the due diligence reports and establishment of the legal basis in many national and international real estate and construction projects including large-scale and versatile invesments.

She practices in corporate law and provides consultation on corporate transactions of local and foreign companies regarding their regular corporate procedures. Sevde also provides legal assistance in relation with national and international real estate projects.

Additionally, she also concentrates on capital market transactions; particularly on drafting prospectus and other relevant documents for IPO transactions of the issuers.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – Istanbul Bilgi University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Capital Markets
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Contract Law

Sezer Yakut

Senior Associate

Sezer Yakut is an International Arbitration Senior Associate with particular focus in investment treaty arbitration and commercial arbitration.

Sezer advises and represents governments and private clients on international dispute resolution issues and prospective claims under bilateral investment treaties and commercial contracts. He has worked on both investor-state and private arbitrations and has represented clients in arbitration proceedings under a variety of institutional rules (ICSID, SCAI, ICC etc.)

Before joining Lexist Law Firm, he represented international and domestic banks before Turkish courts as well as provided his service for telecommunication companies and media holdings. Thereby, he has worked on a variety of matters concerning financial services, banking, media and telecommunication sectors, with regard to Commercial Law, Consumer Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labour Law, Enforcement Law and Press Law.

He also holds an LLM degree from International Commercial Law Programme at Cardiff University and continues to contribute to scholarly work with academic papers on an ongoing basis. In addition, he is a member of the Young Arbitration Group of Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC).

Career and Qualifications

• İstanbul Bilgi University, LLB in Law
• Cardiff University, LLM in International Commercial Law

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association
• The Young Arbitration Group of Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC).

Services

• Arbitration and Litigation
• Commercial Law
• Consumer Law
• Labor Law
• Enforcement Law

Tuba Oyuktaş

Managing Senior Associate

Tuba Oyuktaş works as a Managing Senior Associate in labour and social security law team.

Tuba Oyuktaş works in the field of labour law, and she provides consultancy services in the field of labour and social security law.

Tuba Oyuktaş offers services on matters such as the preparation of labor law contracts and giving opinions to clients on this matter, ensuring compliance of clients’ internal regulations, internal directives and practices with the legislation. She further follows the processes regarding taking preventive and regulatory measures in this regard; and she represents her clients in both judicial and administrative procedures.

She also provides trainings regarding her area of expertise to her clients.

Career and Qualifications

• Career Education on Mediation in Labour Law – İstanbul University
• Certificate in Mediation Education – Republic of Turkey Mediation
• LL.B. – Marmara University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)
• Labour Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Criminal Law

Yılmaz Mican

Enforcement Executive

Career and Qualifications

Professional Memberships

Services

• Enforcement Executive

Yiğit Koçer

Associate

Yiğit graduated from Bilkent University as an honor student and started his legal internship at Lexist Law Firm in 2021. During his internship, he provided legal consultancy to domestic and foreign companies and worked on the preparation of legal documents. He also participated in Build-Operate-Transfer, Project Finance, Public Offering and Finance Center Projects and contributed to these projects.

In addition to these studies, he also carried out social and academic studies during the University and was the chairman of the Debate society within the University for 2 years. In academic side, he wrote an article which was published in school journal within the scope of the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court course, and finally, he rose to the oral stage by representing Bilkent University in the Child Rights Moot Court competition organized jointly by Baker & Mckenzie and Leiden University.

Yiğit continues to provide legal counseling services regarding the preparation and examination of commercial contracts, projects and any other corporate transactions of local and foreign companies operating in various sectors.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – Bilkent University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Company Law
• Commercial Law
• Project Finance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Contract Law

Yunus Emre İnal

Associate

Yunus Emre İnal works as an Associate in labour and social security law team.

Yunus Emre İnal works in the field of labour and social security law, and he pursues procedures of his client companies operating in various sectors within the scope of labour and social security legislation.

He further follows litigation processes in the fields of labour and social security law, law of obligations, bankruptcy and enforcement law, and commercial law.

Career and Qualifications

• LL.B. – İstanbul Ticaret University

Professional Memberships

• İstanbul Bar Association

Services

• Labour and Social Security Law
• Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Enforcement)