International Investments, Business, Real Estate and Corporate Law Firm in Istanbul, Turkey

Yilmaz Law Offices

Hasircibasi Cd. No:34/2 Kadikoy
Istanbul 34714
Turkey

+90 216 3484514

+90 216 4501031

www.yilmazlaw.biz

Contact Mr. Cagatay Yilmaz

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Law Firm Overview

Yilmaz Law Office is a dynamic business, real estate, and labor law firm serving Istanbul, Turkey. We have been providing legal assistance to foreign direct investors since 1983. The main sectors that our practice is focused are service, retail, real estate and education.

We assist our clients in property law, company law, international law, labor law and business law in Turkey. Through long term and strong cooperation with local law firms in various jurisdictions we have the ability to assist clients in multinational and complex business transactions.

Year this Office was Established: 1983

Languages: Turkish, English, Italian, German.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our practice includes:

- Corporate Law

Mid-sized companies form the majority of our clientele and with our network of international law offices in different parts of the world we are able to assist clients in their multi jurisdictional complex issues. Some of the main services that we provide are:

• setting up business in Turkey,
• searching for local partners/agents,
• drafting the contracts,
• SWOT analysis for our clients' investment.

- Labor Law

The founders of the firm, Ms. Banu and Mr. Ilter Yilmaz have focused their practice exclusively to labor law in the early 1970’s prior to foundation of the firm. Therefore since the time that Yilmaz Law Offices was found in 1983, the firm’s leading area of practice has been labor law and the firm has been representing and consulted individual and corporate clients in labor law. Our clientele within labor law ranges from foreign corporations employing over 1,000 employees to two major universities in Istanbul. But mainly we are targeting middle sized companies. In labour law we mainly deal with:

• Drafting The Employment: Contracts When drafting the employment contracts we avoid using standard templates. Prior to drafting we question the client in detail and prepare separate contracts for each specific group and try to minimize the risk.

• Termination of The Employment Contracts: Since the new Labour Code came into force it became more risky and even tricky for the employers to terminate the contract. Therefore we very much recommend that the client should be consulted with utmost care during the process.

• Collective Labour Agreements: Representing the clients in the negotiations of collective labour agreements against the workers union is one of our main fields since the foundation.

• General Legal Advice: We prefer to be a “team mate” with the client rather than to be communicated after the problem occurs. Therefore we try to keep the contact with the client as closed as we can.

- Mergers and Acquisitions

Our firm represents foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions are one of our core business. We mainly represent clients in the stock purchase transactions of Turkish Companies. We not only act as the legal consultants of the client but also try to build a bridge between the parties to overcome any difficulties in communication that may arise due to cultural differences. Our strong links in the international arena gives us the opportunity to set up international teams of experts and get organized very efficiently and to finalize complex international transactions. Within this scope we:

• Perform Due Diligence,
• Draft the Share Purchase and Shareholders Agreements,
• Provide full assistance in Closing,
• Obtain the needed licenses/permits from the competent authorities.

- Real Estate

In the last decade the real estate investments started booming especially in Istanbul and the South Coasts of Turkey. We represent foreign clients in their real estate investments in Turkey. Within this scope we:

• Perform the Due Diligence,
• Draft the needed documents,
• Represent/assist the client in the transfer of title of deed.

- Foreign Direct Investment

We provide legal assistance to mainly mid sized foreign direct investors in their investments inwards Turkey.

- Business Transactions

Our strong links in the international arena gives us the opportunity to set up international teams of experts, get organized and finalize complex international transactions very efficiently.

- Agency and Distributorship

We not only provide general consultancy but draft agency and distributorship agreements for specific industries like software and retail.

- General Corporate Work

We assist foreign clients in a variety of topics within business law.

Affiliations

Galexy
ABA
AEA

Lawyers

	Ms. Demet Kaplan Lawyer International Law		Ms. Gizem Torun Lawyer International Law
	Mr. Cagatay Yilmaz Managing Lawyer Business Law, Computer and Software, Consumer Law, Copyright, Corporate Law		Mrs. Rana Yilmaz Lawyer Civil Litigation, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Employment, Workers Compensation