About

Following a successful twenty-year career at White & Case, in 2014 Şebnem Önder assumed her first in-house role as the legal director at British American Tobacco Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Praised by sources for the changes she has introduced in the legal department, Önder’s biggest contribution to BAT is the significant reduction of the number of legal cases, due to the change of the legal strategy which now rendered the legal team’s involvement in all transactions of the company necessary. Also part of the senior management, Önder concedes that moving in-house has been a big challenge, as she is required to make very quick and business-oriented decisions without her usual legal reservation.