Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has extensive experience and expertise in the resolution of disputes with various administrations and the elimination of tax disputes for its clients who are leaders in different industries around the world.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Administration and Tax Law include:
— Conducting all administrative applications and objections
— Exhausting all administrative remedies and carrying out settlement processes
— Litigation and dispute resolution
— Resolving disputes that arise from customs legislation and other administrative and tax offences and penalties
— Cancellation of any tax and duty accruals, including customs smuggling penalties and duties, corporate taxes, transfer pricing and related issues
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem also specializes in real estate development projects and has extensive experience in carrying out various transactions such as selling, purchasing, and renting, the establishment of real and personal rights on real estate and conducting negotiations in this respect. Additionaly, we provide real estate owners and investors with consultancy services on transfer and management. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem drafts and negotiates construction related contracts and transactions including promise to sell, commercial lease and purchase agreements, concessionary. allocations, joint development agreements, architectural copyright and licence agreements, FIDIC contracts, sub-contractor, engineering and procurement contracts and management contracts.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Real Estate Law include:
— Carrying out land registry procedures
— Drafting rental contracts
— Drafting agreements for establishment of real and personal rights
— Ensuring due diligence and issuing due diligence report
— Drafting purchase and sales agreements
— Checking conformity of projects with environmental legislation
— Real estate financing
— Acquisition of real estate by foreigners
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides legal consultancy and litigation services regarding consumer law including disputes arising from defective products or services and tried by Consumer Arbitration Committees and Consumer Courts.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Consumer Law include:
— Drafting Purchase and Sales Agreements
— Following all relevant legislation in the field of Consumer Law
— Following transactions at Consumer Arbitration Committee
— Providing legal remedies for customers’ complaints
— Making settlement negotiations and protocols between buyers and sellers
— Settling disputes arising from defective goods or services
— Settling disputes tried by Consumer and Commercial Courts
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is specialized in the establishment, dissolution, merger/acquisition and type changing processes of domestic and foreign companies in the field of Corporate Law. A wide range of distinguished clientele puts their trust in Bağzıbağlı & Erdem to carry out many different tasks regarding Corporate Law.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in this area include:
— Holding general assembly meetings of companies
— Carrying out capital increases and reductions
— Providing consultancy under the capital market legislation
— Preventing unfair competition and offering consultancy under consumer legislation
— Establishment of companies, branch offices and liaison offices
— Carrying out transactions related to shares and bonds
— Providing commercially minded legal advices
— Assisting in the negotiation and drafting or contracts
— Performing due diligence
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem renders any kind of litigation and consultancy services to clients in the field of Criminal Lawrequired from the investigation stage and provides quality and excellence to its clients while protecting their rights and ensuring them get the best possible defense for their case.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides consultancy services from investigation and pre-litigation stages to litigation and enforcement stages with regard to all procedures and processes bearing risk of criminal sanction.
Since the Ministry of EU Affairs started the National Programmes for the Adoption of the Acquis, data protection law has started to develop and along with the release of the Turkish Law on the Protection of Personal Data numbered 6698, Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has served its clientele in attempt to comply with the law. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is one of the most preferred law firms giving consultancy for its clients to not to be faced against any penal sanction arising from the law and regulations.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Data Protection Law include:
— Providing legal support for the adjustment process
— Determining the liabilities of the entities which are subject to the Law
— Performing due diligence accordingly
— Providing consultancy for data processing, transfer of personal data, deletion, destruction, and anonymization of personal data, and data processor’s obligations
— Finalizing the framework
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem renders consultancy services on production, transmission and financing with regard to electricity, wind, natural gas and renewable energy such as biomass, bio fuel and solar energy. The main fields of activity in the industry are: energy plants, petrol, gas and mining. Specialized in agreements in the energy industry, Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has also participated in important privatizations in the field as a legal consultant.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Energy and Mining Law include:
— Any license applications and their amendments with regard to the energy market
— Executing any procedure with regard to the Turkish EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority)
— Establishing energy companies, drafting due diligence reports and conducting share transfers
— Forming Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements (ERPA)
— Drafting Concession Agreements
— Drafting Drilling and Rehabilitation Agreements
— Drafting Production Sharing Agreements
— Drafting Tax Distribution Agreements
— Drafting License Agreement
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has significant experience in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem carries out comprehensive investigation to determine all properties belonging to the debtor, including real estate as well as rights and receivables in third persons under execution proceedings with the purpose of collecting receivables in the field of Execution and Bankruptcy Law. Such services also include litigation proceedings at execution courts and general courts for the resolution of disputes between the creditor/ the debtor and third persons.
