Zeynep Şeyhoğlu Bingöl
Head of Legal and Compliance at Aira Group- Claim this Profile
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Türkçe Native or bilingual proficiency
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Fransızca Full professional proficiency
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İngilizce Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Mediation Certificate
İstanbul Aydın UniversitesiOct, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Energy Law Certificate
Bahçeşehir ÜniversitesiSep, 2014- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Aira Group
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Holding Companies
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Legal and Compliance
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Nov 2021 - Present
(Aira Group operates in various sectors including entertainment, international trade, renewable energy (3 wind and 1 solar power plants, with a total installed capacity of 115,5 MW in Turkey and 1300 MW of solar projects in Australia), biomass gasification technology and mining) - Providing ongoing tactical and strategic advice and supporting in general commercial matters and transactions; - Negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial contracts related to energy law, labour law, corporate and commercial law as well as administrative law across all corporate functions of Artıbir Group (e.g. Operations, Procurement, Finance, Development, People Practices); - Providing support to all other areas of Artıbir Group’s legal department on a variety of other legal initiatives, including managing of the company’s IP portfolio, improving internal policies and procedures, updating and maintaining contract forms, leveraging contract management software to expedite contracting processes, researching and communicating developments in legal compliance to various Artıbir Group departments; - Working on corporate development projects, including acquisitions and investment opportunities. - Working on general corporate matters of Artıbir Group including drafting board resolutions and organizational documents and providing general legal support to investor and corporate governance issues for all Group companies (29 companies) - Designing and managing processes to positively impact the Legal team’s efficiency and effectiveness (including contract management, business analysis, and litigation support) - Driving legal projects with on-time and on-budget results - Acting as advisor, or coordinates with external counsel, on legal issues including but not limited to corporate, commercial, and licensing transactions, the organization's government and regulatory compliance, data privacy and risk mitigation, contentious matters and transactional intellectual property issues. Show less
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Legal Affairs Manager
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May 2016 - Nov 2021
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating all kind of contracts related to energy law, labor law, corporate and commercial law as well as administrative law. - Drafting, negotiating a number of share transfers, joint ventures and asset transfers, as well as other commercial contracts. - Managing Company’s licenses provided by public authorities and participating in the analysis of key policies and regulations to be published by the authorities. - Managing legal and compliance risks. (e.g. Data Privacy, Competition Law and Renewable Energy Regulations) - Advising on ongoing corporate governance matters. - Delivering legal services for M&A transactions and projects. - Providing legal assistance on competition law issues about Turkish notification requirements and obtaining approvals from the Turkish Competition Board. - Performing litigation and working in close collaboration with outside counsels to monitor and follow-up the litigations. - Managing formal correspondence and notifications to or from public authorities and other third parties. - Determining and reporting critical legal & compliance risks - Following up the new developments of Turkish law and regulations applicable to the Company and suggest improvements when necessary Show less
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DL Attorneys at Law
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Türkiye
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Managing Associate
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Dec 2012 - 2016
- Providing legal assistance to variety for local and international companies on Turkish corporate law including company formations, merger&acquisition transactions, and joint venture on numerous M&A transactions with a wide scale of transaction volumes. - Drafting and negotiating a number of share transfer, joint venture agreements and asset transfers, as well as other commercial contracts such as license, franchise, loan, distribution, construction and lease agreements for private and public clients operating in regulated sectors such as; banking, insurance, energy, agriculture, pharmaceutical, construction, defense and healthcare - Advising various clients on formation of companies and ongoing corporate governance matters (incorporation of companies, drafting of articles, shareholders’ and board of directors’ resolutions, drafting internal directives, appointment of managers, conducting of general assemblies, liquidation process, Spin-off, merger and change of legal form) - Advising various local and international EPC contractors throughout different energy projects and providing legal risk analysis report when required - Representing and providing legal assistance to various foreign contractors and their Turkish subsidiaries on different projects in energy and construction industries - Advising to a consortium to be established for realization of a coal fired power plant in Turkey - Providing consultancy services for the protection of trademarks, patents and copyrights, carrying out any kind of activities to ensure the development and protection of intellectual property rights - Advising on labor law to both local and international clients, designing employment contracts - Representing clients before Turkish courts when required Show less
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LC Waikiki
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Türkiye
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Attorney at Law
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Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
- Examining the commercial and administrative affairs in terms of substantive law and preventing potential conflicts. - Providing consultancy to the company and all departments on necessary legal issues. - Managing the relationship between the third party service providers and the company. - Reviewing, interpreting and approving all agreements which the company is one of the parties. - Advising the company on corporate governance matters. - Examining the commercial and administrative affairs in terms of substantive law and preventing potential conflicts. - Providing consultancy to the company and all departments on necessary legal issues. - Managing the relationship between the third party service providers and the company. - Reviewing, interpreting and approving all agreements which the company is one of the parties. - Advising the company on corporate governance matters.
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Crédit Agricole
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Banking
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300 - 400 Employee
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Legal Counsel
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Apr 2011 - Mar 2012
Governance, Communication and Customer Satisfaction Department - Providing assistance to International Retail and Commercial Banking Paris supervision in implementing Governance Group’s practices in subsidiaries - Supporting Crédit Agricole S.A. “Department for interest and shares” for all administrative and legal duties regarding subsidiaries - Operating all the internal management committees and proposing rules for the internal organization Governance, Communication and Customer Satisfaction Department - Providing assistance to International Retail and Commercial Banking Paris supervision in implementing Governance Group’s practices in subsidiaries - Supporting Crédit Agricole S.A. “Department for interest and shares” for all administrative and legal duties regarding subsidiaries - Operating all the internal management committees and proposing rules for the internal organization
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Attorney at Law
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Jul 2009 - Oct 2010
- Advising multinational companies in relation to their investments in Turkey during which carried out company incorporations, establishment of joint ventures with Turkish entities, acquisitions of shares and assets in Turkey - Providing general corporate law assistance - Reviewing and drafting commercial contracts - Representing clients on intellectual property law related disputes, reporting and management of litigation files. - Advising multinational companies in relation to their investments in Turkey during which carried out company incorporations, establishment of joint ventures with Turkish entities, acquisitions of shares and assets in Turkey - Providing general corporate law assistance - Reviewing and drafting commercial contracts - Representing clients on intellectual property law related disputes, reporting and management of litigation files.
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Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
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United States
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Legal Counsel
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Jul 2008 - Mar 2009
Intellectual Property Department of Perfumes and Cosmetics Sector - Management of registered trademark portfolios, designs and models - Trademark availability searches, analysis and elaboration of strategies, negotiating, drafting and reviewing coexistence, license and assignment agreements - Preparing and filing cancelation actions, drafting the opposition files and management of the files relating to intellectual property related disputes - Secuirng advertisement campaigns, negotiating and drafting contracts such as models, photographs, film direction and production, music Show less
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The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
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Spain
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Counsel
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Sep 2007 - Mar 2008
Trade Mark Registration Department - Taking opposition decisions - Examination of the Community Trademark applications Trade Mark Registration Department - Taking opposition decisions - Examination of the Community Trademark applications
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Education
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2010 - 2011
Sience Politiques de Paris - Colleges des Ingénieurs - Mines Paris Tech.
MBA, COPERNIC - MBA -
2006 - 2007
Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III)
LL.M, CEIPI - Center for International Intellectual Property Studies -
1999 - 2004
Istanbul University Faculty of Law
Undergraduate, Law -
1992 - 1999
Lycee Saint Joseph d'İzmir
Lycée
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