Mrs Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş > Gün + Partners > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile
Gün + Partners Offices
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ZINCIRLIKUYU
34394 ISTANBUL
Turkey
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Mrs Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş
Work Department
Data Protection and Privacy
Corporate and M&A
Life Sciences
Competition
Technology, Media and Telecom
Position
Partner
Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş has been with the firm since 2007 and became a partner in 2021. Her practice focuses on data protection and privacy, corporate and M&A, life sciences, and competition.
Begüm deals with all aspects of data protection and privacy, including supervising and conducting data privacy compliance projects, advising multinational clients in their activities on a day to day basis as well as in their specific projects. She has sector specific knowledge in regulated sectors and advises clients on newly developed devices/apps to ensure compliance. Begüm advises clients on international data transfer of personal data and represents clients before the Turkish DPA. She assists clients in data breach notifications and investigations, provides appeal strategies to object to Turkish DPA decisions rendered against our clients. Begüm represents multinational companies operating in various industries including pharmaceutical, medical device, telecoms, banking and automotive industry. She holds Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and she is one of the former co-chairs of IAPP Knowledgenet Istanbul Chapter, and founding member of Data Protection Association in Istanbul.
Begüm led several M&A projects including due diligence processes and assisted various local and foreign companies during incorporation of their partnership in special projects which also include transfer of technology, know-how and thus needs protection in this respect. She drafted and negotiated several joint-venture agreements, shareholders agreement, share pledge and voting agreements. In addition to her corporate law expertise, she has experience in competition law related matters and provides full service to clients in their corporate law related matters. Apart from providing consultancy services and trainings, she is also representing clients before the TCA about notifications and investigations.
Having wide range of experience in pharmaceutical and medical device industry, Begum advised and represented several multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies on their commercial deals and needs, including advising on their new investments in Turkey, marketing authorization and asset transfers, corporate restructuring projects, negotiating distributorship agreements and termination of these agreements, and advising on localisation projects.
Languages
English, Turkish
Memberships
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Former KnowledgeNet Co-chair
International Technology Law Association (ITECHLAW), Data Protection Committee
EuroCloud, Cloud Privacy Check
Istanbul Bar Association
Education
Bournemouth University, International Commercial Law, UK (LL.M. 2007)
İstanbul University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul (LL.B. 2005)
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > IT and telecoms
(Next Generation Partners)Gün + Partners routinely provides support on data protection and privacy matters; practice co-head Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumus has extensive experience in advising clients from a broad range of industries on data protection regulations and often assists with compliance matters concerning the development of new applications. Okumuş co-heads the practice with Hande Hancar, and Yalçın Umut Talay has expertise in telecoms and internet law.
Turkey > Competition
The competition group at Gün + Partners advises a client base of corporates at the national and international levels spanning sectors ranging from pharmaceuticals, biotech and insurance to renewables, beverages, retail and aerospace. The practice is headed by Özge Atılgan Karakulak and Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumus, who bring experience to representing clients before the Competition Authority in response to investigations and filings.
Turkey > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The team at Gün + Partners advises financial institutions, insurers and domestic and multinational corporates in apparel, tech, pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, automotive, publishing and software, on matters ranging from cross-border M&A and restructurings to divestments and leveraged buyouts. The practice is headed by acquisitions specialist Görkem Bilgin and Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumus, who in addition to complex, cross-border M&A, handles shareholders’ and joint venture agreements. Managing associate Yalçın Umut Talay is also of note.
Turkey > Compliance
Assisting a diverse and lucrative client base across a wide variety of sectors, Gün + Partners maintains its stellar reputation for handling the implementation and audit of compliance structures. The team is jointly led by Barış Kalaycı, the ‘amazing‘ Özge Atılgan Karakulak, Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumus, Beril Yayla Sapan. Kalaycı is known for his extensive knowledge of anti-corruption cases, while Karakulak leads on the life sciences side. Okumuş frequently appears before regulatory authorities in a variety of sectors, including telecoms and automotives, and Sapan has ample knowledge of white collar crime related mandates, and legal audits.
Lawyer Rankings
- Compliance Turkey
- Next Generation Partners Turkey > IT and telecoms
- IT and telecoms Turkey
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Turkey
- Competition Turkey