Uninterrupted legal counsel for a multinational supplier
More than eight years of continuous legal support for a Turkish automotive supplier across the day-to-day commercial operations, contract management, compliance, and risk management processes it conducts with multinational customers.
The need for legal continuity within daily operations
Owing to its fast production pace and multinational customer demands, the client needed a continuously accessible legal team for contract, quality, delivery, data, employment law, and compliance matters.
Rather than producing isolated opinions, the advisory model aimed to manage commercial decisions together with their legal risks and to establish applicable standards within the company.
Our Approach
Keeping the commercial objective at the centre, we broke the legal risks down into measurable steps.
01 · Contract Standard
Negotiable standards were established for supply, sales, confidentiality, quality, and framework agreements.
02 · Operational Response
Rapid assessments, risk notes, and negotiation positions were produced for day-to-day commercial questions.
03 · Compliance Infrastructure
KVKK/GDPR, employment law, and supply chain expectations were translated into operational procedures.
Timeline
The main stages of the process.
An external advisory model that works like an in-house team
The ongoing advisory model made the company's legal risks a natural part of daily operations; contract negotiations accelerated and the management team took its decisions on a more predictable risk footing.
- An uninterrupted advisory relationship exceeding eight years
- Standardisation across the contract portfolio
- Applicable checklists for compliance and data processes
- Rapid decision support for the management team
The Köksal team manages our matters not like an outside advisor watching from a distance, but like a legal team that knows our operations.Turkish automotive supplier · Board Member
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