About

As the general counsel of Siemens Turkey for nearly a decade, Mehmet Celal Savas has succeeded in transcending the structure of the legal department from ‘the classic legal concept to a real business partner’. Also a board member of the regional company, Savas enjoys working as a true partner with very close interaction with the business and seeing the trust of the company towards him. He believes that the key to success for outside counsel is the understanding of the business needs and that is what he would like law firms to improve upon. Prior to his role in Siemens, Celal Savas was a legal counsel at BP Petrolleri, while previously he owned a private practice until 2000 when he decided to take up the challenge of moving in-house in a foreign company.