Ms Maral Minasyan > Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile
Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli Offices
SAGLAM FIKIR SOKAK, KELEBEK CIKMAZI NO 5
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34394 ISTANBUL
Turkey
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Ms Maral Minasyan
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial, Employment, Personal Data Privacy
Position
Partner
Maral Minasyan leads the Firm’s employment law and data privacy law practices and has extensive experience in corporate and commercial law, as well as in contracts law. She advises domestic and multinational companies acting in various sectors, including retail, electronics, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, e-commerce, technology, manufacturing and automotive, in connection with corporate governance, commercial law, contracts, employment law-related matters, as well as personal data privacy compliance. Maral assists a wide range of foreign and local companies during incorporation and advises on legal matters regarding their operations.
She is experienced in assisting multinational companies in all non-contentious and contentious aspects of employment law from hiring to termination, as well as on collective labor law-related matters. She has significant experience in legal support to various companies’ HR departments, especially in advising on employment contracts, employee policies, compensation issues, restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements, severance agreements, employee benefits, such as leave and retirement plans and stock option plans, workplace investigations, waivers and releases, disciplinary actions, and termination & mass lay-off issues. Maral represents clients in several major disputes with former high-level executives and has conducted negotiations with trade unions at both the domestic and international levels.
Maral plays a key role in the HR practices of the Firm’s retainer clients, such as Gucci, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Comau, Cummins, Talanx Group, Deloitte, Duracell, Huntsman, Peek & Cloppenburg, SolarWinds, UL, Superdry, Hugo Boss, Fendi, Dover Corporation, Boston Consulting Group, Nike, GTT Communications, Majorel, Ajax Systems, Züber, Snowflake, ServiceTitan, Rippling and TPI Composites.
She is also experienced in assisting multinational companies on the personal data privacy aspects of new products or services, as well as on commercial arrangements involving personal data. She assists extensively in compliance actions and practical implementation, such as responses to complaints and the exercise of rights, security breach management, data controller to data processor contracts and dealings with Turkish data privacy authorities. She provides clients with tailor-made personal data privacy compliance packages and assists them in structuring personal data management systems to ensure that the clients’ practices, policies and documentation comply with the Turkish data protection law. She excels in employment projects with an emphasis on personal data privacy.
She plays a key role in the personal data privacy practices of the Firm’s clients, such as Duracell, iyzico, Vitol, Hedef Filo, Axpo Group, TikTok, Terumo Europe, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Boston Consulting Group, Hugo Boss, Magneti Marelli and TPI Composites.
Career
Maral Minasyan started with Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı at its inception in 2006. She became one of the Firm’s partners in 2022. She leads the Firm’s Employment Law and Data Privacy Law practices.
She is a co-author of “International Franchise Handbook,” Turkey Chapter, 2nd edition, (DWF Germany, 2017).
Languages
English, Turkish
Education
Boğaziçi University, Human Resources Management Program (2022); Queen Mary University of London School of Law (LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law, 2005); Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law (LL.M. in Private Law, 2003); Marmara University School of Law (LL.B., 2002).
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli, whose diverse workload incorporates M&A-related matters, executive employment contracts and incentive plans, ‘is very experienced in employment matters which require market practice and experience of real-life relationships between employers and employees’. Running the team are Okan Demirkan, who ‘is very practical and result oriented in the way he works’ and Maral Minasyan, who ‘is a problem-solver like no other’. Elsewhere, Rami Arda Yörükoğlu is often called upon for labour disputes owing to his extensive experience in this area.
Turkey > Compliance
The team of ‘dedicated professionals’ at Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli maintains its strong reputation for assisting clients with the creation of crisis management plans, and follow-up actions, with particular emphasis on interactions with regulators. The group is also known for advising on internal investigations and compliance with employment and insurance regulations within Turkey. Practice head Okan Demirkan is a ‘skilled negotiator’ known for his vast expertise in the conduction of anti-bribery and anti-corruption investigations, whilst co-head Maral Minasyan is particularly adept at handling data privacy related compliance issues, such as the structuring of personal data management systems. Ali Tunçsav frequently acts for clients in antitrust investigations, and Neyzar Ünübol leads the firm’s competition practice, regularly assisting domestic and global companies with competition compliance programmes.