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Mag Dr Tuğçe Yalçın

Work Department

Corporate / M&A

Position

Tuğçe is a dual-qualified lawyer (Attorney at Law in Austria and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales) having a strong focus on cross-border M&A, Private Equity (PE), Joint Venture (JV), Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) and financial transactions as well as on global corporate restructurings including the regulatory aspects such as the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation and the export control.

Her ability to practice law in both a civil law and a common law jurisdiction, her language skills (being native in German, English and Turkish) and her excellent network make her an ideal Head of  the Taylor Wessing CEE Turkish Desk. This desk bundles comprehensive expertise for both Turkish investors and companies aiming to enter the CEE markets as well as for investors and companies based in Europe who are positioning themselves or making investments in Türkiye.

Tuğçe has many years of experience in advising national and international clients in transactions often involving multiple jurisdictions. Another main area of her practice are transport & logistics projects, often with a focus on the CEE region. She regularly writes and speaks at conferences on a wide range of corporate law and FDI topics.

Career

2011 – 201 Intern, Institute of the Regions of Europe, Salzburg/ 2013 – 2014 Intern, Austrian Institute of Human Rights, Salzburg/ 2014 Court year, Austrian State and District Court, Salzburg/ 2015 Intern, Baker & McKenzie, Istanbul/ 2015 Associate, Raits Bleiziffer Attorneys at law, Salzburg/ 2016 Associate, Harrer & Harrer Attorneys at law, Salzburg/ 2016 – 2020 Associate, DLA Piper, Vienna/ 2021 – 2022 Academic Teacher of Contract Law, Durham University/ 2021 – 2022 Tutor for Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Cloud and Edge Implementations, University of Oxford/ 2019 – 2023 Senior Consultant, DLA Piper, London/ 2023 Counsel and Head of CEE Turkish Desk, Taylor Wessing

Languages

German, Turkish, English, French, Spanish

Memberships

Editorial Board Member of The Company Lawyer (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell)

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Financial Crime (Emerald Publishing)

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Money Laundering Control (Emerald Publishing)

Editor-in-Chief of IALS Student Law Review (University of London)

Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London

Member of the Law Society of England and Wales

Member of the Vienna Bar Association

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Alumni of the Oxford Union and Lincoln College, University of Oxford

Education

2009 – 2013 Master’s Degree in Law (Mag. iur.), University of Vienna | University of Salzburg/ 2010 – 2014 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science, University of Salzburg/ 2014 – 2016 Master of Arts (MA) in European Union Studies, University of Salzburg/ 2018 Austrian Bar Exam (summa cum laude)/ 2022 Admitted to the Roll as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales/2021 – 2022 Master of Laws (LL.M.), SOAS, University of London (Award: Merit)/ 2019 – 2022 Ph.D. in Law, specialisation: Corporate, Financial, Securities and Contract Law, University of London | University of Oxford (Law Faculty, Lincoln College)