Prof. Paslı graduated from Istanbul
 University Law School in 1999 as the “Top Student” and obtained his master's
 degree, Ph.D., and professorship degrees from the same school. Besides his law
 practice, he has also been lecturing at the Istanbul University Law School
 since 2000. Prof. Paslı has been acting as an “expert witness” to ICC and
 Turkish courts for almost 20 years

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He has key expertise in all types of
 commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, IP disputes, international
 arbitration, and enforcement of foreign awards in Turkey. Apart from his
 professorship in commercial law, Prof. Dr. Paslı has been actively working on
 cross-border M&amp;A, joint venture, corporate restructuring projects, project
 finance, acquisition finance and structured finance transactions for over two
 decades. Ali Paslı is the author of four books on commercial law which have won
 several awards. Particularly, he is the author of the first book on “corporate
 governance”. Practice Areas &amp; Work Department

Commercial, Corporate and
 M&amp;A

Fintech
 

Media
 &amp; Entertainment 

Startup
 Law &amp; Entrepreneurship

Technology
 &amp; Telecoms

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Languages

Turkish

English

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Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association

Gökçe is an independent law firm with
 full-service capacity based in Istanbul. Gökçe offers a broad range of legal
 services with a pragmatic and business-minded approach to meet the needs of its
 diverse client base, ranging from the most reputable international banks to
 rapidly expanding international companies. Since its establishment in 2010,
 Gökçe has been experiencing constant progress. Established mostly with the aim
 to specialize in technology law, Gökçe has garnered a solid reputation for its
 expertise in technology and media. Moreover, Gökçe has become a go-to law firm
 for high-profile commercial disputes. Gökçe is the Turkish representative of
 Interlaw, a highly ranked international law firm network. Gökçe is also a member of Lawyers
 Associated Worldwide, a global resource of locally respected law firms. As the last groundbreaking progress,
 Gökçe team published the first E-Sports Law book in Turkey. Gökçe has bolstered its IP, media and
 entertainment practice in 2021.

















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Main Areas of Practice

 

Technology, Media, Communication &amp;
 Privacy

Gökçe’s TMC &amp; Privacy team’s
 reputation is built on delivering commercial and practical legal advice to
 clients active in the digital sphere in various industries, ranging from
 multinational Global 2000 enterprises to venture capitals and start-ups. With a
 highly qualified team, Gökçe’s scope of services covers broad range of matters
 including matters of IT law, internet law, cybersecurity law,
 telecommunications law, intellectual property law, consumer law, e-commerce and
 data protection. Team members frequently provide mentoring to
 emerging growth companies at leading start-up incubators and accelerators
 including İTÜ Çekirdek and Endeavor Turkey. Clients such as Hilton, N11, Nimo.tv
 (HUYA), All Stars Music, Eternal Fire, Onedio, Inofab, Evreka, Figopara are all
 widely recognized game changers in their respective industries; and Gram Games
 (a Zynga company), Masomo, Miniclip, and Codeway Games, all prominent actors in
 the e-gaming industry. The TMC &amp; Privacy team is led by Turkish IT and
 Privacy Law “star” Dr. Bedii Kaya, along with his deep expertise in data
 analysis, data protection, cybersecurity, and internet law.&nbsp;In 2021, Gökçe strengthened its Media, Entertainment
 and IP practice with representing and providing legal consultancy to its
 international and domestic clients for their IP related projects including
 cross border licensing, IP portfolio management, linear channels and VOD
 platforms, NFT projects, IP/IT related dispute resolutions, due diligence
 processes, merger &amp; acquisitions in media &amp; entertainment sectors, data
 protection requirements in Turkey, local compliances and so on. Corporate, M&amp;A &amp; Venture Capital 
 Corporate, M&amp;A and Venture Capital
 team focuses on large to middle-market cross border and domestic corporate
 transactions in various industries. Gökçe advises on a range of corporate
 issues including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital
 transactions, corporate restructurings, spin-offs and corporate governance.
 Clients include Farasis Energy (Ganzhou), Figopara, Gedik Yatırım, hiVC,
 WorleyParsons, and Çelebi Holding. Team members are also highly adept in growth
 investment transactions and represent founder-led technology companies, from
 early stage all the way up to growth phase and exit.



