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“Yavuz & Uyanik distinguishes itself from the other firms in the sector by virtue of its pro bono works in cooperation with Türk Ekonomi Bankasi A.S. (an affiliate of BNP Paribas).The Firm provides legal services to a non-govermental organization, Ögretmen Agi, that conducts its operations all over Turkey. As Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm, we believe a society might only be powerful if their youth is well educated. Therefore, with our extensive legal experience, we support Ögretmen Agi Project on their legal and daily basis problems. Ögretmen Agi is a collaboration web that brings teachers together and give them access to different creative teaching methods for children. The team of Ögretmen Agi consists of teachers from all over Turkey and these teachers share their teaching methods with their colleagues and try to spread these methods to other teachers. As Yavuz & Uyanik, we are the sole legal representatives of Ögretmen Agi and we draft and review contracts in their favour, we try to find solutions for their every day legal problems.”

Client Testimonials

CLIENT: Demet AKMAN / HR Director
COMPANY/FIRM: L’Oréal Türkiye Kozmetik Tic. ve San. A.S
TESTIMONIAL: We are glad to give our best recommendations to Yavuz & Uyanik as our employment and litigation counsels in Turkey. They have a knowledgeable, dedicated and trustworthy team. A very valuable part of our collaboration with them is that along with the top-quality legal work on the matters assigned, very often their team has proactively advised us with regard to new legal requirements that are relevant to our company, thus helping us avoid future legal implications.

CLIENT: Eray KANGAL / Claims Director
COMPANY/FIRM: AXA Sigorta A. S.
TESTIMONIAL: Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm stands out with its corporate and systematic works. They are ahead of their rivals in Turkey with their organisational structure, which allows them to follow up a high volume of cases throughout Turkey by providing quality service. In addition, the lawyers employed at their offices are experts in their respective fields and provide us with quality legal service in every branch of insurance law. We are able to get information quickly and anytime we wish both by telephone and e-mail about the cases handled by Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm.

CLIENT: Memet ERDOGAN / Legal Director
COMPANY/FIRM: HDI Sigorta A.S.
TESTIMONIAL: We were introduced to Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm through Att. Murat Uyanik and Att. Mehmet Selim Yavuz. They have a high level of knowledge in the field of Insurance Law. In addition, they are able to develop result-oriented projects as they have a very good knowledge of the sector and the problems of the sector. Apart from Insurance Law, they have significant experience in the fields of commercial law, labour law, and arbitration and competition law. We also find their team of lawyers quite successful. They make a big difference thanks to their energy and expertise in their respective fields.

CLIENT: Cem ÇETIN / Legal Counsel
COMPANY/FIRM: Vizzion Europe
TESTIMONIAL: Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm provides a wide range of legal services for our company in different fields with its dynamic team of lawyers who are experts in their respective fields. They always deliver practical solutions for daily problems and play an effective role in the swift resolution of our legal problems. They meticulously handle the cases which our company is a party to, and inform our company fully on a regular basis. They create effective solutions in terms of the cases they handle and take all the necessary strategic legal actions in the right place and at the right time, in order to achieve an outcome in the cases which is in favour of our company.

CLIENT: Serdar ÇELEBI / General Manager
COMPANY/FIRM: Ashfield Healthcare
TESTIMONIAL: Throughout our cooperation with Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm which has been ongoing for ten years now, the quality of their legal consultancy and legal representation services not only has been maintained but also continued increasing. As we are a company operating in the pharmaceutical industry, they adopt an approach which does not address the problems we face only in terms of law. We are very happy to be working with them in relation to Labour Law issues as well as various other fields as they make correct evaluations by always considering the sectoral position and requirements of our company and come up with the suitable solutions for the issues that arise.

CLIENT: Nazmi Sedat ÖZATALAY / Vice-President
COMPANY: Dubai Starr Sigorta A.S.
TESTIMONIAL: Our Company , Dubai Starr Sigorta A.S. (“DSS”) has been working with Yavuz & Uyanik Law Firm since October 2014. We have assigned and authorised them for DSS’s pending traffic insurance lawsuits and arbitration proceedings filed against our company as well as for the new files in different areas. We highly appreciate their success since DSS’s our lawsuit files especially for personal injury, which is one of the most problematic areas for our company and the insurance sector in Turkey are fully under their control and responsible. Furthermore, DSS has also assigned them for the pending lawsuits which were handled by an in-house lawyer, thus they have achieved an advantageous position in terms of our internal permanent staff planning. They represent DSS very effectively by creating strong case strategies with their sectoral experience and legal knowledge.

Diversity

Yavuz & Uyanık Law Firm, has always put importance on diversity. Our firm is not only attentive about supporting women in work place, it also welcomes employees of all races, ethnic groups, gender-oriented groups etc. We mostly have women employees especially in high level associate positions, the ratio of women/men at manager and partner level are 3/5 at our firm while only %17,3 of women are employed in high or mid-level manager positions in Turkey according to the official statistics. Our firm also provides its pregnant employees extensive rights and opportunities aside from the ones stipulated on the relevant laws, gives them full support during the pregnancy and after the birth, provide flexible work hours, additional leaves in order for them to have a physically and mentally healthy pregnancy, spare sufficient time and give maternal care to their newborns. Other than that, our firm prioritizes providing legal support, including pro-bono, Cancer Society and Associations, under privileged people from all other minority groups. Aside from that, we regularly organize events with the participation of our employees especially for individuals with down syndrome in cooperation with Down Syndrome oriented associations and people.