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Comprehensive legal services combining sector expertise with strategic legal insight: clear, practical and result-oriented solutions for businesses and individuals. Eight dedicated practice groups cover intellectual property, media and advertising, data protection, technology, corporate matters, dispute resolution and maritime law, for multinational groups and early-stage ventures alike.

05IT & Technology LawSoftware, SaaS and cloud contracts, gaming and e-sports, startup financing rounds, e-commerce and fintech regulation, and the legal architecture around artificial intelligence.

IT & Technology Law

Technology businesses rarely fail on the law they expected. They fail on the founder who never assigned their code, the open-source component buried in a proprietary build, the SLA that promised uptime nobody measured, or the marketplace model that turned out to be a regulated intermediary service. We work with software houses, game studios, marketplaces, fintech ventures and early-stage startups on the documents that decide those outcomes, from the founders' agreement through financing rounds to exit.

The practice is built for the pace at which technology companies actually operate. Product teams ship weekly, financing rounds close in weeks, and a platform policy can change overnight. Legal work that arrives after those moments is expensive and often useless, so we sit close to the build: reviewing terms before a feature ships, structuring a round before the term sheet hardens, and clearing a monetisation model before it reaches the store.

Ownership is the recurring theme. A startup's value is its code, its data and its brand, and each of those can leak away through an unsigned contractor agreement, an unassigned repository, a permissive licence accepted without review or a training dataset gathered without rights. We treat ownership architecture as the first item of technology work rather than something to repair during due diligence.

Gaming and interactive entertainment carry their own regulatory weight. In-game currencies, marketplaces and randomised reward mechanics sit at the boundary of consumer protection and gambling regulation, and platform rules for stores and streaming services add a second layer that no contract can override. We structure monetisation and publishing terms with both in view, so that a launch is not withdrawn after release.

Artificial intelligence has moved from advisory question to commercial reality. Ownership of generated output, the rights position of training data, liability for automated decisions and disclosure duties towards users are now negotiated in ordinary commercial contracts. We draft those allocations explicitly rather than leaving them to be argued about once something goes wrong.

Software disputes almost always trace back to two documents: what was accepted, and who owns it. We draft acceptance criteria that can actually be tested and assignment provisions that survive an audit, then handle the licensing and open-source position so that a build can be commercialised without a hidden obligation attached to it.

Development & Delivery
  • Agile software development and system integration agreements
  • Custom software commissioning with milestone-based payment schedules
  • User acceptance testing (UAT) criteria and acceptance mechanics
  • Intellectual property assignment protocols across employees and contractors
  • Change control, scope creep and dispute escalation clauses
Cloud & Service Levels
  • SaaS, PaaS and IaaS legal architecture for providers and customers
  • Service level agreements with uptime guarantees and penalty credits
  • Limitation of liability, indemnity and insurance allocation
  • Data location, security commitments and exit / migration assistance
Licensing & Code Risk
  • End-user licence agreements (EULAs), API licensing and white-label terms
  • Reseller, distribution and channel partner agreements
  • Source code escrow with defined release conditions
  • Open-source audits and copyleft contamination remediation (GPL, AGPL, MIT, Apache)
Complex Software AgreementsDrafting, negotiating, and executing high-value agile software development agreements, system integration contracts, and custom software commissioning agreements. Structuring milestone-based payment schedules, user acceptance testing (UAT) criteria, and definitive intellectual property assignment protocols.
SaaS & Cloud InfrastructureBuilding the complete legal architecture for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers. Drafting comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with strict uptime guarantees, penalty credit mechanisms, and limitation of liability clauses.
Licensing & Source Code EscrowStructuring End-User License Agreements (EULAs), API licensing, white-label software distribution, and reseller agreements. Negotiating robust source code escrow agreements to protect enterprise licensees against vendor bankruptcy or material breach.
Open-Source Software (OSS) ComplianceConducting legal audits of proprietary source code to identify and mitigate the risks of open-source “copyleft” contamination (GPL, AGPL, MIT, Apache). Formulating internal corporate policies for the safe commercial integration of open-source components.
Data & Integration TermsDefining who may use customer data, in what form and for how long, across integrations, analytics and model training, so that platform improvements do not quietly exceed the rights the customer granted.

A game can be finished, funded and still unreleasable if its monetisation model crosses a regulatory line or breaches a store guideline. We review the economy alongside the code, so that virtual currencies, randomised rewards and purchase flows are structured for the markets the title is actually launching in.

