With an experience as an in-house lawyer in retail & fmcg industry in the past, I am a Partner at & BTS&Partners leading the industry practices around Retail & FMCG as well as Sustainability, which is one of our core practice areas.
I have worked as an in-house counsel for Alshaya Group for 15 years; having served as the Head of Legal, Ethics and Compliance Committee, Data Privacy Committee and the Disciplinary Committee in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, she engaged in a wide range of legal areas including but not limited to Retail Law, E-Commerce Law, Property Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Ethics and Corporate Compliance, Intellectual Law, Criminal Law.
During my service in Alshaya, I have led many multifunctional projects. i.e. legal structuring and business launch of e-commerce and mobile application digital platforms for Starbucks, The Body Shop, the Victoria’s Secrets and the Bath and Body Works in Turkey; implementation of the ethics and compliance program of the Company; the expansion of the business to Azerbaijan and Georgia, the structuring of the hospitality business.
Having a seat at the Company’s Executive Leadership Team,I had an effective role to guide the team in dealing with legal and regulatory issues that would have an impact on the Company’s operations and achievement of its business goals.
Prior to that, I was Attorney at Law for six years in a leading full service law office in Istanbul.
In 2015, I was listed on GC Powerlist Turkey as one of the most influential and innovative legal in-house counsels of Turkey by The Legal 500.
I am currently based in London and continue to advise multinational clients on strategic legal, compliance and sustainability matters across multiple jurisdictions as a representative of BTS & Partners in UK.
