Igniters Tech Law

Corporate M&A

Senior Counsel

Ayse is senior counsel at Igniters Tech Law, admitted to both the New York and Istanbul Bar Associations, a dual qualification that positions her as a go-to resource for clients operating across U.S. and Turkish legal frameworks. She earned her LL.B. from Istanbul University Faculty of Law and her LL.M. in International Business Law from Boston University School of Law, where she developed the cross-border regulatory fluency that defines her practice today. Following her studies, she gained hands-on experience in Boston as a law clerk and research assistant before returning to Istanbul to build her career.

Ayse's compliance and sanctions practice is one of the most specialized and consequential skill sets any attorney advising internationally active companies can offer — and it is an area where she has built genuine depth. She has advised companies on compliance with U.S. sanctions and export control laws administered by the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice, and has worked alongside international law firms counseling major Turkish companies engaged in cross-border business. Her work in this space covers sanctions risk evaluation, the design and implementation of internal compliance procedures, and alignment with the overlapping and often divergent regulatory frameworks of the U.S., UK, and EU. In an era when sanctions exposure can materialize overnight and the cost of non-compliance can be existential, Ayse brings the kind of structured, detail-oriented, and jurisdiction-aware thinking that companies need before a problem arises, not after.

At Igniters, she channels that regulatory sophistication directly into the firm's startup and technology practice. Ayse advises on venture capital transactions, cross-border corporate matters, and the full range of legal and regulatory challenges that early-stage companies encounter as they build and scale. Her background in international compliance gives her a risk-conscious lens that most startup lawyers simply do not have and her ability to translate that lens into commercially practical, actionable advice makes her an invaluable partner for founders who need to move fast without creating legal landmines down the road.

Turkish, English

Istanbul University Faculty of Law, LL.B.

Boston University School of Law, LL.M.

On a personal note, Ayse applies the same discipline to her workouts as she does to her legal work tracking her daily protein intake with the same precision she brings to a regulatory analysis. Her long-term retirement plan, she will tell you, is to open a shop in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. In the meantime, her clients are fortunate to have her full attention.