Development & Publishing
  • Publishing agreements for mobile, PC, console and VR/AR titles
  • Funding, milestone and revenue-share structures for studios
  • Localisation, porting and quality assurance testing agreements
  • Engine, middleware and asset licensing review
Monetisation & Compliance
  • Virtual currencies, digital asset marketplaces and microtransactions
  • Loot boxes and gacha mechanics against gambling and consumer rules
  • Age rating, in-app purchase disclosure and refund policy design
  • Player terms of service, EULAs and community conduct rules
E-Sports & Creators
  • Player roster agreements, transfer and buyout clauses
  • Tournament organiser, sponsorship and broadcast rights agreements
  • Streamer platform exclusivity and revenue-sharing models
  • Name, image and likeness (NIL) protection in merchandise deals
Video Game Development & PublishingProviding end-to-end legal support for independent game studios and global publishers across mobile, PC, console, and VR/AR platforms. Drafting and aggressively negotiating publishing agreements, funding contracts, localization agreements, and Quality Assurance (QA) testing contracts.
Game Monetization & In-Game EconomicsAdvising on the complex regulatory landscape of video game monetization. Structuring legal compliance for virtual currencies, digital asset marketplaces, microtransactions, and navigating the intersection of “loot boxes” (gacha mechanics) with gambling and consumer protection laws.
E-Sports Ecosystem & Player ContractsRepresenting elite e-sports organizations, tournament organizers, and professional athletes. Negotiating player roster agreements, complex transfer/buyout clauses, talent management contracts, and securing high-value team sponsorships and exclusive platform broadcasting rights.
Content Creators & Streaming PlatformsAdvising Twitch, Kick, and YouTube streamers on platform exclusivity contracts, revenue-sharing models, donation mechanics, and protecting their intellectual property (NIL - Name, Image, and Likeness) in merchandise deals.
User-Generated Content & ModdingStructuring the licence between studio and community for mods, custom levels and creator marketplaces, including revenue sharing, moderation duties and the studio's right to incorporate community work.

Most founder disputes are decided by documents signed in the first six months, long before anyone thought a dispute was possible. Vesting, IP assignment and decision rights are cheap to agree at formation and extremely expensive to renegotiate once a round is on the table.

Formation & Founders
  • Founders' agreements, role definition and decision-making rules
  • IP assignment protocols capturing all pre-incorporation work
  • Reverse vesting and cliff structures preventing dead equity
  • Cap table hygiene and early shareholder documentation
Financing
  • Term sheet negotiation for seed, Series A and later rounds
  • SAFEs, convertible notes and bridge financing instruments
  • Shareholders' agreements with drag-along, tag-along and anti-dilution terms
  • Investor reporting, reserved matters and board composition
People & Exit
  • Employee stock option plans (ESOP), phantom stock and profit-sharing models
  • Key employee retention and non-compete structuring
  • Acqui-hire and strategic acquisition structuring
  • Technology-focused legal due diligence on both buy and sell side
Incorporation & Founder DynamicsStructuring the foundational legal architecture for tech startups. Drafting airtight Founders' Agreements, establishing robust IP assignment protocols to ensure the company owns all early-stage code/assets, and structuring complex reverse vesting schedules to prevent “dead equity” scenarios.
Venture Capital Financing RoundsRepresenting startups, angel syndicates, and Venture Capital (VC) funds in seed, Series A, and subsequent financing rounds. Negotiating Term Sheets, Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFE), Convertible Notes, and executing comprehensive Shareholders' Agreements (SHA) with drag-along, tag-along, and anti-dilution provisions.
Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP)Designing and implementing tax-efficient Employee Stock Option Pools, phantom stock agreements, and profit-sharing models to help startups attract and retain top-tier engineering and executive talent.
Exit Strategies & M&AProviding legal architecture for successful exits, strategic acquisitions, acqui-hires, and conducting intensive tech-focused legal due diligence during M&A processes.
Flip-Up & Cross-Border StructuringAdvising on holding structures where investors require a foreign parent, including the transfer of Turkish operating company shares, intra-group IP assignment and the tax and regulatory steps each move triggers.

Marketplaces are regulated as intermediaries, not as shops, and the obligations that follow (seller verification, notice procedures, liability allocation) are structural rather than cosmetic. Where payments are handled in-house, a second licensing regime applies on top. We map both before the model is built rather than after it scales.

