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 & Work Department
International Construction Law & Dispute Resolution
Languages
Turkish (Native)
English (Fluent)
French (Fluent)
Greek (Intermediate)
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
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