The Law Firm has been founded in 1982 by Attorney Aydın Colakel.

The Law Firm has been registered as a partnership with the Istanbul Bar on April 2007 under the name “Cailliau&Colakel Avukatlık Ortaklığı”.

Our Firm is composed of experienced and well-known attorneys, the CV of whom are indicated under the section “Our Lawyers”. They are assisted by junior lawyers, interns and paralegals.

The Firm also works closely with a reputable law firms in Ankara, Bursa, İzmir, Antalya especially for the follow-up of the applications and the procedures conducted before the governmental authorities and the High Court of Appeals.

Cailliau&Colakel offers a wide range of legal services. Our firm is specialized in local and international deals, as well as daily follow-up of any legal matters. Our lawyers are inter alia specialized in the fields of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Law and Contract Law, Capital Market Law, Negotiable Instruments, Real Estate Law and Construction Law, Labor Law and Social Security Law, and, Intellectual Property Law, Administrative Law (including energy sector), Competition Law, Civil Law, Financial Law, Tax Law, Customs and Free Zones Law, Anti-dumping Procedures, Enforcement and Banktrupcy Law (concordat)Litigation, Bankruptcy and Winding-up procedures.

Cailliau&Colakel assists its clients in their choice of establishing their businesses in Turkey in the most beneficial way (by acquiring an existing entity or incorporating a new company). It also assists them in the drafting and negotiating of the agreements they will require to develop their business (leases, construction, sale and technical assistance agreements, licenses, employment contracts, sub-contracts and distribution agreements). Cailliau&Colakel also assists its clients in the potential conflicts they might face in the ordinary course of their business.

Cailliau&Colakel’s client portfolio is mainly the foreign companies making investments and developing business in Turkey. The firm also assists the Turkish companies in their partnerships with foreign companies or Turkish firms operating in France. The firm currently acts for a wide range of companies, from leading multinational companies to small and medium-sized companies, advising and assisting them in the setting-up of their ventures, day-to-day legal advice.

Cailliau&Colakel has developed extensive relations with law firms in France, in other European countries, as well as in the Unites States of America and in the Middle East.