Corporate, Commercial, Aviation and Energy Law Firm in Turkey

Herdem & Co. Attorneys At Law

Uprise Elite Tower Floor 27
No 234 Balikesir Cad. Kartal
Istanbul 34880
Turkey

 +90 216 2901277
 +90 216 2901278

www.herdem.av.tr
 Contact Mr. Safak Herdem

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Law Firm Overview

Herdem & Co. is a corporate law firm transacting business in the burgeoning and developing economic Turkish market.

Our experienced lawyers aim to respond to our clients' needs with legal and advisory services over a wide range of legal and associated issues in the commercial world.

Our clients include reputable international and domestic foundations, associations and businesses in sectors such as finance, aviation, business development, maritime, textile, energy, entertainment companies.

At Herdem & Co., our attorneys and personnel work on cases together each individual contributes her or his expertise and knowledge on the case at hand so that it is dealt with in the most appropriate manner.

As lawyers we expect to quickly understand and respond to each and every dispute in the manner that the client feels most comfortable and we do not commit to a single consultative style.

As part of a worldwide network we are able to provide high-quality comprehensive legal and advisory services for clients by taking into consideration all legal and administrative consequences of any proposed actions.

Languages: English, German.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Due Diligence; Company Management and Restructuring.

Practice Areas Description

Herdem & Co. provides legal representation and services in the following areas of practice:

- Commercial and Corporate Law

• Company Formation

We believe that the essentiality of forming a business within an unfamiliar territory starts with “demonstration of expectations”, “consideration of commitments” and “illustration of relations”. To the extent that we succeed to suit your particular requirements we feel much more close to the best fit.

To find the straight answer of “ How does this fit in?”, Herdem & Co. offers company formation services in technical mastery of legal and taxation disciplines aiming to customize your business approach in a form of company.

• Company Management and Restructuring (Mergers and Acquisitions)

Our experience has taught us that the essence of professionalism in management of a company also requires the professionals to improve their skills for company efficiency under any circumstance. Contrary to the common belief, corporate management and restructuring manifests itself in a number of phases of daily business life.

We never believed the words promising no legal risk especially in corporate and project management; for this reason, our approach and methodology, in consideration of the reality of unforeseen legal risks both in decision making and commitment stages of a business, still comes up with the result of sustainability.

Herdem & Co. offers advisory and project basis legal services in management and restructuring your corporate for your expectations.

• Due Diligence

We believe that rational framing is a key skill in due diligence. In contrary to common, it shall not be done in such simple way of generating a list of legal data. Our strategy in due diligence has been set aiming to find out and determine the critical variables for our clients. We feel responsible to focus and discuss on the data that lead us to extract and get said “maybe these aren’t like others”.

Herdem & Co. offers due diligence services for your requirements in merger acquisition and legal assessment projects.

• Commercial Transactions

As we believe that the counter party of a commercial transaction is expected to ask the question of “How can we increase the trust?” The significance of this wording for anyone in business world who needs to deal with trusted relationship shall be formed or directed with successful advisory services for successful commercial transactions. As lawyers, we are aware of the fact and the realty; what would be upbraided condition;. We actually do not care about your daily business transactions awareness; we just focus on how to remove the obstacles beforehand for setting the true way in your daily business.

Herdem & Co. offers advisory services in commercial transactions just to allow the curiosity and risk, including but not limited to contracts, commercial and banking transactions.

• Liquidation and Insolvency

We know that the words of your drawee are in fact less important than the real financial conditions behind them. Herdem & Co. provides the support of “insolvency risk reports” for its corporate clients as a part of their risk management.

• Distributorship, Franchising

We know our responsibilities for kinds of people who typically succeed under an organization of companies that are often driven with a need to achieve with their organization for marketing purposes. HERDEM & Co. offers advisory legal services that help to customize your business openings.

• Competition and Anti-Trust

HERDEM & Co. offers legal services for business practices of market leaders in their market positioning to promote the consciousness in a step towards the business purposes.

• Intellectual Property

We know what an intellectual property means in a business. HERDEM & Co. lawyers and trademark attorneys makes comprehensive studies on the way of obtaining your trademark certificate. HERDEM & Co. offers you litigation, advisory and monitoring services to protect your exclusive intellectual property rights.

• Joint Ventures

The trust equation and commitment balance are the main keys to be considered in a joint venture. A contractual agreement shall not only structure your joint business it shall also demonstrate what is expected from the synergy. In such a contractual agreement that is formed of two way relations, we care to try to make sure that our answer is not a purely technical one. HERDEM & Co. renders advisory and litigation services for joint ventures.

• Insurance

We together reduce the risk in your deal of reducing risk. HERDEM & Co. offers litigation and advisory services to national and international insurance companies, auto clubs, assistance companies, individuals in their complex disputes arising out of insurance law.

- Banking and Finance Law

• Banking Transactions and Credit Facility Agreements

We manage the local law instruments to meet the foreign requirements of banking and finance world with our services of commenting & reporting, assessment and drafting the relevant documentation. Starting from the term sheet phase, HERDEM & Co. offers advisory and litigation services to finance institutions, banks and the individuals.

