Melih Aksan > Aksan Law Firm > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Aksan Law Firm
Konaklar Mah. Zeki Müren Sk.
Aksan Binası No: 7
34330 4. Levent, Beşiktaş / İstanbul
Turkey

Work Department

  • Information Technology
  • International Trade Law
  • Tax Law

Position

Partner

Career

After getting his degree from Bahcesehir University, Melih completed his training in a specialized firm in the field of mergers and acquisitions. He graduated from the Economics Law master program of Bilgi University with a dissertation on “Removing Shareholders from Joint Stock Companies according to New Turkish Commercial Law and Squeeze-Out Institution”. He went to the USA to carry on his studies on corporate law. He completed his second master at University of California in Berkeley, one of the top 10 law schools in the USA and graduated from two of his courses with honors. Also, Melih completed the courses International Political Economics, Management and Incentives in Modern Organizations, Legal Writing and Commercial Law and Practice with academic credits at London School of Economics, Harvard University, and University of Cambridge.

Languages

English
French

Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association
TOBB Venture Capital Sector Assembly
DEIK – Foreign Economic Relations Board -Turkey Finland Business Council – Member of the Executive Committee
OYUNDER Game Designers, Developers Producers & Publishers Association – Legal Advisor to the Board

Education

Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Law
İstanbul Bilgi University, Business Law (LL.M.)
University of California, Berkeley – School of Law,  Business Law (LL.M.)

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > IT and telecoms

Under the leadership of Melih Aksan and Alper Onar, the team at Aksan Law Firm regularly advises on venture capital matters within the IT and telecoms space, and is sought after by clients to handle investments into tech start-ups. The group is equally strong in representing investment firms, banks, crypto asset exchange providers and e-money institutions in mandates.