Akinci Law Office is an international
 law firm, based in Istanbul Turkey, committed to providing high-quality legal
 service both in international and domestic practices. We provide specialized
 legal services to prominent local firms as well as to well-known corporations
 around the world.Akinci Law Office is listed as one of the recommended law
 firms in the field of dispute resolution by Legal 500 and in the field of arbitration by Gar 100.

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We assist our clients quickly and
 cost-efficiently with immediate advice and help in most countries throughout
 the World.Our clients range from public institutions, internationally renowned
 firms to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.

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Our main practice areas are
 international arbitration, foreign investment law mergers and acquisitions,
 international construction law, international business law, company and
 corporate law and employment law.

Akıncı Law Office

Professor Dr Ziya
 Akıncı, is the founding partner of Akinci. He has acted as an arbitrator and
 counsel in numerous ad-hoc and institutional international arbitration cases, including
 ones performed under the rules of ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, TRAC, ITO and others.
 Prof. Akinci is currently the president of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre
 (ISTAC) and the most sought-after Turkish arbitrator.&nbsp;He has for years
 been recognized by various legal directories as a "leading
 individual" in international arbitration, dispute resolution and
 construction.&nbsp; He is now the most popular choice from Turkey amongst
 candidates for arbitrator in arbitration tribunals around the world.&nbsp;
 Professor Akıncı is a native Turkish speaker and is fluent in English, with
 command of German.

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As arbitrator,
 party-counsel and expert, Professor Akıncı has acted under institutional
 arbitration rules including, among others, those of UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, the
 London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), SCC, ITO and the Tehran
 Regional Arbitration Centre.&nbsp; Professor Akıncı is a member of the ICC and
 has been a member since 2006.&nbsp; He is also a member of the LCIA,
 International Bar Association, International Trademark Association, the Swiss
 Arbitration Association, the Turkish branch of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce
 and the Turkish-Scandinavian Businessmen's Association, and is an honorary
 member of the Swiss Arbitration Academy.&nbsp;

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Professor Akıncı
 also has substantial experience in cross-border M&amp;A projects and local and
 cross-border corporate law. Professor Akıncı has written extensively,
 including books and articles, about international arbitration, construction
 disputes, international business, contract and transportation law. He
 also teaches international arbitration and contract law at Istanbul’s
 prestigious Galatasaray University Faculty of Law. Practice Areas &amp; Work Department

Arbitration

Construction

Litigation

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Languages

Turkish

English

French

German

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Memberships

Istanbul Bar

Istanbul Arbitration Centre, President

Founding Partner

We proudly lead in construction. We provide legal consulting
services to local and international companies with a specific focus to
construction law and disputes along with the respective business law matters.
As a result of our specialization and focus on construction and business law
issues, we fully understand and appreciate the requirements and demands of its
clients and therefore offer creative, result-oriented and high-quality legal
solutions. Our client-orientation dictates that every client issue receives all
due attention and care whether it is part of a continuing client relationship
or a single transaction. We work in concert with each client to develop
comprehensive strategies that addresses the respective client’s business goals.

Cetinel Law Firm

Yasemin Cetinel is the founding partner
of Cetinel Law Firm in Istanbul, specialized in international construction law,
international investment, and commercial arbitration, with a specific focus on
construction disputes. She works as a counsel, and she also sits as board
member or arbitrator in construction disputes both at dispute board and
arbitration levels.Ms. Cetinel is a graduate of
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law. She is a candidate on the MSc degree
for quantity surveying at Heriot-Watt University; and she holds a postgraduate
degree in international commercial arbitration from the Queen Mary and
Westfield College, University of London. She is an attorney registered to the
Istanbul Bar Association.She represents and advises contractors
of various nationalities in projects or cases in Eastern Europe, the Middle
East, the Turkic countries, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She has
extensive experience on FIDIC/ICE-based contracts, EPC contracts, ad hoc
construction contracts with Turkish, Middle Eastern, European and African
contractors and state entities; as well as on dispute board proceedings in
construction contracts. She has also been involved in numerous ICSID and/or
other investment arbitrations arising out of construction projects, including
cases against the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the
Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Turkmenistan and State of Libya. Practice Areas &amp; Work Department

International Construction Law &amp; Dispute Resolution

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Languages

Turkish (Native)

English (Fluent)

French (Fluent)

Greek (Intermediate)

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Memberships

Society
 of Construction Law Turkey

International
 Bar Association (IBA)

