Ak Law Firm, founded in 2008, is a Turkish law firm based in Istanbul. Its broadly-based practice encompasses corporate transactional advice, finance, capital markets, projects, real estate and other commercial legal advice as well as dispute resolution services and arbitration. Ak Law Firm lawyers provide legal advice to local and international companies, individuals and financial institutions doing businesses in Turkey and abroad. Ak Law Firm represents multinational companies, international financial institutions, sovereign states, family and other privately held businesses, private equity firms, entrepreneurs and start-ups. Through its close working relationship with international law firms, it also offers clients access to a broad range of expertise outside Turkey.

Ak Law Firm lawyers possess excellent insight into doing business in Turkey and since it was established, it has developed a solid reputation for its commercial and high-quality advice. Our lawyers are multilingual and have been educated at some of the finest schools in Turkey and abroad. We have a global, as well as local perspective and a deep understanding of their businesses in addressing our clients’ legal needs.

Ak Law Firm’s practice is characterized by its high-quality legal advice and its focus on forging and maintaining strong business relationships with its clients. Much of our work requires the local knowledge and insight that our lawyers have in doing business in Turkey, as well as an understanding of our clients’ commercial and strategic imperatives.

Our culture emphasizes respectful and constructive collaboration not only with our clients, but also with counterparties and their advisors. Our dedication and commitment have earned us the confidence and trust of our clients, many of whom have been with us since the start.

Ak Law Firm provides local and cross-border legal consultancy services to clients in a broad range of industry sectors doing business in Turkey. With its prime location in Istanbul’s midtown business district, Ak Law Firm is staffed with experienced and multilingual Turkish qualified lawyers.

Clients benefit from Ak Law Firm’s broad service offering in Turkey, which includes corporate and commercial matters, finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in various sectors ranging from mining to high-tech manufacturing, corporate restructurings and complex cross-border transactions. Our lawyers have, in addition to general experience, such specialist areas of expertise as litigation and arbitration law, banking and capital markets law, employment law, energy law, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate law. Our lawyers also advise on infrastructure and energy projects in addition to the full range of banking and capital markets services, securities, international funds and privatizations.

Clients also benefit from a well-balanced corporate mergers and acquisitions practice, which advises both Turkish and international clients on Turkish law. We advise on the full range of corporate and regulatory issues involved in large-scale infrastructure development and energy projects, including administrative law and public service contracts, some of which are strategically significant for the administrative authorities involved.