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Solak & Partners Law Firm
Yapı Kredi Plaza C Blok No:40
Levent 34330 Istanbul
Turkey

Turkey > IT and telecoms Tier 4

Solak & Partners Law Firm's IT offering includes advising on software and mobile applications and outsourcing projects, and the team is also adept at handling a wide range of fintech work, including e-wallets and licensing issues. Elçin Karatay, Mutlucan Solak, and Begüm Ergin are the practice heads.

Practice head(s):

Elçin Karatay; Mutlucan Solak; Begüm Ergin

Key clients

VeriPark (UK, Canada, US, Turkey, Belgium, UAE, India)

Logo Software

ELogo

Teknasyon

Quick Sigorta

BiLira

Maher Holding

QPay E-Money and Payment Systems

Cenoa

Paribu

Ava Labs

Debite.io

GoStudent

Fongogo Crowdfunding

StartupMarket

Paribu Ventures

Pangolin

SnapMuse

CDAA (Certified Digital Asset Advisor)

SnailTrail

Kadir Has University

Global Agency

RiskActive

Hostamedia

FinTR (Financial Innovation and Technology Association Turkey)

Arya Women Investment Platform

CryptoIndexSeries

The Mindstone

GoGlobal Advisory

Şeffaf Yönetim

Fox Education

Stoken

Corpus Sigorta

Quick Finans

Akat Bilişim

Tabim Bilisim

Kirpi Advertisement

Blockchain Labs OU

Work highlights

  • Advised VeriPark on a strategic alliance with Mambu, offering expertise in fintech and software legal matters.
  • Advised Cenoa on its global launch, including handling regulatory, commercial, and contractual issues.
  • Acted for Paribu Ventures regarding investments into various technology companies.

Turkey > Banking, finance and capital markets

Solak & Partners Law Firm is distinguished by its focus on the technology sector, including digital banking, e-payment services and blockchain.

Solak&Partners is an Istanbul based law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services for domestic and international clients and provides solutions for day-to-day legal issues as well as complex legal problems of our clients.

We are a new generation law firm that adapts to the dynamics of the changing and developing age. We offer agile legal solutions with our expert, experienced and dynamic team. We understand the business of our clients, anticipate the problems they may encounter before they arise, advise the most effective solutions and help clients make confident decisions. With our multi-disciplinary approach, we offer solutions that will be the best in terms of business as well as legal aspects, in other words, solutions that provide net financial gain to our clients.

Whether it’s entering new markets, innovating businesses or technology, establishing complex legal relations or managing Turkish regulation, our clients trust us for excellent legal services and breaking new legal ground.

We provide services on 4 categories especially in IT, technology, software and finance sectors including:

  • Corporate and Commercial Agreements
  • Compliance
  • M&A
  • Dispute Resolution

We believe in diversity, inclusion, and giveback culture. We aim to make a positive contribution to our community by donations, volunteering and providing pro-bono legal services; we grant scholarship to university students, plant trees for each client, 100% paper-free firm since 2021, and annually donate 1% of profit to NGOs helping animals.

Department Name Email Telephone
Managing Partner Elçin Karatay ekaratay@solakpartners.com
Founding Partner Mutlucan Solak mutlucan@solakpartners.com
Photo Name Position Profile
Ertuğrul Aksoy photo Ertuğrul Aksoy Senior Associate
Başak Aygün Aykut photo Başak Aygün Aykut Senior Associate
Ahmet Demirtaş photo Ahmet Demirtaş Legal Intern
Begüm Ergin photo Begüm Ergin Partner
Elçin Karatay photo Elçin Karatay Managing Partner Head of Technology and Finance Law
Mutlucan Solak photo Mutlucan Solak Founding Partner
Begüm Ergin : Partner
English
Turkish
German
Istanbul Bar Association
International Bar Association
IR Global
BlockchainIST
FinTR
IBA IT Law Committee

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“The Solak & Partners team are very experienced and knowledgeable. They are experts in complex and sophisticated matters especially related to commercial law and contractual relationships. They also understand the commercial aspect of our business, and that understanding makes a great difference.”

“They are made to create easy solutions for difficult multi-jurisdictional problems. I specifically recommend them for sophisticated matters.”

“Elçin is great. I will always recommend Elçin to any FinTech firm without any doubt. She has extensive knowledge and experience, always gives commercially beneficial advice and is very easy to work with. She is able to solve any challenge with elegance and creativity.”