Yavuz & Uyanik
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Yavuz & Uyanik‘s employment team covers advice through the full employment lifecycle, often resolving matters through mediation. Founding partner Murat Uyanık brings deep knowledge across complex, cross-border employment litigation, frequently advising on high-stakes termination, compensation and workplace disputes. Showcasing longstanding litigation expertise is Mehmet Selim Yavuz, who handles employment-adjacent disputes that overlap with commercial, insurance or contractual litigation. Alongside her broader debt recovery and restructuring litigation work, Esra Ulcay handles reinstatement and termination claims, former-employee demands, and union-related negotiations.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Murat Uyanık stands out for his exceptional expertise in litigation and delivers clear, solution oriented advice even in highly complex situations. He combines strong technical knowledge with commercial awareness, ensuring that legal guidance is always practical and aligned with business needs. Nazan Akyürek Karahan, specifically advises on employment law issues and stands out with her concrete knowledge of labour law. She is highly responsive, attentive to detail and calm in even complex matters, handling with clarity and efficiency.’
- ‘Strong communication skills across the office and the entire team are a key element of collaboration in the business processes we follow. Furthermore, their industry-specific expertise and knowledge play a guiding role in uncertain areas such as new practices and upcoming legal regulations.’
Work highlights
Advising on more than 160 employee-employer dispute cases of Wat Motor Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., a subsidiary of Koç Holding, and obtaining favorable results.


