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Sep 29, 25

SUBMIT NEWS

Cem Davutoglu Returns to Private Practice as Bener Partner

Former Akbank Legal Counsel Cem Davutoglu has returned to private practice as a Partner at Bener Law Office.

Davutoglu has spent over seven years with the bank, joining it in 2016 (reported by CEE Legal Matters on March 14, 2016).

Before that, he was a Partner with Bener between September 2014 and 2016.

Earlier still, he was a Partner with Davutoglu Attorneys at Law between 2008 and 2014. Between 1997 and January 2008, he worked for the White & Case team in Istanbul.

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Luka Pavlekovic Appointed Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs at INA Grupa

Pavlekovic has been with the organization for more than 16 years, originally joining as Contracting Specialist II in 2008 – a role he held until 2009.

Mirko Lalatovic Appointed as Head of Compliance for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Lalatovic has been serving as the Head of Compliance for South Eastern Central Europe at the company since 2020. He first joined the company in 2015.

Ulrike Tuerk Joins Buschmann as Head of Legal

Prior to joining the organization, Tuerk worked as Head of Legal at Immowert Immobilieninvest GmbH between 2023 and 2025.