Corporate & Commercial Law
YılmazÜlker provides advisory services across all major sectors, including media, telecommunications, technology, financial services, insurance, pensions, textiles, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, and retail. Our expertise spans the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters.
Our corporate practice includes advising on day-to-day corporate governance, shareholder rights, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, by-laws, signature authorities, incorporation, winding-up, corporate restructuring, exit strategies, and ESG considerations. We work closely with our clients’ boards of directors to deliver strategic and up-to-date guidance tailored to their business needs.
We also support clients in expanding their businesses internationally, including establishing operations and incorporating companies in desired jurisdictions. Leveraging our extensive network of international law firms, we collaborate with local counsel to ensure a smooth and compliant entry into foreign markets.
Real Estate & Construction
One of YılmazÜlker’s key strengths is real estate and construction. Our lawyers distinguish themselves through their successes in practice and academic contributions, their technical expertise, and their active involvement in professional associations within this field.
YılmazÜlker advises contractors as well as landlords in real estate and construction projects. We offer comprehensive legal services for urban transformation projects, real estate transactions, leasing agreements, investments in organized industrial zones, foreign investments, zoning processes and applicable environmental requirements.
We have longstanding relations with industry-leading companies, leveraging a deep understanding of the sector. Recognizing the prolonged duration of sector-specific disputes and the critical importance of time value of money in this sector, we effectively utilize alternative dispute methods, including mediation and settlement in both pre-dispute and dispute phases.
Venture Capital Investments & Start-Ups
YılmazÜlker provides comprehensive legal advisory services to companies at all stages of their lifecycle - whether in the incorporation phase, newly established, or scaling for growth. Our services focus on managing investor relations, structuring capital injections, drafting shareholders’ agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights.
We bring in-depth knowledge of heavily regulated industries where start-ups are particularly active, such as gaming, FinTech, BioTech, CleanTech, and Healthcare. This allows us to deliver reliable assessments of regulatory frameworks and tailored legal solutions to help our clients navigate these complex sectors with confidence.
In addition, we advise venture capital investors throughout all stages of the investment cycle, including fund formation, financing rounds, and exits. Our team understands the unique needs and preferences of risk capital providers and works to align their objectives with strategic and efficient legal structures.
Wealth & Asset Structuring
YılmazÜlker provides advisory services to high-profile individuals and family-owned enterprises collaborating with both Turkish and international experts. Our services include wealth and asset structuring and transfer (both nationally and internationally); business succession planning; corporate structuring to enhance investment protection under international treaties; advising on tax optimization structures for investment strategies; regulatory advice on complying with international banking rules; management of wealth partition and estate-related negotiations for high-net-worth families; estate planning for individuals with multi-country citizenship and cross-border assets.
Insurance, International Trade & Customs Law
YılmazÜlker offers legal consultancy services to importers and exporters on every aspect of customs law; we conduct sanction checks for companies in their international trade activities and we also offer legal counsel and support to our clients regarding policy drafting and coverage matters. Our team also includes experts with advanced knowledge and extensive experience in foreign exchange, trade finance, and incentive mechanisms, enabling us to provide high-standard legal services for your daily commercial operations.
Financial Technology (Fintech) Law
YılmazÜlker advises start-ups, financial institutions, and technology incubators across the full spectrum of the financial technology sector. Our work spans a wide range of subsectors, including crowdfunding, payment services, e-money, cryptocurrencies, and digital banking. We also support clients working with emerging technologies such as cloud computing, robotics, AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the digitalisation of business processes.
We assist clients with navigating the regulatory landscape for payment systems and advise on the implementation of legal frameworks for next-generation fintech solutions, including open banking, digital banking, and digital assets. Our team also has hands-on experience with the regulation of blockchain-based financial applications and crypto-assets.