About us: The Team

About us: The Team

Mustafa Yakut
Senior PARTNER

Education
Executive MBA, Sabancı University, Istanbul-Turkey
Language Program, Houston Community College, Houston-USA
Economics, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara-Turkey

Registered Bar
Istanbul Bar Association, Turkey Union of Bar Associations

Ahment Karal
Senior PARTNER

Education
PhD, Private Law, Galatasaray University Faculty of Law
LLM, Business Law, Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law
MCL, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
LLB, Marmara University Faculty of Law

Registered Bar
Istanbul Bar Association

At Ekiz Law Firm, we’re committed to staying involved. By taking an active part in local and state legislative matters and actively participating in many real estate organizations, we’re always on the pulse of the ever-changing world of real estate law.

Ekiz Law Firm has been honored by several commercial and residential organizations for our leadership role within the industry, and we’re proud to be certified as a foremost legal firm in Turkey. As members of several industry associations, we’re connected to a diverse network of legal and real estate professionals.

How our corporate solicitors can help

We can advise on all areas of corporate and commercial law including:

Corporate mergers & acquisitions
Restructuring, reorganisations & demergers
Partnerships, joint ventures and shareholders agreements
Private equity
Corporate tax
Investments into the Turkey
Commercial contracts and agreements
Franchising
Partnership Disputes
Transfer of Undertakings
We can also access the specialist advice and services of our Ekiz Law colleagues to help with any legal matter a business may face including employment, property, business immigration, litigation/dispute resolution etc.

Our Company Commercial team advises a broad range of clients from start-ups to major businesses and across a wide range of different sectors. We regularly advise clients on a number of complex commercial agreements, including but not limited to Joint Venture Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Franchise Agreements, etc. Our advice is tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients to ensure the best outcome for their business. Our Company/Commercial team at Ekiz Law will provide you with bespoke and tailored advice and can assist your business with the following:

Preparing companies for sale including undertaking due diligence work and legal auditing.
Preliminary steps including heads of terms and exclusivity and confidentiality agreements.
Advice on Share Acquisition
Advice on contracts relating to start-up businesses
Advice on exiting a company
Drafting Commercial Agreements

Some of our recent works include:

Advising a client on a share acquisition of a value of £1 million pounds. Undertaking the entire legal due diligence in the acquisition
Restoring a dissolved company to the companies house register
Advising a client on their exit from a company through the sale of shares
Advising client on a pursuing a claim against a Share Transfer Fraud
Advising a client on the purchase of shares from its existing shareholders

Who we can help and how

Our corporate and commercial law team regularly acts for buyers, sellers and investors across a broad range of sectors. We have experience to advise and assist entrepreneurs, start-ups and private equity investors to family-owned businesses, public companies and multinational corporates.

Our deep and varied business experience means we can provide valuable insights into the potential ‘drivers’ of the other parties involved in a transaction. This allows us to anticipate possible issues, minimise any associated risks and ultimately maximise the value of your transaction.

Contact us today

It could not be easier to get in touch with one of our expert solicitors and find out how we can help you get the outcome you want. Simply give us a call or complete our online contact form and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss your situation.