YARGAN Law Office offers a wide range of legal services to domestic and international businesses and financial organizations. Based in Istanbul, YARGAN Law Office also provides a full range of legal services in Ankara and other cities throughout Turkey.

 

PRACTICE  AREAS
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Intellectual & Industrial Property (Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks)

Our firm has the largest and most experienced specialists in intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT). We provide expert advice on a host of challenging questions raised by intellectual property law and the rapid rise of new technologies, and are working with clients to devise practical and commercial IP and IT strategies to meet those challenges. Intellectual Property and IT group lawyers assist clients with all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trade marks, copyrights, registered designs, confidential information, data protection, electronic circuit layouts and plant breeders' rights.

 

Civil Law - International Law - Arbitrations

The Firm usually works on civil matters, with special attention to obligations, acting for clients in both litigation and extrajudicial situations; the Firm gives consultancies and assistance on every aspect of the problem, being also able to manage the negotiation phase.
Our lawyers are qualified to practice before the Turkish courts and administrative agencies.  We also assist our clients in all kinds of settlement procedures.
The Firm has lawyers specialized in international Law, and specifically in international arbitrations for the solution of the civil and commercial disputes.
We also work on contractualism, drafting deeds in private, commercial, international agreements.
 

Real estate investments

The Firm offers legal support and advice on a multiple kind of operations in Turkey, in relation to purchase, rent, selling, commercial sites and residential properties.
We are properly structured to assist and represent corporate but also private investors, interested in buying a second home or anyway a property in Turkey.
In this field, the Firm works in team with extremely specialized professionals, like engineers, architects, geometricians, people able to quickly and independently give us crucial documents, all focused on single matters: expertises, surveys, valuations. This is the only way to ensure each kind of investor has a complete service, assisting the client along the various steps that are necessary to safely complete the investment. Everything is done with full information and support for all legal, fiscal, administrative aspects.

 

Services to investors

The Firm supply professional assistance to investments in Turkey, creation of Turkish companies, registration to the competent Chamber of Commerce.

 

Immigration

The Firm can guarantee the clients with a high level of advice and assistance to apply for residence or work permits in Turkey, giving full information about the applicable laws and the various possibilities to legally obtain visas and permissions on a case by case evaluation. Our lawyers can also act as attorneys in all the parts of the procedures where this possibility is authorized by Law.

 

Criminal Law

The Firm provides consultancy and assistance, more than technical defence, on every aspect of criminal Law, particularly in bankruptcy and corporate offences, but also in the offences against public administrations, justice administration, persons, property and the family.

 

Family Law

The Firm provides advice on family law.
Assistance on litigation proceedings includes cases of divorce, separation, custody, maintenance & child support and distribution of marital property.

Labour Law

The Firm has experience with many aspects of labour law: employment, preparation and negotiation of company labour agreements as well as individual employment contracts.

 

Consumers' Law

The Firm also has the objective of protecting the rights of its clients, considered as consumers, subscribers, small savers and taxpayers, constantly informing and giving them the appropriate legal instruments for their "self-defence".

Banking and Finance Law
Consultancy for legal aspects of all matters and practice areas involving domestic and international banking and finance law, international portfolio management, international project finance, individual financial transactions, treasury funding and settlement operations, securities, derivatives futures and options regulations, securitization, loans.

Strong and effective litigation activities for the settlement of all kinds of disputes regarding financial markets

 

Mergers and Acquisitions

Consultancy in complicated M & A transactions, joint ventures, spin-offs, restructuring.

 

Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Law

All issues related to Contracts, Incorporation, Partnerships, Securities, Taxation, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Composition, Debt Collection, Agency Law, Leasing, Franchising Law & Practice, Distribution and Licensing Agreements, Local and International Commercial Agreements, Transportation, Logistics Agreements, Equipment Finance and Leasing, Property and Real Estate Law, Employment Agreements, Employee Benefits. All kinds of litigation and alternative dispute resolution concerning corporate matters.

 

Litigation

Our firm is active in two main categories of work, “consulting” and “disputes”.Working in litigation and disputes, the Firm has a total of 18 lawyers in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana.

It is our Firms policy to present, at the beginning of the litigation/dispute, the probable outcome of the litigation/dispute, to inform regarding fees and expenses and to try to resolve disputes in advance through alternative amicable arrangements. The Firm tries its best to resolve disputes through settlements.

General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Regulation, General Litigation for commercial disputes.

Criminal law, criminal defense litigation for economic crimes.

 

Foreign Investment Law, International Trade

Representing foreign entrepreneurs investing in the Republic of Turkey, the establishment of joint ventures, branch offices, liaison offices, agencies, distributors and subsidiaries, foreign investment structuring in Turkey, representing clients before governmental bodies for investment approvals and incentives, Free Trade Zone operations. Capital markets, cross border investments, emerging markets, financial services, institutional investment, investment banking, offshore investment, private equity, venture capital. Also, related business residency permits, work permits. Common Market law, customs laws, export control and finance, free zones, import and export law, related arbitration, contracts, and finance.

Capital Markets Transactions (Legislation)
Consulting on every issue regarding Capital Markets, rendering services to companies and intermediaries regarding the public offering of the share certificates and other debt securities, performing applications to the Capital Market Board and Istanbul Stock Exchange and registration applications to the Capital Market Board and necessary institutions for the sale of the foreign funds, share certificates and other debt securities in Turkey.

 

Government Contracts, Privatization

International bids, concessions, defense contracts, public procurement, tenders and bids. Privatization projects in Turkey, energy projects, telecommunication projects, build-operate-transfer and build-operate projects, opinions & research regarding the privatization and relevant legislation.

 

Energy Law

Consultancy work on electricity, natural gas, energy acquisitions, project finance and development, and energy regulations.

 

Mining Law

Consultancy work on Mining Laws, regulations and legislation as well as obtaining licences, permits, etc.

 

Telecommunications Law

Rendering consultancy services regarding the execution, administration and construction of the basis and procedure in respect to the telecommunication services, drafting assignment agreements and privilege agreements, obtaining certificate of authority, telecommunication license and general permissions.

 

Property and Real Estate Law, Leases and Leasing, Planning or Land Use

Consultancy work on Land Development projects, all kinds of disposals and transfers of property, the establishment of real estate investment trusts, liens, and mortgages, commercial leasing, landlord and tenant law, leasehold law, building permits, regulations. Litigation activities for the settlement of all kinds of disputes regarding property.