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Balcioglu Selçuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership

Balcioglu Selçuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership

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Turkey

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Media and entertainment

Full-service firm Balcioglu Selçuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership has a top-tier media and entertainment group that regularly acts for international and multijurisdictional clients. The team has extensive experience advising clients in the tech, media and telecoms sectors on issues such as intellectual property rights, M&A, data security, tech licensing and sourcing strategies. Co-leading the practice, corporate lawyer Kağan Dora is highly knowledgeable in the media, internet, social media, advertisement and e-commerce industries, and Şahin Ardıyok focuses on competition and regulatory matters, often in the media sector. Another key practitioner is Mahmut Karyağdı, who specialises in IP, tech, media and advertisement litigation matters.
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Key clients

  • ByteDance (Tiktok)
  • RTL
  • Mynet Games
  • Twitch
  • Twitter Inc.
  • United International Pictures
  • Wavemaker İletişim Planlama Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi
  • EssenceMediacom Turkey Medya A.Ş.
  • GroupM Medya Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi
  • Connect Dijital Hizmetler A.Ş.
  • The And Partnership İletişim Hizmetleri Anonim Şirketi
  • Rafineri Advertising Agency

Work highlights

Advising Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, GroupM, The And Partnership and Connect Dijital on their day-to-day legal matters and contract preparation.
Advising United International Pictures, the joint venture company of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, in relation to the negotiation of the contracts pertaining to the commercial exhibition of films at movie theatres and on the implications of certain contractual provisions.
Provided end-to-end legal support throughout the inspection at the premises of Warner Music, delivering real-time compliance advice and ensuring the inspection was completed smoothly in a preliminary examination launched into Spotify’s potential anti-competitive practices in the Turkish music streaming market.
Practice head

Kağan Dora; Şahin Ardıyok

Other key lawyers

Mahmut Karyağdı; Barış Yüksel; Safa Cenanoğlu; Ceren Gizem Özoktay; Emir Gönen

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