Gökçe
 advised:

<ul style="list-style-type: square;"><li style="margin-left: 20px;">FIT Solutions (Foriba) founders on the sale of their shares to Sovos, a
 leading global tax compliance and regulatory reporting software company </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;"> Gram Games, a leading Turkish mobile game company on the acquisition by Zynga
 Inc 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Four Mobile (Masomo) in the acquisition by Tencent owned mobile games
 developer Miniclip 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Gameguru on the sale of one of its most downloaded hyper casual games
 (namely, Slap Kings) to Lion Studios 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">HI Venture Capital a licensed venture capital investment company in its
 establishment 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Various emerging growth companies on financings by private equity giants and
 growth/venture capital investors such as EBRD, IFC, Revo Capital, Endeavor, 500
 Startups and Growth Circuit 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Evreka, an outstanding waste collection solutions SaaS company 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Neo Auvra, a pioneering medical health company 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Figopara, a major fintech company acting as intermediary for trade finance
 transactions 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Inofab, an innovative medical device company 
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Onedio, a prominent Turkish online content provider</li></ul>

 Banking &amp; Finance &amp; Capital Markets 
 Gökçe has extensive experience in
 banking &amp; finance and capital markets transactions, particularly in project
 financings.

On
 the banking side, Gökçe provides international and local banks with legal
 advice on daily operational issues, multilateral and bilateral institutional
 support, equity fund investment and credit enhancement. On the finance side,
 Gökçe acts for both Turkish and foreign banks in a large spectrum of financing
 transactions, including domestic and cross-border transactions. On the capital
 markets side Gökçe’s practice covers the full range of transactions.Team
 members have represented İş Bankası, Vakıfbank, Ziraat Bankası, OdeaBank, TSKB,
 T-Bank, Fibabanka, Gedik Yatırım, Worldpay, CBH Compagnie Bancaire
 Helvétiqueand Nurol Holding on various project finance and financial
 restructuring transactions including energy sector, infrastructure, real estate
 project financing, acquisition financing and other types of asset financing. Dispute Resolution 
 Gökçe has profound knowledge and
 experience in litigation, especially in commercial and IP related disputes.
 Gökçe represented N11(Doğuş), NRC International, FIT Solutions, Celebi
 Aviation, BBraun, V-Count, Onedio, Trendbox, ASB Modern, Seacor Holding on
 various commercial disputes.



Employment 
 Gökçe’s employment team has an extensive
 expertise in handling the full spectrum of employment and labour law issues. It
 advises numerous clients including Biopipe, Evreka, Gram Games (a Zynga
 company), Codeway Games, Alba Prestige, Alictus and various company
 directors/managers on:
 <ul style="list-style-type: square;"><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Employment Contracts</li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Termination of Employment </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;"> Employment Disputes
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Settlement of Disputes
 </li><li style="margin-left: 20px;">Social Security Disputes</li></ul>

 Debt Recovery &amp; Debt Collection 
 Gökçe has a wide practice of debt
 collection activities including foreclosure proceedings, primarily conducted
 for high volume commercial receivables of its clients. Gökçe represents Çelebi
 Aviation, Alpla, Seacor Holding, Geniks Kongre, Özak Global, B-Braun.

Criminal Law 
 Gökçe’s criminal law team represents
 clients in complex criminal law matters in relation to commercial fraud, white
 collar, financial, cyber, reconstruction crimes and data protection offenses.
 Gökçe’s criminal law clientele includes well-known individuals in Turkey.

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Prof. Dr. Ali Paslı