With the Türkiye Desk, a single point of contact in Turkish law.
A single point of contact for investment, trade, and disputes in the Turkish market.
A local team and central coordination on the Türkiye · İstanbul axis
The Türkiye Desk reads the commercial rhythm of the relevant market together with the practical realities of Turkish law to give companies an actionable roadmap.
It handles matters with a core team that addresses investment, contract, compliance, dispute, and operational requirements together; when needed, we bring local experts under a single coordination.
Services Offered by the Desk
Actionable, coordinated advice at every stage of cross-border work.
Investment & Market Access
We build a legal roadmap for market entry, company formation, investment structuring, and local operational steps.
Explore →Contracts & Trade
We align supply, distribution, service, and commercial contracts with the applicable law and your commercial objectives.
Explore →Disputes & Arbitration
We provide strategy, representation, and local coordination in commercial disputes, arbitration, litigation and enforcement proceedings.
Explore →Compliance & Supply Chain
We manage supply chain, ESG, data, and contractual compliance obligations together with your operational processes.
Explore →Permits & Work Arrangements
We coordinate permit, work, and local registration requirements for investor, executive, and employee mobility.
Explore →Tax & Accounting Coordination
We tie the tax, accounting, and payroll dimensions into a single project plan together with the relevant experts.
Explore →Related Focus Areas
Türkiye Desk brings several strategic focus areas together under one roof.
Expansion into Türkiye
For foreign investors entering the Turkish market, we structure company formation, investment incentives, contracts, employment arrangements, tax and compliance processes.
Explore the focus area →Expansion into Germany
For Turkish companies expanding into Germany and the DACH region, we manage company formation, contracts, tax, workforce, compliance and dispute processes from a single point of contact.
Explore →Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Advisory on due diligence, transaction structure, contracts, closing and integration processes in merger, acquisition, joint-venture and investment transactions.
Explore →ESG & Sustainability
End-to-end advisory for Turkish and DACH companies on supply chain due diligence, LkSG/CSDDD, sustainability reporting, and ESG compliance.
Explore →Related Practice Areas
Türkiye Desk works with the firm’s relevant legal disciplines on cross-border matters.
Sectors We Serve
A selection of sectors this desk works with most often.
Automotive
Contract, compliance, investment, and dispute advisory across the automotive value chain for OEMs, suppliers, distributors, and investors.
Explore →Technology
Legal advisory on licensing, SaaS, data, intellectual property, investment, scaling, compliance, and product law for technology companies.
Explore →Logistics
Advisory on contracts, liability and disputes in transport, warehousing, customs, CMR and cross-border delivery processes.
Explore →Real Estate & Construction
Real estate development, construction, leasing, sales, zoning, due diligence, contractor agreements, and dispute processes.
Explore →Iron & Steel
Advisory services on industrial production, raw material supply, energy, exports, ESG, occupational safety, and commercial disputes.
Explore →Banking & Finance
Advisory services in banking, fintech, payments, lending, collateral, investment, regulation and financial dispute processes.
Explore →Selected Matters
A selection of representative matters handled by this desk. Client names are anonymised for confidentiality.
Cross-border acquisition of a manufacturing facility in Türkiye
End-to-end representation of the buyer in a multi-jurisdictional acquisition, from due diligence to closing.
Structuring an incentivised manufacturing investment
Management of company formation, the incentive certificate and compliance processes in a greenfield investment.
Establishing a distribution network in Türkiye
Designing a market entry strategy, distributorship agreements and competition compliance.
Structuring an investor share transfer in a growth round
Share transfer, shareholders' agreement and compliance processes in a venture capital investment.
A single point of contact, a multidisciplinary team
Our desk structure combines market- or subject-specific experience with all of our firm's Practice Areas. This way, you move forward with a single centre of strategy and accountability, without getting lost among separate advisers.
- A core team dedicated to the market or subject
- Capacity to work in Turkish, English and German
- A model integrated with Practice Areas and sector teams
- A single view across contract, compliance and dispute work
- Coordination with local and international partner firms when needed
Mehmet Köksal
Combining legal practice with academic work since 1987, Prof. Dr. iur. Mehmet Köksal advises on corporate and commercial law, contracts, employment, foreign direct investment, ESG and supply-chain due diligence, dispute resolution, consumer law and family law.
Desk Team
Meet the multilingual core team working on this desk.
Portrait 4:5Kübra Köksal-Yılmaz
PartnerBerlin · İstanbulProfile →
Portrait 4:5Gül Efem
Of CounselİstanbulProfile →
Portrait 4:5Herdem Belen
Of CounselİstanbulProfile →
Portrait 4:5Sven Köksal
Legal EngineerBerlin · İstanbulProfile →
Portrait 4:5Batuhan Halim
Of CounselKyreniaProfile →
Portrait 4:5Gökçe Yıldırım
Of CounselİstanbulProfile →Related Publications
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Tax & IncentivesIOSS and OSS: a VAT guide for Turkish stores selling to the EU
Read more →Foreign TradeGoodwill compensation in distributorship agreements: Turkish and German law
Read more →In the Press
Türkiye Desk — related news, interviews and commentary.
In matters that have an investment, trade, contract, compliance, or dispute dimension in the relevant market or subject, the desk team coordinates the file through a single point of contact.
We designate the file's main point of contact and bring the relevant desks and practice area teams onto the same work plan. On the client side, communication runs through a single channel.
No. The desk structure is a teaming model focused on the relevant market or subject. The scope of services is defined according to the needs of the file.
We work in Turkish, English, and German according to the needs of the file; we organise communication and documentation with foreign parties accordingly.
Your market or subject objective, existing contracts, party information, timeline, and any dispute or compliance documents are enough for an initial assessment.
The right legal partner for your work in Türkiye.
Türkiye · İstanbul · Regional Desk