Erdem & Erdem Law Office

Dispute Resolution / Mergers and Acquisitions

Managing Associate

Melissa Balıkçı Sezen is a Managing Associate in the Corporate and Dispute Resolution departments of Erdem & Erdem. She provides legal advice mainly on matters relating to corporate law, contract law and business law.

She advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters across a number of sectors and has particular expertise in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and share transfer transactions. Melissa regularly advises on EPC contracts, including FIDIC contracts and has experience in drafting various types of contracts.

Melissa also specializes in international commercial arbitration. She represents parties from diverse backgrounds as counsel in arbitration proceedings conducted under various institutional rules such as the ICC, LCIA, ISTAC, ITOTAM and UNCITRAL and acts as tribunal-secretary.

She is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales.

Turkish, English, French

SRA-regulated solicitor in England and Wales

The Law Society

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum

Young International Arbitration Group

Young ISTAC

İstanbul Bar Association

İstanbul Arbitration Association

• Queen Mary University of London, LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution

• King’s College London, Pre-Master’s Programme Law Pathway

• Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law