Practice Areas.

Karaduman & Esin Law Firm gives consultancy, transactional and dispute resolution services on below areas of law.

Karaduman & Esin Law Firm gives consultancy, transactional and dispute resolution services on below areas of law.

Administrative Law
The Firm represents clients before administrative bodies and handles cancellation and compensation actions against administrative acts and transactions including but not limited to cancellation of zoning plans, construction and occupancy permits, demolition decisions and termination of administrative contracts
Anti-Corruption And Compliance
At Karaduman & Esin, we provide strategic guidance on general and regulatory compliance; assist clients during their internal investigations; represent clients on enforcement proceedings before public prosecution offices, courts and administrative bodies. Most importantly, we help our clients to localize and internalize local and global anti-bribery and anti-corruption rules by giving trainings and drafting SOPs.
Antitrust & Competition
The Firm’s extensive knowledge covers the spectrum of competition law from obtaining merger approval or exemption decisions in competitive transactions, to responding to investigations by the Turkish Competition Authority and representing clients in terms of dawn raids, investigations, commitment and settlement procedures, cancellation actions regarding the Authority’s decisions to advising on other antitrust matters. The Team also gives proactive legal assistance such as carrying out workshops, compliance audits and trainings for corporate clients.
Corporate and Commercial Law
Karaduman Law Firm assists in the negotiation and drafting of local and cross-border commercial contracts including sales, distributorship, agency, service, design, transfer of business, licence, consultancy, production, supply agreements and gives legal support and consultancy on establishment, liquidation of local companies, companies with foreign capital and liaison offices, represents clients in all kinds of transactions before trade registry offices.
Data Privacy
The Firm leads projects aimed to ensure the compliance of companies in technology, life sciences, automotive, advertisement and media with the Data Protection Law. Within that context, the Firm prepares personal data inventories, privacy notices, consent forms, data storage and destruction policies, gives training to employees and provides day to day consultancy in relation to privacy issues. The Firm advises both local and foreign companies, including some of the largest data-oriented businesses, in relation to new requirements under the Data Protection Law and makes compliance analyses of specific operations of those companies. The Firm assists both local and foreign data controllers in registering with the online data controllers’ registry (VERBIS). The Firm represents clients in lawsuits challenging the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board.
Intellectual Property
The Firm gives, consultancy services with respect to trademark, industrial design law and copyright law; Transactional services including drafting and negotiation of assignment and licence agreements, undertakings and settlements according to the needs of the client; Legal support in all kinds of transactions before Turkish Patent Institute including preparation of opposition to publication and appeal petitions; Litigation services on cancellation, nullity, unfair competition, violation and compensation actions, disputes arising out of licence agreements.
IT and Telecoms
The Firm represents clients in obtaining authorizations from Information and Communication Technologies Authority and helping authorized operators to ensure the compliance of their operations with the complicated regulatory framework in the electronic communications sector. The Firm also advises online businesses in relation to the content restrictions and take-down requests and gives dispute resolution services in administrative and penal proceedings. The issues the Firm advises on also include spectrum requirements, encryption in electronic communication, VoIP, e-SIM regulations, IT outsourcing, numbering regulations, IPTV regulations and public procurement of IT services.
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Having represented leading local and foreign clients in high-profile and complex disputes where foreign elements were in question, Karaduman & Esin Law Firm provides consultancy and dispute resolution services at global standards on a large variety of disputes including but not limited to receivable claims, consumer rights, product liability, poor performance, collusion, dismissal of managers or directors, unjust termination, unfair competition and compensation actions.
Real Estate and Construction Law
The Firm provides consultancy and litigation services on lease, construction, expropriation, cadastre, cancellation of title, collusion actions and the like;Transactional services on lease, lien, pledge, sale, promise to sell (including acquisition of military permissions for foreigners and legal entities with foreign capital) and construction agreements. Karaduman Law Firm also represents the clients before administrative bodies with respect to above issues as well as all kinds of transactions relating to zoning law.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Having represented leading local and foreign clients in high-profile and complex disputes where foreign elements were in question, Karaduman & Esin Law Firm provides consultancy and dispute resolution services at global standards on a large variety of disputes including but not limited to receivable claims, consumer rights, product liability, poor performance, collusion, dismissal of managers or directors, unjust termination, unfair competition and compensation actions.

Corporate and Commercial Law

Karaduman Law Firm assists in the negotiation and drafting of local and cross-border commercial contracts including sales, distributorship, agency, service, design, transfer of business, licence, consultancy, production, supply agreements and gives legal support and consultancy on establishment, liquidation of local companies, companies with foreign capital and liaison offices, represents clients in all kinds of transactions before trade registry offices.

Real Estate and Construction Law

The Firm provides consultancy and litigation services on lease, construction, expropriation, cadastre, cancellation of title, collusion actions and the like;Transactional services on lease, lien, pledge, sale, promise to sell (including acquisition of military permissions for foreigners and legal entities with foreign capital) and construction agreements. Karaduman Law Firm also represents the clients before administrative bodies with respect to above issues as well as all kinds of transactions relating to zoning law.

Intellectual Property

Karaduman Law Firm assists in the negotiation and drafting of local and cross-border commercial contracts including sales, distributorship, agency, service, design, transfer of business, licence, consultancy, production, supply agreements and gives legal support and consultancy on establishment, liquidation of local companies, companies with foreign capital and liaison offices, represents clients in all kinds of transactions before trade registry offices.

Data Privacy

The Firm leads projects aimed to ensure the compliance of companies in technology, life sciences, automotive, advertisement and media with the Data Protection Law. Within that context, the Firm prepares personal data inventories, privacy notices, consent forms, data storage and destruction policies, gives training to employees and provides day to day consultancy in relation to privacy issues. The Firm advises both local and foreign companies, including some of the largest data-oriented businesses, in relation to new requirements under the Data Protection Law and makes compliance analyses of specific operations of those companies. The Firm assists both local and foreign data controllers in registering with the online data controllers’ registry (VERBIS). The Firm represents clients in lawsuits challenging the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board.

IT and Telecoms

The Firm represents clients in obtaining authorizations from Information and Communication Technologies Authority and helping authorized operators to ensure the compliance of their operations with the complicated regulatory framework in the electronic communications sector. The Firm also advises online businesses in relation to the content restrictions and take-down requests and gives dispute resolution services in administrative and penal proceedings. The issues the Firm advises on also include spectrum requirements, encryption in electronic communication, VoIP, e-SIM regulations, IT outsourcing, numbering regulations, IPTV regulations and public procurement of IT services.

Administrative Law

The Firm represents clients before administrative bodies and handles cancellation and compensation actions against administrative acts and transactions including but not limited to cancellation of zoning plans, construction and occupancy permits, demolition decisions and termination of administrative contracts

Antitrust & Competition

The Firm’s extensive knowledge covers the spectrum of competition law from obtaining merger approval or exemption decisions in competitive transactions, to responding to investigations by the Turkish Competition Authority and representing clients in terms of dawn raids, investigations, commitment and settlement procedures, cancellation actions regarding the Authority’s decisions to advising on other antitrust matters. The Team also gives proactive legal assistance such as carrying out workshops, compliance audits and trainings for corporate clients.

Anti-Corruption And Compliance

At Karaduman & Esin, we provide strategic guidance on general and regulatory compliance; assist clients during their internal investigations; represent clients on enforcement proceedings before public prosecution offices, courts and administrative bodies.Most importantly, we help our clients to localize and internalize local and global anti-bribery and anti-corruption rules by giving trainings and drafting SOPs.