Energy Law Firm of the Year & Mining Law Firm of the Year - Turkey

Firm Profile

Çukur & Yılmaz, established in 1993, offers a full range of legal services across a broad spectrum of local and international legal matters, providing legal representation both to enterprises operated within Turkish jurisdiction and to institutions and companies and individuals with a multinational scope of activities, particularly on corporate, business and civil law issues. Çukur & Yılmaz renders legal consulting and representation services to its clientele on many practice areas. Through our offices in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and Adana, Çukur & Yılmaz is capable of rendering its full-service practices in all geographic regions of Turkey. Legal team of Çukur & Yılmaz is made up of more than 40 lawyers, consultants and tax lawyers in four offices which makes our law firm one of the largest international practitioners in Turkey. Turkish, English, Italian, German and French are the main practice languages of our team.

Devrim Cukur Ç

Devrim Çukur, who is the managing partner of the Çukur & Yilmaz Law Firm, was admitted to the Izmir Bar in 1993.

Following his graduation from the Dokuz Eylul University School of Law (LL.B, 1992), he completed his LL.M. at the Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Social Sciences (LL.M. on Fiscal Law). He was graduated also from the Anadolu University Banking and Insurance 2000, Anadolu University Business Administration 2002. He participated diploma programs at London Metropolitan University on International Business Law and International Intellectual Property Law in 2003. He attended Ph.D programme at Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Social Sciences on European Studies. His practice areas include Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, Finance, Construction, Energy and Projects, Real Estate. Devrim Çukur also represents Republic of Turkey at the Council of Europe’s The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities as a permanent delegate. He is fluent in both Turkish and English.

Areas of Expertise

The areas of expertise are as follows: Corporate

• Mergers & Acquisitions • Private Equity • Joint Venture • Capital Markets

• Business Formation & Investment Management

• Banking & Finance • Commercial Contracts • International Trade • Employment • Labour & Human Resources • Real Estate & Construction • Power & Renewables • Oil & Gas

• Infrastructure Projects & Project Finance

• Mining & Natural Resources • Competition • Anti-trust & European Union • IP • Trademark • Patent & Design • Insurance • Governmental & Regulatory • Information Technology • Media & Telecoms • Dispute Resolution • Litigation • Arbitration • Mediation • Insolvency & Debt Recovery • Tax • Private Client Services.

Notable Legal Work

INDUSTRIES · Agriculture, Food & Beverages · Automotive And Spare Parts · Renewable Energy and Power · Mining & Natural Resources · Oil & Gas · Infrastructure And Projects · Real Estate · Construction And Engineering · Healthcare, Life Sciences And Pharmaceuticals

· Chemicals · Banking And Financial Services · Insurance · Telecoms, Information Technology And Media

· Hotels And Leisure · Home Appliances And Furniture, · Consumer Products · Retail And Fashion · Maritime And Logistics

INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE GROUPS · Asian Practice Group · Benelux Practice Group · CIS and Russia Practice Group · German Practice Group · Italian Practice Group · Nordic Practice Group · Middle East Practice Group

Contact

We provide full service legal assistance in four cities in Turkey: Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and Adana. Ankara and Adana offices are the associated offices.

The address of Istanbul Office: İnönü Caddesi 18/3 Gümüşsu Palas 34437 Taksim İstanbul/TURKEY

Communication: +90.212.243 43 31 Fax : +90.212. 243 38 99

The address of Izmir Office: Talatpaşa Bulvarı 11/3 35220 Alsancak İzmir/Turkey

Communication: +90.232.465 07 07 Fax : +90. 232. 465 02 36

The address of Ankara Office: Cinnah Caddesi Farabi Sokak 30/4 06690 Çankaya Ankara/TURKEY

Communication: +90.312. 467 71 71 Fax : +90.312. 426 53 33

The address of Adana Office: Ziyapaşa Bulvarı No:9/2 Seyhan Adana/TURKEY

Devrim Çukur

Communication: +90.322. 402 00 35 Fax: +90.322. 402 00 34

Email: info@cukuryilmaz.av.tr Website: www.cukuryilmaz.av.tr

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