The Legal 500

Mehmet Gün & Partners has a market-leading position, founded upon its ‘outstanding’ experience across the IP space, especially trade marks and patents. The group provides ‘quick, clear and accurate’ advice with ‘quick responses, even meeting the shortest deadlines’. Its advice covers all aspects of IP, including prosecution and enforcement, and it has particularly strong expertise in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industries. Mehmet Gün, Ugur Aktekin and Baris Kalayci are highly recommended. Emre Durgun was recently promoted to the partnership, replacing Selma Ünlü, who joined NSN Law Office.

Akol Avukatlik Bürosu’s strong contentious IP practice has recently handled numerous trade mark disputes. It also advises on non-contentious matters, including IP licensing. Pioneer, Hearst, Liberty Mutual and Hall Star are among its clients. Rozita Nigrin-Borden and Yalin Akmenek are recommended.

Aksan Law Firm is instructed across the board on non-contentious trade mark, industrial design, and patent matters, including registration, as well as on litigation. It ‘has a strong working network with IP consultants and law firms in the region and elsewhere in the world’. Ibrahim Tunçel is ‘an outstanding lawyer: sharp and focused’.

Arihan & Arihan is a well-regarded specialist, which advises on all aspects of IP including patent, trade marks and designs. It is also a member of the Turkish Patent Institute. Taylan Arihan is highly recommended.

Çaga & Çaga Law Firm has an experienced IP litigation practice, and also handles general advisory work. It represents numerous media industry clients, and recent work has included acting on a series of trade mark licence agreements. Practice head Omer Aykan and Idil Çaga Degerli are the key figures.

ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law has represented clients such as Google and Warner Bros in IP litigation. It also advises clients on trade mark registrations, transfer and licence agreements. Gönenç Gürkaynak is the main contact.

Güner Law Office’s IP practice is heavily informed by its preponderance of media and telecoms clients. Clients include Twentieth Century Fox, and Walt Disney. It is advising Turner Broadcasting as recipient of three trade marks being transferred from Eko TV.

Istanbul Patent & Trademark Consultancy, Ltd handles patent filings and prosection, trade marks work, industrial designs, and IP litigation. Güven Calik and Erkan Sevinc are recommended. The highly respected Ibrahim Ekdial recently left to establish his own firm, Ekdial Attorneys At Law.

Moroglu Arseven’s IP team ‘responds fast and its advice is highly valuable’. Isik Özdogan is ‘very creative with a deep knowledge of IP law’, and Gökçe Yilmaz has ‘a clear focus on clients’ needs’.

YukselKarkinKucuk’s reputation in IP owes much to the ‘coupling of its strong expertise in pharmaceuticals and IP law’. Clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb and Adobe Business Software Alliance. It has ‘a broad bench of highly qualified experts, ensuring fast and accurate responses’: Gökhan Gökçe is ‘a highly respected expert’, and Murat Karkin is also recommended.

AMK Patent Consultation Co., Ltd is a full-service IP practice that advises clients on trade marks, industrial designs, patents and copyright. Ahmet Kiliçoglu is a pivotal figure in the practice.

Çakmak Avukatlik Bürosu’s clients include Phillip Morris. Registered patent and trade mark attorney Tugba Bayman is highly recommended.

Cosar Avukatlik Burosu recently acted for an electronic devices retail chain in a number of trade mark termination cases. Utku Cosar and Arzu Cosar are the main contacts.

Hergüner Bilgen Özeke has been acting for Mars in a breach of trade mark case against Elvam. Senem Ismen and Ayse Bilgen are the main contacts.

NSN Law Office has ‘undoubted expertise in the life sciences space’ and substantial IP experience. Selma Ünlü, formerly of Mehmet Gün & Partners, is ‘a pleasant, knowledgeable and responsive expert in her field’.

Kemal Serdengeçti heads Pekin & Pekin’s IP practice, which handles contentious and non-contentious matters. Recent work has included trade mark objections and opposition filings. Ali Gözutok is also recommended.

Ersoy Bilgehan Lawyers & Consultants’ IP practice has recently acted on a number of trade mark searches and registrations. Ilknur Peksen and Gulistan Baltaci Hatay are the key contacts.

Özkan Law Office has a niche in the agribusiness sector, advising clients on IP infringement issues in Turkey. It also handles IP matters more generally, such as registration and prosecution of patents and trade marks.

Turunç advises Chevrolet, General Motors and Realm Labs on IP matters. However, former practice head and IP specialist Lerzan Nalbantoglu recently left the firm.