N11.com is an e-commerce platform founded in March 2013 by Dogus Planet that offers a wide range of apparel, electronics, and home products. Legal and corporate leadership at the company is dispensed through Dilek Akdaş in her role of legal affairs and compliance manager. With the website having more than 8.5m subscribers and making around 35m products available, there is plenty of work for its in-house lawyer to demonstrate her skills on, which has in turn enabled her to become one of the leading lawyers in Turkey’s e-commerce sector. Having worked at N11.com from its inception as a start-up, Akdaş has developed company policies, established legal practice and formulated legal precedents to minimise legal risks and comply with local laws. She is currently leading the company’s legal compliance project following the adoption of the Law on Protection of Personal Data by the Turkish government in 2016. Having oversight over all aspects of the legal remit as well as having an important leadership position within the N11.com, Akdaş will be crucial to the future growth of the company as it attempts to boost its global profile. In addition to her corporate legal role and further demonstrating her credentials in the sector, Akdaş instructs at Istanbul Bilgi University on information and technology law.