Yavuz Selim Günay > Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law > Ankara, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law
Muhsin Yazicioglu Cad. No:39/112 Kat:18
Cankaya - Ankara
Turkey

Position

Founding Partner

Career

Yavuz Selim Günay is a founding partner at Günay Erdoğan Attorneys-at-Law, bringing with him a wealth of experience in various legal fields. Prior to co-founding our firm, Mr. Günay served as the Head of Legal and Contracts for a leading Turkish defense and IT company, and also worked for one of the top law firms in Turkey. With a deep understanding commercial and corporate law, dispute resolution and arbitration, M&A transactions, technology law, defense and aerospace law, export control. Mr. Günay provides strategic legal services to both domestic and international clients. He is also highly experienced in representing Turkish clients investing abroad.

Mr Günay is also a part time lecturer at Bilkent University teaching law of technology.

Languages

Turkish, English

Memberships

Ankara Bar

LSE Alumni Association

The British-Turkish Lawyers Association

ICC Young Arbitrator’s Forum

Bilkent University Alumni Association

Education

LLB Bilkent University, Faculty of Law

LLM Gazi University, Commercial Law

LLM London School of Economics (LSE), International Business Law

PhD Gazi University, Private Law

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > IT and telecoms

With offices in Istanbul and Ankara, Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law is well placed to act for telecoms operators and software companies in mandates. Cybersecurity, e-commerce, software licensing, and data protection issues are prominent in the team’s workload. Çiğdem Gizem Okkaoğlu heads up the practice with Yavuz Selim Günay, who stands out for his ‘exceptional expertise in technology law‘, and is well versed in advising on high-value technology contracts.

Turkey > Compliance

(Firms to watch)

Led by Yavuz Selim Günay and Çiğdem Gizem Okkaoğlu, the group at Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law handles a wide variety of matters, including IT issues, cross-border transactions, and anti-trust related compliance.

Turkey > Dispute resolution

Established in November 2020, the growing team at Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law added 26 clients over the past year. An increasingly prominent choice for construction and shareholder disputes, the group also handles contentious bankruptcy, tax and employment cases. Former general counsel of Havelsan Hava Elektronik Yavuz Selim Günay jointly leads the practice alongside Ersin Erdoğan.

Turkey > Competition

(Firms to watch)

Led by Çiğdem Gizem Okkaoğlu and Yavuz Selim Günay, the Ankara-based competition group at Günay Erdogan Attorneys At Law specialises in designing comprehensive compliance programmes to advise government agencies and domestic and multinational corporates across such sectors as hospitality, construction, health and telecoms.