Ümit Hergüner is one of our firm’s founding partners and he oversees our M&A, Infrastructure & Project Finance, and Energy practice groups. Mr. Hergüner is a doyen of the Turkish legal community, where he is known as much for his strategic vision and vast international network as well as his practice oriented scholarly command. He is one of the leaders behind the establishment of the concept of corporate governance in Turkey.

Mr. Hergüner provides strategic advice to international clients entering the Turkish market, domestic clients investing abroad, and commercial clients engaged in complex cross-border transactions and international disputes, as well as advising all sides on large-scale infrastructure projects. He was first recognized as an innovator for cross-border transactions during his work on the intra-governmental agreement based legal regime for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project, and has since continued to advise some of the most famous names in international infrastructure project development.

Practice Areas & Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions

Infrastructure & Project Finance

Energy & Natural Resources

Arbitration

Bar Admissions

Istanbul Bar

Languages

English

French

German

Turkish