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Sakayikli Sokak
No:10 Levent
34330 Istanbul
Turkey
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Mr Ayhan Kilinc KC
Position
CEO & PARTNER
Career
Ayhan Kılınç studied law in Turkey and the United States. He started his career at Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s largest legal publishing companies, where he taught online legal research to students at 5 of the most prestigious law schools in the US for 4 years. Kılınç, who continued his career as a legal consultant in 2004, took a new direction by establishing and managing his own law firm based in Ankara in 2008 and has been continuing his career as an attorney in Istanbul since 2013.
As an experienced transactional lawyer specializing in Commercial and Corporate Law, Ayhan Kılınç has worked as lead counsel in dozens of M&A transactions for over fifteen years and was appointed as CEO in 2021, perhaps a first for legal practice in Turkey.
Joining SRP-Legal in 2023 as Partner & CEO, Ayhan Kılınç devotes a large part of his work to embedding the next generation management model, while at the same time, as Partner, he works with SRP-Legal’s expert legal team on complex legal matters.
Languages
Turkish, English
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Education
Ayhan Kilinc studied Law in Ankara University Law of Faculty. He obtained his LL.M. (Master of Law) degree on Comparative Law and Juris Doctor degree at University of Florida.
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Competition
SRP-Legal
specialises in providing comprehensive competition consultancy services to domestic and multinational financial institutions, insurers and corporates across such sectors as manufacturing, e-commerce, IT, energy, building materials, consumer goods. The team’s full service extends to litigation, M&A, investigations by the Competition Authority and compliance projects. The practice is headed by firm founder and managing partner Cigdem Ayozger Ongun, who brings expertise to the IT, telecoms and data protection areas. Key support is provided by senior associate Deniz Erkan. CEO and partner Ayhan Kilinc joined from ASC Law Office in September 2023.