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Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

- Performing and coordinating group-wide analyses of various legal matters pertaining to employment, procurement, real estate, and corporate law.- Managing group-wide projects in various law fields, as well as drafting intra-group agreements, resolutions, PoAs and similar documentation. Coordinating legal projects across various teams, such as Tax, Accounting, and Treasury.- Providing legal assistance to other departments, including Procurement and HR. Developing contract templates, employment & security policies, and internal guidelines for their use.- Streamlining and managing processes for KYCs, CDDs, and bank-related disclosures from a legal perspective.

• Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts, including consultancy, sub-consultancy, master services agreements, and non-disclosure agreements. • Advised on the firm’s projects in six continents, and for its offices in the US, Qatar, Hong Kong,and Australia. Responsible for the firm’s registration and licensing in various jurisdictions.• Provided legal support for RFQs, RFPs, tender and competition processes. Drafted and negotiatedjoint venture, consortium, strategic alliance agreements, LoIs and MoUs for collaboration.• Hands on experience in intellectual property law, including grant of licenses and infringement conflicts.• Handled corporate governance works for the management, e.g. drafting resolutions, meeting minutes,power of attorneys, and documents for internal restructuring.• Provided legal assistance to other departments such as business development, human resources, andfinance. Developed contract templates, policies, and internal guidelines for their use. Monitored thefirm’s compliance with local laws.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Provided legal consultancy services to an NGO, in cooperation with the professors, on international law related matters. Drafted a comprehensive legal report on same.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Provided legal consultancy services, drafted contracts and memoranda to various reputable international clients with a particular focus on banking, finance, commercial and corporate law. Monitored regulatory compliance of clients with the legal framework.• Worked in various cross-border M&A deals from different industries including broadcasting, press, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas and energy. Prepared and/or reviewed all documentation (e.g. MoU, SPA, SHA, share certificates, meeting minutes and due diligence reports) on same. • Provided reputable local and foreign companies with general corporate services (i.e. company establishment, manager appointment, capital increase/decrease, holding general assembly meetings, drafting articles of association).• Provided legal assistance in all aspects of cross-border project financing deals for various reputable multinational corporations, domestic and foreign banks and international institutions. Drafted and reviewed facility agreements, security documentation, legal opinions and memoranda on same. • Provided pro-bono legal consultancy services to an NGO.

Istanbul, Turkey

Master Of Laws - Llm, International And European Law (Public International Law Track)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Law, Full Merit Scholarship - Graduated With Vehbi Koç High Honor Qualification

Law

Erasmus Programme Student