Member Profiles

Kesikli Law Firm, an independent law practice based in Istanbul, Turkey, serves a diverse client base, from global corporations to small, entrepreneurial companies and individuals in a range of transactional, litigious and regulatory matters. Through its involvement as counsel to investors, contractors, engineers, project developers, trading companies and other project proponents, Kesikli Law Firm established a trustworthy reputation as the provider of tailored legal solutions in the areas of Power & Energy, Real Estate & Construction Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, IP Law and Employment Law on contentious and non-contentious matters.

Kılınç Law & Consulting is a law firm based in Türkiye, providing legal services in domestic and international areas. The Firm’s leading services include energy and commercial law, competition law, Mergers and acquisitions, including execution of application processes to the Competition Authority, project finance and consultancy services given to Foreign Direct Investments. Accordingly, our law firm provides daily consultancy services to its clients in employment law, contracts law and capital markets law. Our team is competent to provide necessary legal advice to its clients before the national courts and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, with lawyers specialized in maritime law, enforcement and bankruptcy law, and a dispute resolution team specialized in national and international dispute resolution. In addition, Kılınç Law & Consulting, has experience in assisting foreign companies with obtaining work permits, residence permits and the acquisition of Turkish citizenship for their employees. Kılınç Law & Consulting has extensive experience in assisting their clients before the administrative authorities to ensure they obtain required authorizations, licenses and/or permits for their respective commercial activities. Our specialist lawyers pursue and finalize the application process for the client before public authorities in Türkiye while ensuring its foreign clients benefit from the incentives that the legislation offers. Following the completion of authorization, licensing and/or permit processes Kılınç Law & Consulting prepares project and financial agreements for its clients by carrying out the relevant negotiation processes and completes the closing and registration processes for its clients. Moreover, the Firm conducts services in order to ensure its clients comply with the ever-changing regulations through our Regulation & Compliance department with the daily sector-specific feedback on regulatory changes. In addition to providing consulting services on government relations in multiple sectors, Kılınç Law & Consulting also advises international companies on their investments in Türkiye, including company establishment procedures, contract negotiations, completing agreements, restructurings, day to day corporate and operational needs and taking the necessary legal steps against disputes that may arise in the future. Kılınç Law and Consulting, within the scope of its Innovation & Fintech Department; provides services to clients working in the Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce and Esports sectors and start-up and scale-up companies Kılınç Law & Consulting, through its Data Privacy department, provides services on compliance with the Personal Data Privacy Law that was amended in 2016 that regulates privacy obligations for companies that has a certain amount of revenue and employees. Our goal is to offer preventive precautions and to generate solutions to the legal issues our clients face. Our team comprises experienced partners, associates, and paralegals who are fluent in English, German, Arabic, Russian and Azerbaijani.

Before becoming a qualified lawyer, Caglar served on container vessels and bulk carriers of a major shipping company as second officer and chief officer. He was later promoted to onshore management as the Manager of Claim and Insurance Department where he was engaged in marine claims and disputes. He was particularly involved in matters falling into the scope of P&I and Hull insurance. After his graduation from Istanbul University Faculty of Law he studied maritime law at University of Southampton for an LL.M. degree in Maritime Law. He also has experience in the offices of international law firms, insurers, P&I Clubs, salvage brokers, adjusters and recovery agents in London, where he spent the summer of 2004, to gain experience in London insurance and shipping market practices. He is currently a PhD candidate on International Law in Istanbul University where he writes a thesis on maritime delimitation. Upon admission to Istanbul Bar Association he founded Cavus & Coskunsu Law Firm, as his knowledge and experience extends to various areas of law, Mr. Coskunsu has been consulting and providing legal advice to his Turkish and foreign clients with a distinguished and high qualified service especially in the areas of Shipping, Emergency Response to Casualties like collision, salvage and pollution matters, International Trade & Commodities, Employment & Marine Labour, Insurance & Reinsurance, Dispute Resolution, Maritime related Criminal Cases. Recently, he is sharing his knowledge and experience by attending seminars held in London and Istanbul where he is giving speeches on ship arrest, salvage and wreck removal and also with his articles. He is a member of Istanbul Bar Association, ITU Research Centre for Turkish Straits, ITU Maritime Faculty Alumni Association, Consultant Member of Research Centre of Maritime Law – Ankara University.

Before becoming a qualified lawyer, Caglar served on container vessels and bulk carriers of a major shipping company as second officer and chief officer. He was later promoted to onshore management as the Manager of Claim and Insurance Department where he was engaged in marine claims and disputes. He was particularly involved in matters falling into the scope of P&I and Hull insurance. After his graduation from Istanbul University Faculty of Law he studied maritime law at University of Southampton for an LL.M. degree in Maritime Law. He also has experience in the offices of international law firms, insurers, P&I Clubs, salvage brokers, adjusters and recovery agents in London, where he spent the summer of 2004, to gain experience in London insurance and shipping market practices. He is currently a PhD candidate on International Law in Istanbul University where he writes a thesis on maritime delimitation. Upon admission to Istanbul Bar Association he founded Cavus & Coskunsu Law Firm, as his knowledge and experience extends to various areas of law, Mr. Coskunsu has been consulting and providing legal advice to his Turkish and foreign clients with a distinguished and high qualified service especially in the areas of Shipping, Emergency Response to Casualties like collision, salvage and pollution matters, International Trade & Commodities, Employment & Marine Labour, Insurance & Reinsurance, Dispute Resolution, Maritime related Criminal Cases. Recently, he is sharing his knowledge and experience by attending seminars held in London and Istanbul where he is giving speeches on ship arrest, salvage and wreck removal and also with his articles. He is a member of Istanbul Bar Association, ITU Research Centre for Turkish Straits, ITU Maritime Faculty Alumni Association, Consultant Member of Research Centre of Maritime Law – Ankara University.

Burçin Gözlüklü is the founder and the managing partner of Centrum Sworn-In Financial Advisory and Consulting Inc. since the beginning of 2015. Centrum Group is a multi-disciplinary firm providing tax auditing and certification, tax consultancy, indirect tax consultancy, vat refund, labor and social security consultancy, corporate tax management, international tax, international consulting services to an extensive array of Turkish and international clients. Since its establishment in 2015, with close to 400 customers and 60 employees, it has become one of Turkey's fastest growing consulting firm within 5 years. It provides consultancy services to a large number of corporate firms, with partners consisting of 6 people, each of whom are experts in their fields, and a staff, 40% of whom hold a master's degree. Centrum has achieved a unique place in sector since It is Turkey’s first firm specializing in international consulting and transfer pricing.The company is located in Istanbul and has a branch in Ankara. Centrum is selected as Best Tax Firm of Turkey for 2018 by International Tax Review, the leading international publisher.