Alper Arslan is one of two founding partners of Gökalp Arslan and he is heading the dispute resolution department. He has over twenty years of experience in dispute resolution. He started his legal career in Ankara and worked as sole practitioner handling various cases involving Civil, Commercial, Labor, Criminal, Administrative and Execution Laws. Thereafter, he has worked in Cosar Avukatlık Bürosu, a leading law firm of Turkey, which is based in Istanbul and has been ranked in the first tier for dispute resolution by The Legal 500 and Chambers for years. He founded Gökalp Arslan Law Firm along with Burcu Dal Gökalp in 2022. Mr. Arslan specializes in arbitration, litigation, labour law, sport law and compliance. In particular, “He has extensive experience in energy and post-M&A disputes before Turkish courts and arbitral tribunals.” (Legal 500 – 2017). Mr. Arslan also represented the state in three ICSID arbitrations brought under the Energy Charter Treaty, and in a related ECHR claim. He authored Turkey’s chapter in Cross-Border Handbooks, Dispute Resolution Volume 1 and Volume 2: Arbitration. He also co-authored Turkey’s chapter of Chambers and Partners in International Arbitration: Law and Practice, Trends and Developments. He is admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association and the International Bar Association.
Gökalp Arslan is a full-service law firm founded in 2022 in Istanbul by Burcu Dal Gökalp and Alper Arslan, after many years of legal experience, to offer robust, timely, high quality and cost-effective legal services to meet their clients’ needs.
The firm offers a broad range of services to its domestic and international clients through its partners focusing on diversified fields of law. Our partners have proven track record of significant accomplishment, amongst others, mainly on: Mergers and Acquisitions in all major sectors; Dispute resolution, which includes international and domestic commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, mediation, enforcement and execution of foreign arbitral awards and court decisions, and also complex civil, commercial, labour and administrative disputes before Turkish courts; Corporate, Commercial and Contracts Law; IT Law; Compliance regarding Employment, Competition and Data Protection Law.
With its team focused on diversified but complimentary practice areas (M&A and Dispute Resolution), Gökalp Arslan is highly capable to accompany and guide its clients with comprehensive consultancy from the very beginning of the business, starting with structuring and planning, proceeding with supporting during the operation and even after the closing in the need for dispute resolution. We volunteer to be your solution partner through the lifetime of the target business.
We represent domestic and international clients, investors, individuals, and multinational group companies active in all major sectors such as, energy and natural sources, technology, building products, consumer products, financial services, chemicals, mining, property development and investment and entertainment. Our legal practice is not limited to Istanbul only, as we cooperate closely with prominent law firms in Ankara, the capital of Turkey and in all industrial cities and across the world.
Publications
Legal Industry Review, Turkey, Volume I, November 2022
Mergers and Transfer of Assets regarding the Sports Club
Mesafeli Sözleşmeler Yönetmeliğine Getirilen Yenilikler
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