ABOUT US

Welcome to Akbal Law Firm

Akbal Law Firm, based in Istanbul, was founded by Ayşegül Akbal, Attorney-at-Law and Mediator, and provides services through a competent team.

Akbal Law Firm is a law firm providing comprehensive and qualified legal consultancy and advocacy services to its local and foreign, real and legal-person clients on various legal matters such as legal representation, legal consultancy and resolution of disputes, and preparation of contracts.

Our firm provides legal services in a wide range of legal fields, including Tax and Customs Law, Corporate Law, Commercial and Administrative Cases, Contracts Law, Intellectual and Industrial Property Law, Foreigners and Citizenship Law,Personal Data Protection, and Labour Law. Our law firm specializes in tax litigation and provides comprehensive advisory and litigation services to local and multinational clients.We also provide services for our Clients in the cases of Bankruptcy and Concordat cases, through our many years of Banking Law experience in Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law. In corporate disputes, we provide consultancy services on the representation of our clients in general assemblies and the preparation of family constitutions,and/or preparation of Shareholders Agreements, company merger share transfer and Share Sale Agreements. Furthermore, we provide our Clients with legal services in the field of Preventive Law by producing effective legal solutions for potential issues they may experience in the future, before any dispute arises.

Akbal Law Firm has always maintained its commitment to professional ethical values since its establishment. Our principle isto defend the rights of our Clients in the best way possible, to provide them with quality and result-oriented services, and to provide services that are specific to the needs of our individual and corporate Clients by closely following all developments in Turkish legal system. Our Law Firm is listed among the leading law firms in Türkiye by Legal 500, one of the important International Assessment organizations since 2021. 

 

Att. Ayşegül Akbal
Lawyer, Mediator, Legal Advisor


EDUCATION

  • Istanbul University, School of Law, 1999
  • Şişli Terakki Vakfı
    Özel Şişli Terakki High School

BAR MEMBERSHIP

  • İstanbul Bar Association
    Registry No: 25171

OTHER LANGUAGES

  • English

Phone: +90 212 296 21 10
Phone: +90 532 405 17 90
aakbal@akbalhukuk.com

Resume of Ayşegül Akbal, Attorney-at-Law;

Ayşegül Akbal born in 1977, Attorney-at-Law and Mediator, graduated from ŞişliTerakki High School as the top-scoring student at the entire school. Afterwards, she graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law with a good grade and has been practicing law for many years. While her areas of specialization include primarily Corporate Law, Tax and Customs Law and Personal Data Protection Law, Ayşegül Akbal is also a mediator in addition to being an Attorney. Att.Med. Ayşegül Akbal's articles on Tax Law are published on various platforms.


Continuing her professional activities as a lawyer and a mediator registered with the Istanbul Bar Association, Att. Med. Ayşegül Akbal has been providing legal representation and consultancy services in her legal career of more than 23 years, at Akbal Law Firm which she founded, to Turkish Companies with foreign shareholders, as well as Türkiye's leading companies, in all fields, including primarily Corporate Law, Tax and Customs Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions projects. Having long years of experience and expertise in Corporate Law and Tax and Customs Law, Att. Med. Ayşegül Akbal had also worked as a senior attorney at Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Law Partnership for 11 years prior to the establishment of Akbal Law Firm. And prior to her position as senior attorney at Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Law Partnership, Att. Med. Ayşegül Akbal had worked as a corporate lawyer at an affiliate of YapıKredi Bank for 7 years, after which she established her own firm with the experiences she has gained over many years, and she still continues to practice at her firm.


At Akbal Law Firm of which she is the founder, Att. Med. Ayşegül Akbal manages all the processes of cases regarding unresolved disputes, from the stage of preparation to litigation and conclusion, with great care and attention. Akbal Law Firm, which also provides general legal consultancy services to companies, has been handling Tax and Customs Law disputes through with lawyers for many years. Akbal Law Firm also has experience in all kinds of legal matters concerning companies, including company incorporation procedures, share transfers, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance transactions, and termination, liquidation and composition procedures of companies.


Att. Med. Ayşegül Akbal is married to Prof. Cem Akbal (M.D.) and has one child.

 

Akbal Law Firm has adopted the principle of working in accordance with the law, ethics and professional principles, respecting the principles of the rule of law and human rights and working solution-oriented in the services we provide to our clients. In the light of these principles, our firm aims to resolve the legal needs of our clients by providing quality service within the framework of mutual respect and trust.

As Akbal Law Firm, our vision is to prevent the emergence of problems within the scope of our preventive legal services and to develop permanent and effective solutions to ongoing disputes by closely following the developments on a national and global scale, and all developments and changes in our legal system. We strive to contribute to the development of legal culture and awareness of justice in a manner befitting the honor of the profession with the aim of always renewing and developing.