Platform Structuring
  • B2B and B2C marketplace and aggregator legal infrastructure
  • Intermediary service provider obligations under Turkish e-commerce law
  • Distance selling contracts, terms of use and seller agreements
  • Liability allocation between platform, seller and payment provider
Consumer Compliance
  • Return, cancellation and withdrawal policies
  • Subscription and auto-renewal models with lawful disclosure
  • Dark pattern review of checkout, consent and cancellation flows
  • Consumer arbitration committee and consumer court exposure management
Payments & FinTech
  • Payment institutions and electronic money institution licensing
  • Central Bank (TCMB) regulatory requirements and reporting
  • MASAK compliance, KYC and anti-money-laundering programmes
  • Payment gateway, acquiring and settlement agreements
B2B & B2C Marketplace StructuringBuilding the exhaustive legal infrastructure for digital marketplaces, aggregator platforms, and e-commerce ecosystems. Drafting mandatory distance selling contracts, comprehensive terms of use, and navigating the complex intermediary service provider (aracı hizmet sağlayıcı) regulations under Turkish E-Commerce Law.
Consumer Protection in Digital EnvironmentsEnsuring full compliance with digital consumer rights. Formulating legally sound return policies, subscription-based auto-renewal models, and mitigating regulatory risks associated with “dark patterns” and deceptive UI/UX designs.
FinTech & Payment SolutionsAdvising financial technology startups, electronic money institutions, and payment gateway providers (Ödeme Kuruluşları). Navigating the strict regulatory requirements of the Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB) and the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), including KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) compliance.
Electronic Commerce Licences & ThresholdsAssessing when a platform crosses the turnover and transaction thresholds that trigger electronic commerce licence obligations, and preparing the application and ongoing reporting that follow.

Artificial intelligence questions arrive as contract questions: who owns what the model produced, what the training data permitted, and who answers when an automated decision is wrong. We allocate those points expressly in the agreement, because the default answer under current law is rarely the one either party assumed.

Generative AI & Data
  • Ownership of AI-generated output and prompt-based work product
  • Rights position of training data, scraping and licensed datasets
  • Model licensing, fine-tuning and derivative model terms
  • Confidentiality and trade secret exposure through AI tooling
Governance & Liability
  • Automated decision-making deployment and transparency duties
  • Algorithmic bias, product liability and hallucination risk allocation
  • Sector-specific AI use in HR, credit scoring and healthcare
  • Internal AI use policies, approval gates and audit trails
Synthetic Media
  • Action against deepfakes, voice cloning and unauthorised likeness use
  • Consented digital replicas in advertising and production
  • Evidence preservation and forensic documentation of synthetic content
  • Platform escalation and cross-border takedown coordination
Generative AI & Copyright DynamicsAdvising AI developers and enterprise users on the intellectual property implications of Generative AI. Addressing complex copyright issues regarding AI-generated outputs, ownership of prompts, and the legalities of data scraping for training Machine Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs).
Algorithmic Liability & AI GovernanceStructuring legal compliance for the commercial deployment of automated decision-making systems. Mitigating product liability risks associated with algorithmic bias, AI hallucinations, and ensuring transparency in AI-driven HR, credit scoring, and healthcare applications.
Deepfakes & Synthetic MediaProviding urgent legal interventions and strategic counseling against the unauthorized use of synthetic media, voice cloning, and deepfakes affecting high-profile individuals and corporate brands.
AI Vendor Terms & Enterprise DeploymentReviewing model provider terms before enterprise adoption: whether inputs may be retained or used for training, where processing occurs, what indemnity is offered for output claims, and how those terms interact with the client's own confidentiality obligations.

Platform relationships are asymmetric by design: a store can remove an application faster than any court can restore it. We prepare for that reality with compliant submissions, documented appeal grounds and contingency planning, alongside the infrastructure and security agreements that keep the service itself running.

Infrastructure & Vendors
  • Hardware procurement, server hosting and colocation agreements
  • Data centre, connectivity and managed service contracts
  • IT supply chain terms, warranties and service credits
  • Business continuity, disaster recovery and exit assistance
Security Engagements
  • Penetration testing and ethical hacking agreements
  • Vulnerability assessment scope, authorisation and safe-harbour terms
  • Confidentiality, indemnification and responsible disclosure policies
  • Bug bounty programme terms and researcher relations
App Stores & Platforms
  • Apple App Store and Google Play developer guideline compliance
  • Rejected application appeals and reinstatement after platform bans
  • In-app purchase commission and payment routing disputes
  • Platform dependency risk and competition law considerations
IT Vendor & Supply Chain ContractsDrafting and negotiating comprehensive hardware procurement, server hosting, colocation, and data center agreements for critical IT infrastructure.
Cybersecurity & Penetration TestingStructuring legal agreements for ethical hacking, penetration testing (pentest), and vulnerability assessments, ensuring strict confidentiality and indemnification clauses.
App Store Compliance & Platform DisputesNavigating the complex Developer Guidelines of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Assisting mobile app developers with platform bans, rejected application appeals, and resolving disputes related to in-app purchase (IAP) commissions and platform monopolies.
Telecoms & Connectivity AuthorisationsAdvising on BTK authorisation requirements for services that touch electronic communications, including VoIP, messaging and connectivity resale, and on the reporting duties that follow authorisation.