Seren Deniz Yanık, Ll.M. Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

- Counseling startups & investors and executing local or international and individual, angel or VC investments- Executing, managing & implementing regulatory compliance projects in companies on different scales from various industries regarding Turkish Data Protection Law, GDPR, Turkish Commercial Code, Consumer Protection Law, Turkish Internet Law & Electronic Communications Law- Giving “Startup Law/Venture Capital” or “Data Protection” lectures in over ten incubators and accelerators, reaching over 500 startups

Istanbul, Turkey

- Led data protection compliance projects under the Personal Data Protection Law in numerous companies & institutions in different industries such as healthcare, food, textile, retail,construction, education, mining, ports, transport, and tourism- Represented either entrepreneurs or investors in investment deals exceeding $200M valuation- Supervised a team of six and mentored summer & legal interns

Istanbul, Turkey

- Advised on in-house technology projects on Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence mainly regarding the liability & data protection issues- Established LLCs and C-Corps in different states of the USA and performed flip-up processes when necessary

- Worked in different phases of M&A transactions from the execution of confidentiality agreement to the compilation and the analysis of due diligence findings- Regularly conducted execution proceedings on behalf of a client in the banking industry

- Selected among 21 undergraduate students with future leadership potential from around the country- Matched with Metin Canoğulları, Country Managing Partner of EY Turkey, for one-to-one mentorship- Policy development focused on the “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” goal of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

İstanbul, Türkiye

Fashion Law Institute

İstanbul, Türkiye

İstanbul, Türkiye

- Consolidated the existing evidence file that includes more than 2500 documents and constructed arguments for the case- Translated and construed an export report for a multi-million euro lawsuit- Participated in the legal due diligence process of a major M&A project

İstanbul, Türkiye

- Guiding prospective senior high school students and their parents as a member of the Undergraduate Student Recruitment Team

Bodrum

- Built a legal case against an international corporation due to a breach of a joint venture contract- Lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal regarding a fatal occupational accident- Translated and presented the Convention Numbered 108 of The Council of Europe for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data

Yüksek Lisans (Master), Law

- Full Scholarship - GPA: 4.00 / 4.00 - Thesis: Evaluation of Legal Documents Drafted Under the Law on the Protection of Personal Data.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law, 3.36

- Full Scholarship - Honors: Honors Degree, Top 2% of the Class - GPA: 3.33 / 4.00

Double Minor, International Relations And Affairs, 3.81

Education record

- Honors: Highest Ranked Student - Exchange Program Under UNESCO World Heritage - Lycée Charles Nodier / France