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    Görkem Bilgin

    Gün + Partners
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    Görkem Bilgin has been with the firm since 2012 and became a partner in 2021. His practice is focused on corporate and M&A, life sciences, energy and natural resources, and insurance and reinsurance practice areas.

    Görkem’s practice mainly concentrates on corporate and commercial law issues with a focus on merger and acquisitions and corporate governance issues. He has been involved in various M&A transactions and advised foreign and Turkish companies on their joint ventures, drafted and negotiated SPAs, SHAs and JV agreements, conducted the due diligence processes, and prepared and re-structured numerous commercial agreements.

    Görkem also advises and represents clients from life sciences sector, especially multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies in relation to their complex agreements and engagements with the authorities as well as their distributors and manufacturers.

    Görkem advises clients, both national and international, on Turkish energy and natural resources legislation, providing advisory services in the areas of energy law. 

    Görkem assists insurance companies from the regulatory aspect, and he advises national and international insurance companies regarding the localization of the insurance and reinsurance policies in Turkey.


    Practice Areas & Work Department

    Corporate and M&A

    Life Sciences

    Energy and Natural Resources

    Insurance and Reinsurance

    Construction and Real Estate


    Languages

    English

    Turkish


    Memberships

    International Bar Association (IBA)


    Ticaret Siciline Tescil Edilen İşlemler için Vergi Dairesi Bildirim Zorunluluğu Kaldırıldı

    Ticaret siciline tescil edilen işlemlerden Ticaret Bakanlığı tarafından elektronik ortamda Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı’na (“Bakanlık”) yapılan bildirimlerin mükellefler tarafından yapılmış bildirim olarak kabul edilmesine ilişkin usul ve esasların belirlendiği, 546 Sıra No’lu Vergi Usul Kanunu Genel Tebliği (“Tebliğ”), 1 Şubat 2023 tarihinden itibaren yürürlüğe girmek üzere, 18 Ocak 2023 tarihli Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır.
    Görkem Bilgin

    Notification Obligation to Tax Office for Registered Transactions in the Trade Registry is Abolished

    The General Communiqué no. 546 on Tax Procedural Law (the "Communiqué") which determines the procedures and principles regarding the acceptance of the notifications made electronically by the Ministry of Trade to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance (the "Ministry") from the transactions registered in the trade registry as notifications made by taxpayers was published in the Official Gazette dated 18 January 2023, to be effective as of 1 February 2023.
    Görkem Bilgin

    Corporate Governance and Directors Duties in Turkey Overview - 3

    The Q&A gives a high-level overview of corporate governance trends; the main forms of corporate entity used; the corporate governance legal framework; corporate social responsibility and reporting; board composition and restrictions; directors' remuneration; management rules and authority; directors' duties and liabilities; transactions with directors and conflicts; disclosure of information; shareholders' rights, company meetings, and minority shareholder action; and internal controls, accounts and audits.
    Görkem Bilgin

    Corporate Governance and Directors Duties in Turkey Overview - 2

    The Q&A gives a high-level overview of corporate governance trends; the main forms of corporate entity used; the corporate governance legal framework; corporate social responsibility and reporting; board composition and restrictions; directors' remuneration; management rules and authority; directors' duties and liabilities; transactions with directors and conflicts; disclosure of information; shareholders' rights, company meetings, and minority shareholder action; and internal controls, accounts and audits.
    Görkem Bilgin

    Corporate Governance and Directors Duties in Turkey Overview - 1

    The Q&A gives a high-level overview of corporate governance trends; the main forms of corporate entity used; the corporate governance legal framework; corporate social responsibility and reporting; board composition and restrictions; directors' remuneration; management rules and authority; directors' duties and liabilities; transactions with directors and conflicts; disclosure of information; shareholders' rights, company meetings, and minority shareholder action; and internal controls, accounts and audits
    Görkem Bilgin

    Extension of the Deadline Regarding Amendments to the Communiqué With Respect to Capital Loss and Negative Equity

    The Communiqué (the “Amending Communiqué”) published in the Official Gazette on November 8, 2022, extended the deadline provided under Provisional Article 1 of the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Implementation of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6101 (the “Implementation Communiqué”).
    Görkem Bilgin

    Recent Changes in Relation to Determination of Companies Subject to Independent Auditing

    The Presidential Decision No. 6434 on Determination of Companies subject to Independent Auditing (the “Decision”) was published in the Official Gazette on November 30, 2022. The Decision provides significant changes to the independent auditing thresholds compared to the Decision No. 2018/11597 on Determination of Companies subject to Independent Auditing, which will remain in force until January 1, 2023.
    Görkem Bilgin