Our experience includes a wide range of sectors and legal services. Our team has unrivalled expertise working on dispute resolution, commercial and corporate law matters, including specific focus on certain areas where specialization is the real deal.

Our principal practice areas are as follows:

We have extensive experience representing investors in international arbitration proceedings, related enforcement proceedings before Turkish courts as well as representation of claimants and defendants before Turkish commercial and appellate courts.

We have extensive experience in arbitral proceedings related to major disputes before ICSID and ICC as well as ad hoc arbitral proceedings, their enforcement proceedings before Turkish courts, and similar arbitral proceedings on behalf of international investors. Our arbitration experience not only provides our clients with a top-tier law firm with a solid background, but also with unparalleled power of anticipation in contracts negotiations for our clients opting for arbitration in their transactions.

Our Turkish litigation experience includes representation of a wide range of parties in a selection of commercial and civil litigation. We act as a one-stop shop for all arbitral proceedings, with our capability to follow-up local enforcement proceedings. We have also acted on behalf of claimants and defendants for the purposes of liquidation of collateral and collection of commercial receivables. Our Turkish litigation experience also includes representation of clients in arbitral proceedings before Turkish arbitral committees, in accordance with Turkish arbitration rules.

Our notable representations include a wide range of premier client base, ranging from multi-national construction conglomerates to European public institutions.

Our experience is unmatched in terms of our understanding of the construction sector. We provide our clients with ultimate capabilities of a one-stop shop service. Our past representations with giant multi-national construction conglomerates will help our clients with our wide range of skills from unmatched anticipation in contracts negotiations to providing innovative solutions for local enforcement procedures.

Our abilities include advising in international merger & acquisition projects in construction sector, drafting international construction contracts, advising construction companies in relation to the PPP projects in Turkey, management of the international construction contracts, especially FIDIC based agreements including FIDIC Yellowbook, Redbook and Silverbook.

We advise clients in construction sector in the DB/DAB proceedings prior to the resort to arbitration providing strategic approaches in line with potential arbitration procedures.

We provide our clients with legal consultancy services and we actively support all their needs at all stages of preparation, documentation and submissions for public tenders, which is crucial in the current landscape of Turkey’s geographical location and dynamic economy. We closely assist our clients in post tender procedures of any nature before administrative authorities or administrative courts.

International tender reviewing and contract negotiating is also one of our core practice areas in parallel with the growing need for a pre-bid review of the tender documents as a tool of dispute prevention and legal risk assessment.

We have experience and knowledge across a broad spectrum of business law, including representation of our clients in complex commercial transactions including capital markets transactions, bankruptcy, bank lending and other private finance, drafting, managing and negotiating contracts, administrative procedures, permits and authorizations. We also provide general corporate advice to our clients as part of our understanding to put priority in our clients’ needs.

Our corporate and commercial law practice also specializes on providing our clients with general legal advice relating to the recently amended laws and regulations of Turkey relating to Commercial Law, Civil Law and Law of Obligations.

We represent a diverse range of prime clients in the mergers and acquisitions area, ranging from Turkish conglomerates to foreign investors; both buy side and sell side. We also represent foreign investors on joint ventures in Turkey, as well as Turkish companies on their international transactions.

Our office provides consultancy services to domestic and foreign companies and natural persons to collect their receivables in Turkey. Our main principle is to ensure our client to obtain his receivables in the fastest manner with the lowest cost.

- Initiation Of Execution Proceedings at the Enforcement Office with the Execution Proceedings ways such as Attachment, Foreclosure of Mortgage, Collection of Negotiable Instruments

 - Applications for the Grant of Provisional Attachment and Suspension Decisions

- Suit of Nullity And Withdrawal of Appeal Suit

- Negative Declaration Lawsuits

- Execution Proceedings related to Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Law Suits

- Postponement of Bankruptcy Applications for Companies

- Lawsuits Initiated at the Execution Courts in relation to the Execution Proceedings

- Criminal Lawsuits initiated due to breach of Execution Law provisions

- Actions Of Debt

As Çetinel Law firm, we offer efficient and cost-effective services to our Turkish and International clients regarding protection of their Intellectual Property (IP) and personal rights online.

We have an extensive first-hand experience representing our clients in Internet Domain Name disputes before WIPO and before Turkish courts.

We represent our clients’ interests in case of infringement of their IP rights (trademarks and copyrights) and personal rights on Internet.

Our services include representing our clients in Internet Domain Name disputes before WIPO, defending their IP rights and personal rights before Turkish courts, providing advises and negotiation services in case of an infringement through Internet.