About

Newly appointed director of legal affairs İrem Aydın has already made a number of changes as a leader of the legal department of D&R, one of the biggest conglomerates in Turkey. In her short time there Aydın has already arranged meetings with the six other departments of the company and prepared and presented a legal risk prevention strategy to the CEO. She has a vast combination of experiences in a number of sectors and positions, something she claims has helped her to ‘roll with the punches of the business world’. During her legal career, Aydın has facilitated a number of transactions and litigations including the sale of 30% shares of the third biggest integrated port of Turkey and the biggest port of the Aegean Sea to Goldman Sachs for $250m, as well as preparations for the engineering procurement and construction contract for the $55m valued wind park project of PETKIM. Prior to her current role, Aydın started her legal career at Esin Attorney Partnership, and during this time Aydın was part of successful million dollar M&A projects. The three years of experience she gained in this legal firm helped her to later lead and complete two major M&A deals at SOCAR as a corporate legal affairs manager; one of which was the sale of 13% shares of the holding company to Goldman Sachs for $1.3bn.