Some of the other services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Execution and Bankruptcy Law include:
— Carrying out execution and bankruptcy proceedings for the purpose of collecting receivables
— Drafting protocols for debt liquidation negotiations and amicable agreements made between the debtor or creditor client and the other party
— Carrying out proceedings for the suspension of bankruptcy
— Resolving disputes arising from bank loan agreements
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem serves the clients by writing protocols and representing them in front of courts during dispute resolution regarding issues of Family Law such as marriage, engagement, divorce, alimony and child support, custody, matrimonial property regimes, kinship, establishing paternity, adoption, property guardianship, family estate and tutelage between parties that are both Turkish citizens or Turkish citizens and foreigners pursuant to the Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, relevant international conventions and codes; paying the utmost care and attention to the right of privacy of the parties.
The services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the area of Family Law include:
— Conducting litigation in divorce and paternity lawsuits
— Writing and executing protocols for uncontested divorce cases
— Making claims of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages in uncontested divorce cases
— Executing the division of matrimonial property regimes after divorce
— Providing legal remedies for actions against verdicts and provisions regarding custody, alimony and child support
— Applying for court measures against domestic violence and such cases
— Resolution of conflicts arising from adoption
— Providing consultancy services regarding matrimonial property agreements that shall be conducted between the marrying parties
— Resolution of conflicts arising from termination of engagement
— Settling all sorts of disputes tried by Family Courts
— Following the current legislation in the area of Family Law
Turkey, a country in the center of the global change in the macro dynamics of international economic migration, has gone from being an emigrant geography to an immigrant one within the past quarter- century. Operating in such a country, Bağzıbağlı & Erdem actively provides legal consultancy services in a wide range of legal issues in the field of Foreigners and Citizenship Law. Our team of qualified lawyers and foreign consultants has the required skills to deal with problems that have an element of foreignness.
Our department provides full legal consultancy services in areas such as obtaining work permits for foreign citizens, following procedures for their residence permits, as well as applying for and following procedures for acquisition of Turkish citizenship.
Other services Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides for domestic and foreign, natural and legal entities include:
— Applying for, following and concluding procedures for obtaining residence permits and extending residence permit durations for foreigners whowish to live in Turkey
— Applying for, following and concluding procedures for obtaining work permits and extending work permit durations for foreigners who plan to be employed in Turkey, including but not limited to foreigners to be employed at legal entities subject to the Law on Foreign Direct Investments
— Applying for, following and concluding procedures for citizenship for foreigners who wish to acquire Turkish citizenship under Law no. 5901 on Turkish Citizenship
— Applying for, following and concluding procedures for individuals who wish to renounce their Turkish citizenship by a competent authority decision under Law no. 5901 on Turkish Citizenship
— Rendering consultancy services with regard to Real Estate Law, especially on acquisition of real estate by foreigners in Turkey, and providing consultancy services with regard to Inheritance Law
— Providing legal consultancy services with regard to refuge, temporary protection, secondary protection, and statuses of refugees and conditional refugees in Turkey (There is no one-way implementation concerning refuge in our country, which agrees with the Geneva Convention of 1951 relating to the legal status of refugees, subject to geographical restriction. According to this restriction, Turkey only accepts requests for refuge made from the member countries of the European Council. With respect to requests for refuge made from countries other than the European Council, it will grant a temporary residence permit to such people until they settle in the country that they will accept through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR))
— Recognition and enforcement
Providing services to both national and international clients, Bağzıbağlı & Erdem renders services relating to settlement of any contractual and administrative disputes arising from industrial activities.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Law include:
— Drafting purchase and sales agreements for pharmaceutical raw materials and pharmaceutical production-development agreements
— Drafting confidentiality agreements
— Drafting pharmaceutical distribution agreements
— Drafting agreements relating to clinical research
— Securing intellectual property rights (especially regarding disputes arising from pharmaceutical patents and pharmaceutical trademarks)
— Drafting recycling agreements for hazardous wastes/packages
— Rendering consultancy services relating to administrative procedures for pharmaceutical sales and marketing authorizations
— Supporting in compliance with the FCPA and UKBA and the corresponding Turkish rules and regulations
— Advising all phases of business cycle of life science products including clinical trials and marketing authorization procedures
— Applying for patent registrations of pharmaceutical inventions and pharmaceutical trademarks and following registration processes.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides comprehensive and solution-oriented legal services in specific fields such as Information Technology, licensing, dispensations, derogations, and management of intellectual property rights with its specialized lawyers.
