Diğdem Muslu Aykutlu has over 20 years of legal experience, including extensive in-house practice in the media industry, advising leading Turkish and international clients on Media & Entertainment, Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets.
Before joining BTS&Partners, she has served as off legal counsel to some of Türkiye’s leading media brands, including Habertürk, Show TV and Bloomberg HT, responsible for the legal management and negotiation of a broad portfolio of commercial agreements. Her experience encompasses the entire contract lifecycle, including drafting, negotiation, risk assessment and implementation of complex commercial arrangements involving broadcasting, content, production, advertising, sponsorship, licensing, intellectual property, technology and other media-related matters.
She also have significant experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets Law and Turkish Capital Markets Board (CMB/SPK) regulations, including advising publicly held companies on corporate governance, capital markets compliance, public offerings, corporate restructurings and transactions subject to capital markets legislation. In addition to her transactional and advisory work, she served as a member of Legal Boards to leading insurance companies including Quick, Corpus Sigorta operating under Maher Holding where she was actively involved in corporate governance matters and completed the preparation and structuring of key corporate documentation and internal directives, including documents relating to management, representation, delegation of authority and internal corporate procedures.
Earlier in her career, she also worked with Pekin & Bayar Law Firm and subsequently within the legal practice of PwC Istanbul, where she gained extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate transactions, legal due diligence, corporate restructurings and transaction documentation. This experience has enabled her to advise on transactions from both a legal and commercial perspective and to manage multidisciplinary processes involving financial, tax and corporate considerations.
Diğdem Muslu Aykutlu is a graduate of Marmara University Faculty of Law and obtained an LL.M. degree in International Commercial Law from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in California, and further enhanced her expertise in commercial contracting through a Contract Management Certificate Program at the University of California, Irvine.
