Attorney Partnership — İstanbul

A&K Partners

Today's law, tomorrow's perspective.

Because for us, strong legal service means not only resolving today's problems but anticipating tomorrow's risks today.“Where tradition meets a new legal vision.”

The A&K Perspective Sector Focus

Varyap Meridian Grand Tower — Ataşehir, İstanbul

The A&K Perspective

To build a legal practice that does not merely observe the transformation of law, but positions itself within it.

A&K Partners' vision is to establish a sustainable legal practice that carries legal service beyond the individual and fragmented working model, with an institutional structure and a consistent standard of service. By reading technological transformation, new economic models and changing commercial relationships closely, we aim to earn a lasting place in the legal practice of the future as a legal brand trusted nationally and internationally — one that responds to today's needs while anticipating tomorrow's legal risks.

To bring legal knowledge together with commercial reality and strategic foresight.

Our mission is to understand our clients' operations and objectives and to assess their legal needs not only at the moment those needs arise, but together with the consequences they may produce. We combine the traditional discipline of law with current technologies and AI-assisted working methods, offering a legal service model that identifies risks at an early stage, accompanies decision-making processes and creates long-term value beyond disputes.

About

We regard this location not merely as a physical preference, but as a natural part of a working approach that follows the transformation of business, commercial relationships and legal needs closely.

For A&K Partners, legal counsel means staying close to the rhythm of business and commercial life, seeing the need in good time and producing the solution within the process itself.

We serve our clients along the axis of trust, diligence and strategy; we assess legal matters not only when they arise, but together with their commercial effects and the risks they may create in the future. While managing disputes effectively, we take as our principle anticipating risks as far as possible in advance and developing sustainable solutions.

We do not think of law independently of the new world that technology and artificial intelligence are reshaping. We bring the traditional discipline of law together with current technologies, conducting legal analysis, research and risk management faster, more comprehensively and with greater foresight.

Our Approach

Trust

The foundation of our client relationship is openness, fidelity to the duty of confidentiality and predictability.

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Diligence

Every file, regardless of its scope, is handled with the same care and attention; regular communication throughout the process is essential.

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Strategy

Legal risks are assessed in advance; sustainable solutions are considered alongside short-term outcomes.

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Technology

Current technologies and artificial intelligence are effectively integrated into legal analysis, research and risk management, supporting a faster, more comprehensive and more anticipatory way of working.

Sector Focus

We provide counsel and representation across twenty-four areas of sector focus.

We address the legal risks arising from the development, use and commercialisation of AI-based systems across their liability, data, intellectual property and regulatory dimensions. We assess legal processes concerning autonomous systems in the light of evolving technology and regulation.
We address the legal and ethical questions raised by brain-computer interfaces, neural data and new technologies directed at human cognition. We assess privacy, personal data, liability and regulatory developments from an interdisciplinary perspective.
We advise on processes covering cyber incidents, data breaches, digital security obligations and legal risks arising from information systems. We assess technological security together with legal and regulatory obligations.
We address the processing, storage, transfer and protection of personal data within the legal and regulatory framework. We advise on the analysis of data processing activities, risk management and compliance.
We address the legal and regulatory processes arising from electronic money, payment services, digital payment systems and financial technologies. We advise on licensing, contracts, compliance and the legal structuring of next-generation payment models.
We address the legal and regulatory matters arising from renewable energy, energy investments and sustainability-driven transformation, assessing the investment, contractual and compliance dimensions of energy projects as a whole.
We address the legal dimensions of interest-free financing models, participation finance products and commercial transactions structured in line with Islamic finance principles, advising on the contractual and regulatory framework of such financing models.
We address the legal needs arising from the cross-border investments and international commercial structures of individuals and legal entities, advising on investment structuring, contracts and the assessment of cross-border legal risk.
We take into account the legal and regulatory processes arising from the trade, processing and storage of precious metals and the related commercial relationships, advising on sector-specific contracts, compliance and disputes.
We take part in processes relating to real estate investments, property transactions, construction projects and the disputes arising from them, providing integrated legal support from the contract stage through project development to dispute resolution.
We address the legal relationships among athletes, clubs, federations, e-sports teams and other stakeholders across contracts, transfers, sponsorships, broadcasting rights, disciplinary disputes and sports arbitration, assessing processes specific to the sports and digital gaming ecosystem within national and international regulation.
We follow the provision of healthcare services, patient rights, informed consent, liability arising from medical interventions and compensation disputes in the light of current developments, addressing the distinction between malpractice and complication as well as processes arising from aesthetic and medical procedures in both their medical and legal aspects.
We follow zoning law processes arising from planning, construction, permitting and administrative acts; we assess the administrative law dimension of real estate and investment projects and provide legal support in related disputes.
We take into account legal liabilities arising from production processes, product safety, the supply chain and products placed on the market, developing solutions particularly for managing the contractual and regulatory risks of producers, suppliers and businesses in the food sector.
We assess private law disputes arising from maritime transport, ship operation, freight and cargo relationships together with criminal law processes in the maritime field, evaluating the sector's distinctive commercial and criminal risks as a whole.
We address the contractual, commercial and regulatory legal needs arising from accommodation, travel, tourism businesses and tourism investments, providing legal support from day-to-day operations through to investment and dispute processes.
We attend to the legal needs arising from trademarks, design, production, licensing, advertising, e-commerce and commercial relationships in the fashion and textile sector, addressing the protection of creative value together with the sector's commercial dynamics.
We conduct processes concerning the registration, protection, licensing and infringement of trademarks, patents and other industrial property rights, developing strategies to protect the legal and commercial value of intellectual assets.
We conduct legal processes concerning the protection of personality and reputation rights on digital platforms, content-related disputes and brand, advertising and social media relationships, while considering the legal and reputational risks that digital visibility brings for content creators.
We prepare, review, negotiate and revise contracts so that commercial and private law relationships are structured securely, treating contracts not merely as legal texts but as one of the fundamental instruments of risk and relationship management.
We address individual and corporate legal processes arising from employer-employee relationships. We provide preventive counsel and representation in employment contracts, workplace practices, termination of the employment relationship and employment disputes.
We cover the collection of receivables, enforcement proceedings, attachment, insolvency and restructuring (composition) processes, managing receivables strategically across the whole collection process rather than treating it as a matter of proceedings alone.
We provide legal representation and counsel directed at the effective protection of the rights of individuals and legal entities at the investigation and prosecution stages, addressing the process as a whole along the axis of evidence, procedure and defence strategy.
We follow with care the legal processes concerning divorce, custody, alimony, matrimonial property regimes and other disputes arising from family relationships, conducting our legal assessment with an attentive approach that respects the personal sensitivities of the process.

Leadership

Fatma Zehra Arslan

Founding Partner

arslan@partnersak.com

Elif Nur Kadıoğlu Kır

Founding Partner

kadioglukir@partnersak.com

Contact

İstanbul Office.

Address

Varyap Meridian Grand Tower
Barbaros Mah. Al Zambak Sok. No:2 Floor:11
34746 Ataşehir / İstanbul

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Telephone

+90 216 504 96 00

E-mail

info@partnersak.com

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