Ms İnci Karcılıoğlu > Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Ms İnci Karcılıoğlu

+902123559900 ikarcilioglu@kolcuoglu.av.tr

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial, Compliance

Position

Partner

İnci Karcılıoğlu has significant experience in corporate law, contracts, joint ventures, capital markets law, compliance and employment law.

In addition to providing legal assistance on companies’ operations, she primarily assists international clients on the full breadth of structuring matters related to inbound investments in Turkey, from incorporation to liquidation. She provides advice to clients on shareholder disputes, including minority issues and governance matters.

Between 2008 and 2015, İnci was heavily involved in a dispute between the shareholders of a leading telecommunications company listed before the BIST and NYSE, where she advised the company’s controlling foreign shareholder on corporate and capital markets law-related issues. From 2010 to 2015, she was seconded to a major chemicals company on a part-time basis, where she performed the duties of in-house counsel and advised on all legal aspects of the company’s day-to-day business. During her secondment, İnci assisted the client in the pre-trial proceedings of a major patent infringement claim against it in the US, attended depositions conducted in Turkey and coordinated the discovery proceedings.

More recently, Inci has been advising the majority shareholders of a USD multi-billion FMCG company, which is among the 100 highest revenue companies of Turkey, in connection with disputes between family members with respect to the company’s management and control.

İnci advises clients across a wide range of sectors, including telecommunications, retail, FMCG, audit services, chemicals, education, facility management and IT. She has a growing client portfolio consisting of leading domestic and multinational firms, such as Deloitte, Huntsman, Magneti Marelli, Bridgestone, Eti Girişim, Züber, Duracell, Logo Software, Boyner Holding, Hedef Filo, PERI, Mediterra Capital, Turkven Private Equity, DEWI (UL International), Bozzetto Group, Vansan, Söke Değirmencilik, Bunzl and LR Global Holding.

Career

After spending eight years with a reputable İstanbul-based law firm, İnci joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2015. She became one of the Firm’s partners in 2019.

Languages

English, Turkish

Memberships

Istanbul Bilgi University Alumni Association.

Education

Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law (LL.M. in Business Law, 2024); Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law (LL.B., 2006).