Dr Okan Gündüz > Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile
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Dr Okan Gündüz
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial
Position
Of Counsel
Dr. Okan Gündüz has significant experience in dispute resolution, corporate law, commercial law, contracts law, competition law, employment law, consumer law, public tenders as well as compliance investigations. He has been advising multinational and domestic companies acting in various sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, energy, technology and education.
With over 20 years of experience, Okan represents clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including commercial disputes arising from agency, distribution, sponsorship, sale and purchase agreements; unfair competition; intellectual property rights; recovery of large-scale debts; insolvency; product liability; consumer protection and customs fines, as well as employment law disputes and real estate disputes.
Career
Dr. Okan Gündüz joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2023. He has worked at another reputable Istanbul-based law firm until 2009, and then continued to practice law in law firms in which he was partner. In addition to his dual qualification in Turkey and England and Wales, he also has a pending admission to the New York Bar.
Between 2011 and 2017, Okan lectured on civil procedure law and enforcement & bankruptcy law at an Istanbul-based university. His scientific articles in civil procedure law have been published in various law publications.
He is a co-author of “Government Procurement Review,” Chapter Turkey, 4th edition, the Law Reviews (2016) and the author of “Legal Implications of Lifting the Claim Amount by Amendment Pleading,” Journal of Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Law, vol. 2, issue 3 (2017), “Frivolous Appeal”, Journal of Istanbul Bar Association, vol. 93, issue 2019/4 (2019) and “Case Management in Civil Procedure Law in light of Anglo-American Law” (Ph.D. thesis) Yetkin Publishing (2009).
Languages
English, Turkish
Education
Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences (Ph.D. in Private Law, Civil Procedure Law, 2009); Golden Gate University School of Law (LL.M. in International Legal Studies, 2002), (with honors); Marmara University School of Law (LL.B., 1998).
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Dispute resolution
The dispute resolution group at Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli is praised by sources for putting ‘client needs at the forefront of every decision’. The practice is well-positioned to advise domestic and international clients on a wide range of judicial and arbitral disputes. Led by sole disputes partner Okan Demirkan, whose energy and infrastructure expertise underpins an active arbitration practice, the group also draws on a deep pool of experienced counsel and associates. Of particular note are newly promoted counsel Begüm Biçer İlikay, who focuses on dispute resolution, compliance and investigations, and seasoned of counsel Okan Gündüz.