Prof Dr Ercüment Erdem > Erdem & Erdem Law Office > Izmir, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Erdem & Erdem Law Office has a strong energy practice, advising extensively on solar power plant installation projects, as well as renewable energy projects more generally. Ercüment Erdem brings over 30 years of experience in energy and infrastructure projects. Tuna Colgar has an impressive track record in drafting and negotiating EPC contracts, while Mert Karamustafaoglu is a skilled competition and compliance lawyer with a deep understanding of the energy sector.

Erdem & Erdem Law Office’s IT and TMT practice combines specialised commercial, contractual, and regulatory expertise. The team is highly active in investment transactions and competition matters within the sector. Ercüment Erdem engages with regulatory authorities and supports the drafting and negotiation of critical documents. Practice head Özgür Kocabaşoğlu offers extensive experience in managing e-commerce, cloud, blockchain, and social media projects.

Drawing upon ‘deep legal knowledge’ across a range of financing products, including Shari’ah-compliant techniques, Erdem & Erdem Law Office is well-placed to advise a fairly balanced mix of corporates and borrowers seeking or receiving funding for a variety of purposes. İbrahim Onur Baysal spearheads the firm’s capital markets offering and is able to provide deep regulatory insight, in part due to his previous tenure at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey; he has recently handled numerous IPOs for issuers. Ercüment Erdem also handles regulatory and transactional capital markets work (chiefly within the DCM space), and co-heads the overarching finance team alongside Baysal and Ozgur Kocabasoglu, who excels at transactions with a nexus to China.

Erdem & Erdem Law Office has a solid track record in advising credit providers, sponsors, joint venture partners, and contractors on non-recourse and limited-recourse project finance transactions. The work of senior partner Ercüment Erdem and Ozgur Kocabasoglu spans energy, heavy industry, infrastructure and construction, and airport and seaport development. Erdem is a key adviser to corporate borrowers, private equity funds, financial advisers, commercial banks, and other financial institutions.

Erdem & Erdem Law Office acts for clients across a range of corporate and commercial work, and the scope of work traverses the full corporate life-cycle, from establishment, operational needs and M&A work, through to company dissolution. Tuna Colgar ‘stands out for his strategic thinking’ on both inbound and outbound transactions, and has notable experience handling matters with a nexus to the Gulf region. The team is co-headed by Ercüment Erdem and Ozgur Kocabasoglu, with the latter having a core focus on China-related matters.

Clients of Erdem & Erdem Law Office remark that its ‘dedication and professionalism really set it apart from other firms’. The firm has a stellar track record in all forms of litigation, enforcement and insolvency proceedings at first instance, appeal and cassation stages, and has a standout practice for high-profile international commercial and personal injury cases. Commercial and administrative lawsuit specialist Piraye Erdem and arbitration expert Suleyman Sevinc lead the practice, in which founder Ercüment Erdem and up-and-coming partner Alper Uzun are key practitioners. Other key members of the team include Mehveş Erdem Kamiloğlu, who has a strong record in arbitration.

Erdem & Erdem Law Office offers critical EU and Turkish competition law advice on M&A transactions, investigations, compliance programmes, and distributorship systems. The team plays a pivotal role in defending dominant firms accused of abuse of a dominant position by the Competition Authority and ensures M&A deals meet competition regulations. Ercüment Erdem, with over 40 years of experience, specialises in antitrust, M&A, and arbitration. Ecem Süsoy Uygun provides key support throughout all stages of competition law investigations. Mert Karamustafaoğlu departed the firm in February 2025.