• Project Finance/Private Equity/Venture Capital/Funds/Public Private Partnerships

Such instruments as alternative development and financing structures of your businesses requires to involve legal eye early on when the issues begin to form, rather than later in the process. HERDEM & Co. offers advisory services to its local and international clients in their requirements of development and financing their structures.

• Capital Markets

After the capital market law of Turkey enacted in 1981 the capital markets regulations, to promote the transparency and fairness of markets, have been much more focused by law firms. In addition to technical legal services for adapting to the capital markets regulation, law firms have been also expected to give opinions with regard to the operational goals and objectives of the companies. HERDEM & Co. renders advisory and litigation services to companies and institutions that intends to promote their business in frame of capital markets instruments.

- Energy Law

HERDEM & Co. with its well equipped team consisting of the energy experts and professionals whom worked for international mining and energy companies for many years renders the legal services of preparation of agreements and structuring project development regarding alternative energies, obtaining necessary legal permissions and executing joint-ventures and consortiums.

We also provide administrative, regulatory, corporate and commercial legal services to clients engaged in providing natural gas distribution such as formation of natural gas distribution companies, preparation of distribution agreements and determining the legal procedure and pipeline.

Our energy law department also renders the services of preparation of petroleum drilling contracts, farmout contracts, exploration and development agreement, formation of the JV and consortium in the energy sector and execution of applications for licenses.

- Real Estate Law

• Real Estate Project Development

To develop a real estate project the first key you need to have is the identification of your project. After all feasibility and investment works are finalized the astonishing result shall only be provided with legal infrastructure based on identical contract management. HERDEM & Co. provides legal infrastructure of your real estate projects together with its administration in legal perspective.

• Real Estate Investment Trusts

Early in 2002s, the real estate investment trusts have been the center of interests of investors in Turkish market. As a capital market institution, real estate investment trusts have its own and complex regulations both at individual and corporate level. HERDEM & Co. provides legal advisory services to investors in setting up and management of their real estate investment trusts.

• Real Estate Agreements and Property Management Transactions

The proprietors whom have many properties should consider the fact that all of them is not seemed to be of equal size also in taxation and legal perspective. Having a property burdens on the proprietors to manage them effectively. HERDEM & Co. provides advisory and litigation services for proprietors in their requirements of rental contracts, evacuation, construction, etc.

- Aviation Law

• Airline Operators

With its specific purposes, the aviation law has its own rules also differentiating country to country. Many countries with their cabotage rules, restricting the airline operators to run their business as they expect.

HERDEM & Co. renders legal advisory and market research services for airline operators in how to make business in a market.

• Aircraft Sales and Purchases Agreements

HERDEM & Co. handles worldwide transactions of aircraft sales and purchases with the specific services of negotiations, document preparation and execution. We also handles the disputes arising out of Aircraft Sales and Purchase Agreements such of aircraft defects etc.

• Wet Lease/Dry Lease Agreements

Either on project basis or for a term allowed by law, HERDEM & Co. has been involved in many international and local lease transactions. To cover your expectations either as AOC holder or a party looking for an AOC holder, HERDEM & Co. renders specific services of negotiation, market research for execution of such documents and preparation of relevant documents.

• Aviation Transactions/Ground Services/Air Transportation

HERDEM & Co. renders litigation and advisory services for companies in regard to their daily transactions including but not limited to charter/sub-charter agreements, ticketing operations, ground services and air transportation.

• Aviation Accidents and Incidents

HERDEM & Co. regularly follows the local and international flight safety rules to do our best in aviation accidents and incidents. Even it is not that much common, we also organize workshops to develop our team for mid-air collision incidents. HERDEM & Co. renders litigation services for individuals who have been involved to an aviation accident and advisory services for airline operators to enlighten them about their responsibilities.

• Aviation Insurance Transactions

Aviation business has its own rules depending on types of aircrafts and their operational purposes. HERDEM & Co. renders advisory and litigation services to local and international companies for their aviation insurance matters.

• Flight Permits And Licenses

Either under a wet lease project or an independent flight permit, HERDEM & Co. renders advisory services for applications of flight permits and the licenses.

• Flight Crew

Turkey has struggling legal structure for the rights of flight crew. Since the Turkish Labor Law does not cover the flight crew, most of labor contracts of flight crew require expertise to launch the applicable solutions. HERDEM & Co. renders litigation and advisory services for flight crews and operators regarding with the complex flight crew regulations.

- Arbitration

• Conciliation and Mediation

As an alternative dispute resolution and as a part of our statutory powers, HERDEM & Co. provides conciliation and mediation services to its clients in effort to come up with amicable settlement in disputes.

• Local Arbitration

During the process of drafting a contract, a lawyer is expected to choose the most cost/time efficient dispute resolution mechanism. HERDEM & Co. provides advisory and litigation services in many disputes subject to local arbitration rules.

• International Arbitration

In today’s global business practices many companies and individuals run their cross border businesses with a need of bridging the legal systems in case of any dispute. HERDEM & Co. provides legal services in arbitration matters of its clients together with collaborating law firms registered to “HERDEM & Co. International Collaborators Network”.

Affiliations

Lawyers

Mr. Safak Herdem Lawyer Arbitration, Aviation Law, Banking and Finance, Business and Industry, Energy

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