STG Partners

Gökçe Güler Şirin is a senior legal and compliance advisor with over 25 years of leadership experience across private practice and multinational corporate environments. She is widely recognized for her ability to design and implement enterprise-wide legal and compliance strategies that drive sustainable growth, strengthen governance, and mitigate complex regulatory risks.

With a proven track record in antitrust, telecom regulation, fintech and electronic money services, commercial contracts, and corporate transactions, as well as contract lifecycle management, Gökçe has led high-stakes negotiations, managed cross-border legal mandates, and played a key role in structuring strategic alliances and joint ventures. Gökçe brings a unique blend of legal expertise and business strategy, having successfully led the development and implementation of complex compliance architectures, high-impact special projects, and cross-industry collaborations across telecommunications, technology, and regulated markets.

Her value proposition lies in her ability to design and execute compliance and legal frameworks aligned with long-term corporate strategy, integrate legal governance into transformational business initiatives (cross-border transactions, strategic alliances, M&As), enhance ethical conduct and corporate integrity through systems-thinking and leadership alignment and serve as a strategic consultant on stakeholder risks and regulatory shifts.

She is a trusted voice at the intersection of law and business, known for aligning legal advisory with operational strategy, corporate goals and vision to drive strategy, manage risk, and build lasting stakeholder trust.

CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Antitrust & Competition Law: Advises clients on merger control, cartel investigations, vertical restraints, and abuse of dominance cases, with a track record before Turkish and international competition authorities. Provides strategic counsel on competition and antitrust compliance, develop compliance and competitor monitoring programs.

Telecom Regulation: Offers in-depth legal insight into licensing, spectrum use, market entry, compliance, and regulatory engagement for operators and technology firms.

Fintech: Advises on legal and regulatory frameworks for electronic money institutions, digital wallets, mobile payment systems and embedded finance models. Provides strategic counsel on licensing, operational compliance, AML & ABM obligations, and consumer protection across digital finance ecosystems. Supports the design, governance, and compliance architecture of financial technology products in alignment with evolving regulatory expectations and innovation-driven business goals.

Contract Negotiation & Transaction Management: Leads high-value negotiations, particularly in sectors such as telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure; ensures strategic alignment and contractual clarity.

Corporate & Commercial Transactions: Advises on cross-border joint ventures, asset transfers, procurement models, and public-private structuring, particularly in regulated industries.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management: Designs and implements legal risk frameworks, compliance programs, and internal policy architecture across corporate groups. Frequently works with stakeholders across legal, risk, and product teams to ensure scalable, future-proof compliance in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.

Public Procurement & Market Conduct: Represents clients in relation to tender disputes, concession models, and market abuse investigations tied to dominant position or collusive practices.

Ethics & Compliance: Develops and implements end-to-end compliance architectures covering both global policy and local regulatory frameworks. Advises to clients on anti-bribery & corruption (ABMC), anti-money laundering (AML), and economic sanctions compliance, aligning corporate conduct with international regulatory expectations. Oversees internal investigations, monitors integrity risks, and leads the design of whistleblowing, reporting, and monitoring systems to ensure corporate accountability and ethical governance

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M., Business Law (Pending), Istanbul Bilgi University Harvard Business School (2010–2011), Vodafone Global SLT Training Programme, PECB, Certificate Holder in ISO 37001 Foundation, Certificate Number: ABFO1191833-2025-06. LL.B., Law (1997), Istanbul University