Dispute
 Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)

Chartered
 Institute of Arbitrators

Arbitral
 Women

International
 Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF)

Turkish
 Public-Private Partnerships Association

Construction

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&lt;strong>İnşaat Ciro Endeksi Geçen Yıla Göre Artış Gösterdi&lt;/strong>&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">TÜİK tarafından inşaat sektörüne yönelik açıklanan ciro endeksi, geçtiğimiz yıla göre toplamda
%124, geçen aya göre %3,9 artış gösterdi. Bina inşaatlarında yıllık değişimin %100, bina dışı yapı
inşaatlarında ise %123 ve özel inşaat faaliyetlerinde %140 olduğu görüldü. Buna karşın inşaat ciro
endekslerinin yıllık artış hızında geçen aya göre azalış meydana geldiği gözlemlendi.&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&lt;br>&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&lt;strong>FIDIC, Yolsuzlukla Mücadele Konferansı Düzenledi&lt;/strong>&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">FIDIC, 9 Aralık Dünya Yolsuzlukla Mücadele Gününde inşaat sektöründe yolsuzlukla mücadeleyi
ve yolsuzlukla mücadeleye yönelik alınabilecek aksiyonları konu alan bir konferans düzenledi.
FIDIC Yönetim Bütünlüğü Komitesi tarafından düzenlenen konferansta ayrıca FIDIC tarafından
hazırlanan yolsuzluk hakkında bilinmesi gereken önemli sorunları irdeleyen rapor kamuoyuna
sunuldu. Konferansta FIDIC CEO’su Nelson Ogunshakin Obe, başkan yardımcısı Richard Stump ve
inşaat sektörünün yetkin isimleri inşaat sektöründe yolsuzlukla mücadeleyle ilgili fikirlerini
paylaştılar.&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&lt;br>&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&lt;strong>İş Sahibince Aksi İspat Edilmedikçe İşin Yüklenici Tarafından Yapıldığının Kabulü
Gerekir&lt;/strong>&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Yargıtay 6. Hukuk Dairesi, İşverence aksi ispat edilmedikçe inşaatın yüklenici tarafından
tamamlandığının kabul edilmesi gerektiğine karar vermiştir. Yargıtay kararında bu kabulün fiili
karine niteliğinde olduğunu ve Yüklenicinin eseri tamamlamadığını, yüklenicinin işi terk ettiğini,
sözleşmenin bu suretle sona erdiğini ve işi bir başka yükleniciye tamamlatmak zorunda kaldığını
İşverenin ispat etmesi gerektiğini belirterek işin tamamını yüklenicinin yapmadığına dair somut
deliller üretemeyen iş sahibinin temyiz başvurusunu reddetmiştir.&lt;/span>&lt;/p>

İnşaat Ciro Endeksi Geçen Yıla Göre Artış Gösterdi TÜİK tarafından inşaat sektörüne yönelik açıklanan ciro endeksi, geçtiğimiz yıla göre toplamda %124, geçen aya göre %3,9 artış gösterdi. Bina inşaatlarında yıllık değişimin %100, bina dışı yapı inşaatlarında ise %123 ve özel inşaat faaliyetlerinde %140 olduğu görüldü. Buna karşın inşaat ciro endekslerinin yıllık artış hızında geçen aya göre azalış meydana geldiği gözlemlendi.

Akıncı İnşaat Bülteni

Ms Asena Eren Arıoğlu graduated from University of York with an LLB
degree in 2019. Ms Arıoğlu also completed a degree in Politics, Philosophy and
Economics at Durham University with Honours&nbsp;
and&nbsp; the&nbsp; Turkish&nbsp;
Law&nbsp; Equivalence Programme at
Galatasaray University.&nbsp; Ms Arıoğlu has
been admitted to Istanbul Bar since December 2021.She actively works in international dispute resolution and international
construction law, including contract negotiation and claim management. Ms
Arioglu took part in multiple Dispute Adjudication Board proceedings, an
international mediation process, and various arbitration proceedings
administered by the ICC, LCIA and SIAC. She is a member of the SCL Turkey. She
is a native Turkish speaker and is fluent in English. She also has working
knowledge of French and Italian. Practice Areas &amp; Work Department

International Dispute Resolution

Construction Law

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Languages

Turkish

English

French

Italian

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Memberships

Society of Construction Law Turkey 

Istanbul Bar Association

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