ABOUT US

Yörükoğlu Samir is a boutique law firm that offers high quality legal services. Combining our ‘large law firm’ experience with the responsiveness and the personal touch of a boutique law firm, we provide ‘to the point’ and tailored legal advice to both local and international clients.

We specialize in commercial and corporate transactions with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings as well as regulatory matters. Our clients come from variety of backgrounds spanning from energy, transportation, healthcare, construction, and leisure sectors.

WHY CHOOSE US?

Benefiting from its ‘large law firm’ experience, Yörükoğlu Samir provides top-drawer legal services with a personal ‘hands-on’ approach. We are proactive and dedicated to meet our clients’ demands by offering pragmatic solutions with a clear focus.

We value our clients’ needs, thus we are committed to providing quick-witted and result oriented legal advice to our clients without creating double binds.

FOUNDERS

MURAT YÖRÜKOĞLU

Co-Founder

Education:

  • Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law (L.L.B. 2005)
  • American Collegiate Institute (’01)

Languages:

  • Turkish
  • English
  • Italian (elementary)

Murat has broad experience in corporate and commercial transactions, specifically in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project agreements, especially in the sectors of energy, mining and infrastructure.

After working as a senior associate in a UK based law firm in Istanbul, Murat joined a top-tier Turkish law firm where he worked as a partner until May 2018, heading the Corporate – M&A department of this law firm. Murat advises multinational clients in cross border transactions in various regulated and unregulated sectors.

IRMAK SAMİR YÖRÜKOĞLU

Co-Founder

Education:

  • Istanbul University
    School of Law (L.L.B. 2008)
  • Robert College, 1997 – 2004

Languages:

  • Turkish
  • English
  • French (elementary)

Irmak has extensive experience in a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project agreements with special emphasis on energy, healthcare, construction, transportation, infrastructure, leisure and real property sectors.

After completing her internship in a UK based law firm in Istanbul, Irmak has joined a top-tier Turkish law firm where she has worked until September 2017 as a Senior Associate. As part of the Corporate – M&A department of this law firm, Irmak has advised multinational clients in top-notch cross border transactions specifically on regulated sectors including energy, healthcare, and transportation.

KEY PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate Advisory

We provide our clients day-to-day counseling on corporate matters including preparing resolutions for ordinary and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings, board of directors’ meetings, and external committees, advising on capital increases and decreases, restructurings, relationships between shareholders and joint venture members as well as corporate governance and compliance.

Our firm also advises clients on establishment of companies, branches and liaison offices in Turkey considering the correct market strategies at the time.

Commercial Contracts

We are highly experienced in providing legal assistance throughout the life cycle of commercial contracts with particular focus on share sale and purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, supply agreements, toll-manufacturing agreements, distribution, franchise and agency agreements, service agreements as well as letters of understanding, memoranda of understanding and non-disclosure agreements.

Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures

Yörükoğlu Samir provides legal assistance on full spectrum of commercial transactions such as cross-border and domestic acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, spin-offs, take-overs. Yörükoğlu Samir has extensive experience specifically on mergers and acquisitions on regulated sectors, with particular focus on energy, transportation and healthcare sectors.

We advise our clients on all stages of a joint venture formation process in consideration of their interests, future possible disputes, and smooth exit strategies as well as throughout the life of the joint venture concerning the relations between the members of the joint venture.

Employment

Yörükoğlu Samir advises clients on all aspects of employment law including drafting employment contracts as well as internal employment policies and regulations, internal directives, hiring, individual and collective dismissals, restructurings, workplace transfers, and any employment disputes.

Regulatory

We advise our clients on regulatory compliance matters. Our legal services on regulatory matters include renewable energy projects such as hydro, solar and wind power plants, tenders with respect to wind and solar power plants, unlicensed electricity generation as well as compliance related issues with respect to healthcare sector such as import, export and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and supplements.

CONTACT US

MURAT YÖRÜKOĞLU

E-mail: murat@yorukoglusamir.com
GSM:    +90 533 468 4388
Phone:
+90 216 330 7100

IRMAK SAMİR YÖRÜKOĞLU

E-mail: irmak@yorukoglusamir.com
GSM:    +90 533 959 7100
Phone: +90 216 330 7100

ADDRESS

19 Mayıs Mah., Sümko Sitesi, M6A Blok, D:2,
Kozyatağı, Kadıköy, İstanbul/Türkiye

PUBLICATIONS

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