Tekin & Counsel is a boutique law firm based in Ankara, providing strategic legal counsel in commercial matters, dispute resolution, and cross-border transactions. The firm operates as a partner-led practice, working with a network of trusted collaborators and foreign counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Our practice is built on a simple principle: clients receive direct, partner-level attention at every stage of their matter. We do not operate on volume; instead, we focus on delivering precise, tailored, and commercially sound legal solutions, particularly in matters requiring careful strategy and close coordination.
We advise clients across a broad spectrum of legal needs, with a particular focus on international arbitration and dispute resolution, commercial litigation, contract drafting and negotiation, corporate and commercial advisory, and cross-border transactions. Our work often involves multi-jurisdictional elements, parallel proceedings, and complex contractual structures.
In addition to representing clients in contentious proceedings, we assist in structuring commercial relationships and mitigating legal risks at an early stage, with the aim of preventing disputes before they arise and strengthening our clients’ long-term positions.
With a strong international outlook and cross-border experience, we deliver clear, strategic, and commercially focused advice in complex and high-stakes matters.
At Tekin & Counsel, we approach each matter as a strategic process rather than a standalone legal task.
We integrate arbitration, litigation, and enforcement considerations from the outset, ensuring that legal strategy is aligned with the ultimate objective: achieving results that are not only legally sound but also practically enforceable.
Our structure is intentionally lean and partner-led. This allows us to remain responsive, closely involved, and fully aligned with our clients’ priorities throughout the lifecycle of a matter. We place particular emphasis on clarity, efficiency, and execution, especially in time-sensitive and high-pressure situations.
Tekin & Counsel advises on matters involving multiple jurisdictions and legal systems.
We regularly coordinate with foreign counsel, experts, and local advisors in cross-border disputes, enforcement proceedings, and transactional matters. Our experience enables us to bridge differences between legal systems and manage proceedings that require strategic alignment across jurisdictions.
With dual-qualified capability and international exposure, we provide clients with a consistent and reliable approach in complex cross-border environments.
Tekin & Counsel’s professional standing is reflected in its affiliation with leading international legal and arbitration institutions, as well as recognition within the global arbitration community.
The firm benefits from qualifications and memberships including Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), admission as a Solicitor of England and Wales, and admission to the Ankara Bar. This multi-jurisdictional capability enables Tekin & Counsel to operate effectively across different legal systems.
Despite the geographic distance, an English law contract involving Turkey remains one of the most common legal structures for commercial agreements between Turkish and foreign parties. English law continues to be one of the most frequently chosen governing laws for finance agreements, payment processing arrangements, distribution contracts, and cross-border M&A documentation. For Turkish businesses and …
Turkey has become one of the more active arbitration jurisdictions in the region, driven by a steady flow of cross-border construction, energy, manufacturing and distribution disputes. For foreign companies doing business with Turkish counterparties, understanding how international arbitration in Turkey actually works in practice — not just in theory — is essential to protecting commercial …
Despite the geographic distance, English law remains one of the most commonly chosen governing laws for commercial contracts between Turkish and foreign parties — spanning finance agreements, payment processing arrangements, distribution contracts, and cross-border M&A documentation. For Turkish businesses and their counterparties, understanding why this choice is made, and what it means once a dispute …
Despite the geographic distance, an English law contract involving Turkey remains one of the most common legal structures for commercial agreements between Turkish and foreign parties. English law continues to be one of the most frequently chosen governing laws for finance agreements, payment processing arrangements, distribution contracts, and cross-border M&A documentation. For Turkish businesses and …
Turkey has become one of the more active arbitration jurisdictions in the region, driven by a steady flow of cross-border construction, energy, manufacturing and distribution disputes. For foreign companies doing business with Turkish counterparties, understanding how international arbitration in Turkey actually works in practice — not just in theory — is essential to protecting commercial …
