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Çağdaş represents clients in high-value disputes before Turkish courts at all levels, including the Court of Cassation, Regional Courts of Appeal, and the Constitutional Court, as well as in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings. His practice spans commercial, corporate, and regulatory disputes, where he combines strong advocacy with a deep understanding of the underlying business and regulatory environment.

Çağdaş regularly advises and acts for clients in regulatory investigations, administrative challenges, and enforcement of arbitral awards. He has led teams in litigation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution processes, and is skilled at developing litigation strategies, negotiating settlements, and coordinating multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

Drawing on his sector-specific knowledge of TMT markets, Çağdaş is able to anticipate potential risks and design preventive strategies, helping clients not only resolve disputes but also avoid them. His broader expertise covers regulatory compliance, internet and media law, consumer protection, and employment matters, allowing him to address disputes with a holistic perspective.

With a client-focused approach and proven track record, Çağdaş provides practical, results-oriented counsel that enables businesses to manage risk, protect their interests, and achieve favorable outcomes in contentious matters.

  • – Kadir Has University, School of Law, LLB , 2015

  • Istanbul Bar Association

  • -Turkish
    -English

  • – Union of Turkish Bar Associations

  • -Construction (including infrastructure and engineering)
    -Energy and natural resources
    -Mining
    -Media and entertainment

  • -International commercial arbitration
    -Investor-State arbitration
    -Commercial and administrative litigation
    -Enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards
    -Set-aside of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards
    -Media and entertainment
    -Advisory (including strategic advice in various corporate/commercial as well as regulatory and compliance matters)

    • Case assessment and strategic advice
    • Issuance of legal opinions on Turkish law
    • Assistance with settlement negotiations before or during arbitration and litigation proceedings, if and when necessary
    • Representation as counsel or co-counsel in commercial arbitration proceedings, whether ad hoc or under institutional rules
    • Representation as counsel or co-counsel in investor-state arbitration proceedings, whether ad hoc or institutional (ICSID)
    • Representation as counsel or co-counsel in other forms of alternative dispute resolution, including before mediators, expert panels and dispute boards
    • Acting as expert witness in the arbitration proceedings on Turkish law issues
    • Advice regarding enforceability or possibility of setting aside arbitral awards
    • Representation in parallel or related Turkish state court proceedings, including preliminary measures supporting arbitration proceedings, enforcement or challenging of arbitral awards
    • Representation as counsel throughout administrative proceedings and investigations before regulatory and administrative authorities
    • Representation as counsel throughout full cycle of legal proceedings at all levels of civil, commercial, criminal and administrative courts as well as courts of higher instances such as Regional Court of Appeal, Court of Cassation, State Council and Constitutional Court in Turkish judiciary system
    • Representation as counsel throughout full cycle of debt collection proceedings before the competent courts as well as directories of debt enforcement and bankruptcy
    • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts [e.g. construction, design and engineering contracts (including all types of FIDIC suit contracts); memorandum of understanding, letter of intent and confidentiality agreements; sales, lease, agency, franchising, distribution and licensing agreements; loan, surety, warranty, advance payment guarantee and performance bonds etc.], including jurisdiction and arbitration clauses
    • Strategic advice on corporate/commercial law as well as regulatory and compliance matters
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