Mr Batuhan Şahmay > Bener Law Office > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Bener Law Office
Büyükdere Cad. No: 193/4
34394 Levent, Istanbul
Turkey
Batuhan Şahmay photo

Work Department

Employment
Compliance
Data Protection
Contracts Law

Position

Partner

Career

Batuhan is a partner leading the employment team and advising mostly multinational clients mainly on employment law, data protection and contracts matters.

He has focused on providing prompt and accurate advice by taking the business/commercial aspect into consideration in addition to the legal issues.

He has been involved in a number of significant cases for many high profile clients. He has also led several employment due diligences/audits and full data protection compliances projects for multinational and local clients. 

He regularly publishes articles/newsletters on employment and data protection matters and contributes to international publications such as Ius Laboris guides, XpertHR.

Languages

English, Turkish

Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association

Education

Koç University Law School, BA, 2008
CUNY; New York Baruch College, 2004

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > Employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Batuhan ŞahmayBener Law Office

Bener Law Office‘s ‘proactive and agile‘ employment law group works for large employers and unions alike, and clients call on the group for advice on a range of employment and social security law. The scope of advice given by the group runs the gamut from documentation to high-level investigations. Group head Batuhan Şahmay is highlighted for his ‘extensive knowledge‘ and ‘good organisational skills’, which are also key features of the group more generally.

Turkey > Compliance

Oya Özarslan and Batuhan Şahmay jointly lead the team at Bener Law Office, known for handling a wide variety of mandates relating to foreign trade regimes, fraud investigations, and anti-money laundering compliance programs. Şahmay maintains an employment focused practice, regularly advising clients on the full range of due diligence and audit related mandates, while Özarslan is noted for her longstanding experience in compliance structures, particularly in relation to anti-corruption policies and ethical standards. Naz Ergörün Yazman primarily handles data protection compliance projects on a global scale, advising clients on data breach notifications to the Turkish Data Protection Authority.