In this context, Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides the following services:
— Following recent developments in Information Technology Law
— Offering specific legal solutions on information technology
— Following procedures for licensing, protection of intellectual property rights, recording and registration
— Conducting legally smooth business processes, providing general legal consultancy services and consultancy services on legal risk analyses, drafting agreements, Information Technology Law, disputes arising from trademarks, copyrights, domain names and distributor relationships
— Providing consultancy services to internet content providers and hosting providers
— Providing legal consultancy services to companies selling goods and services on the internet and preparing the legal infrastructure
— Following and concluding violations arising via internet
— Providing legal consultancy services for applications on e-trading and e-signatures
The rapid development of international trade in the globalized world has increased the requirement for companies to protect the distinguishing characteristics of their own products and services. In this context, the Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law has rapidly developed in Turkey, during which Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has made theoretical and practical contributions in the field of Turkish IP law. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem covers all aspects of intellectual property rights including patents, utility models, trademark, copyright, design, geographical indications, plant varieties and internet domain names and is recognized as leading IP practice in Turkey.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Intellectual Property Law include:
— Executing investigation, registration, protection and transfer procedures of trademarks, patents, industrial designs and utility models on national and international scales
— Providing consultancy services regarding rights on trademarks, patents, industrial designs and utility models, as well as following litigations arising from disputes
— Copyright protection and license agreements
— Prevention of the abuse of trade secrets
— Providing consultancy services on intellectual property rights during mergers and acquisitions
— Drafting licensing agreements and providing consultancy services on licensing negotiations.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem represents a broad range of clients in the field of international trade with its expert team and international business partners.
Some of the services provided in this area are:
— Anti-dumping investigations conducted both in Turkey and abroad
— Countervailing duty investigations conducted both in Turkey and abroad
— Safeguard investigationsImport surveillance applications
— Tariff suspension and tariff quota applications
— Reporting the amendments in regulations and practices in international trade
— Trade policy consultancy
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem represents a broad range of clients in the field of international transactions and dispute resolution. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides its foreign clients extensive legal consultancy services on initiating and following transactions in Turkey and checking the conformity of these transactions with Turkish law and the client’s native law. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem further aids clients in the resolution of commercial disputes whether they are to be solved in Turkey or abroad, in court or by settlement.
Some of the services provided in this area are:
— Following receivables from abroad originating from imports and exports
— Ensuring execution and enforcement of adjudications in foreign countries
— Providing consultancy in the preparation of exportation documents
— Providing consultancy regarding investment incentives to companies
— Resolution of disputes arising from customs procedures
— Preparing defences against actions that fall under the prevention of unfair competition in imports
— Settlement of disputes encountered in free economic zones
— Settlement of disputes related to the customs clearance, transportation, insurance and delivery of imported and exported goods.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem works in close proximity to the human resources departments of its clients, ensuring that all procedures during the employment process are conducted in compliance with legal regulations from beginning to end, and provides support in redrafting implementations of its clients for their compliance with legislation when necessary.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Labor and Social Security Law include:
— Preparing drafts of collective labor agreements and managing negotiations
— Resolving termination of contracts and severance issues through litigation or settlement
— Consultancy on criminal and legal liabilities with regard to occupational accidents and diseases and conducting the required works to fulfil obligations
— Ensuring the conformity of working environments with legislation in force, especially with regard to health and safety
— Updating and/or redrafting employment contracts and related procedures under implementations of the Supreme Court
— Drafting reports, defence request letters, notices and notifications of termination for each occasion
— Rendering training services with regard to liabilities arising from LaborLaw, Social Security Law and Unemployment Insurance Law
— Settling disputes with regard to trade union activities
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is experienced in the follow-up of judicial and arbitral proceedings on a national and international scale. It renders services in a wide range of litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution cases. We are particularly experienced in litigations relating to commercial agreements and the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Turkey. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is familiar with common law concepts and trial procedure and provide expert advice and witness statements on Turkish law in foreign litigation.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem offers effective solutions both in litigation and in cases where a settlement can be reached before legal action is taken. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has established many amicable agreements and has helped settle a significant amount of arbitration cases with the support of its broad network, national and international. We work together with other leading law firms around the word in order to better meet the needs of our distinguished clients.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem provides legal consultancy services to media agencies within various media groups and mass media representatives, as well as renderings various services with regard to acquisitions of media companies. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem assists clients on regulations relating to advertisements, promotional campaigns, product labelling and packaging, including advertisement clearances, sweepstakes, competition and prize related promotional campaigns, product liability and warranty.
Some of the services provided by Bağzıbağlı & Erdem in the field of Media Law include:
— Establishment of media companies
— Rendering consultancy on mergers and acquisitions of media companies
— Ensuring conformity of media agencies’ activities with current legislation (RTÜK (The Supreme Board of Radio and Television) and other relevant legislation)
— Following pecuniary and non-pecuniary indemnity lawsuits filed due toprinted and visual publications
— Following legal procedures against insulting, slandering and defamatory publications
— Following legal procedures before RTÜK (The Supreme Board of Radio and Television) and other administrative authorities with regard to private television establishments
— Drafting all legal agreements with regard to Media Law.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is specialized in the field of Privatization Law, which is a highly active sector affecting many industries in Turkey today. Bağzıbağlı & Erdem is frequently involved in privatization procedures, whether on the side of investors or of the administration.
Bağzıbağlı & Erdem has worked in all the stages of privatization in many projects of great importance to Turkey and continues to provide its technical, practical and legal knowledge by rendering consultancy services not only to domestic and foreign companies but also to government agencies.