Asist Law Firm

Maritime - Insurance

Of Counsel

Upon completing his bachelor in law and graduate studies (LL.M.) in Turkey, he pursued his Ph.D. studies in China. After his studies and research in China, he started to teach Maritime Law, the Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Marine Environmental Law, Maritime Labor Law, International Maritime Conventions, and the Polar Law courses at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Maritime Faculty, Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Yıldız Technical University Naval Architecture and Maritime Faculty, Naval Academy in Turkey; and Admiralty Law, Maritime Law, and Maritime Labor Law for the State University of New York Maritime College (Joint Degree with ITU). In 2022, he completed an MBA in Maritime Transportation Management and became a lecturer for the Port Operators Association of Türkiye.

In 2022 and 2023, he represented the Turkish Space Agency for drafting the “Concept Paper” at the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) Space Law Alliance. In 2018 and 2019, he taught Polar Law and the Law of the Sea courses for Summer School held at the Koguan School of Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU). He has been a researcher at SJTU Koguan School of Law and Polar and Deep Ocean Development Research Centre since 2019. In 2017, he participated in the Turkish Antarctic Expedition-I (the first national scientific Antarctic expedition) as the legal and environmental officer. He worked at the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat in Buenos Aires and represented the Turkish government in developing Antarctic policy and legal regime for a non-consultative State.

His professional and academic research fields include Maritime Law, Transportation Law, Marine Insurance Law, International Law of the Sea, International Trade Law, Commercial Arbitration, Private International Law.

English, Turkish