Former Danone Head of Legal & Compliance in Turkiye Sevda Aydin Alemdar has returned to private practice by joining Sayin Law & Consulting as a Partner to lead the firm’s FMCG and Healthcare sectors out of Washington DC.

Panattoni Legal Director Kamila Dutkowska-Wawrzak talks about her background and in-house transition, building up the in-house legal team, and their current workload.

Siemens Turkiye Lead Country General Counsel Bige Yucel talks about her in-house legal team’s current and upcoming focuses.

Former SST Technology Legal Counsel Cansu Telli has joined Koton as a Legal Counsel.

Turkish lawyer Simge Soto Carril has joined Pentax Medical EMEA as a Compliance Manager in Hamburg.

Turkish lawyer Damla Aygun Yararca was appointed to the role of Head of Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality by Novo Nordisk. 

Turkish lawyer Burak Tosun has joined Danone as Legal Counsel in the Netherlands.

Turkish lawyer Soley Guzel was appointed by Roche Pharmaceuticals as its Legal Director of Roche Diagnostics Asia-Pacific.

Former TAV Construction Legal Director has joined Samsung Electronics in Istanbul as its Director of Legal Affairs.

Turkish lawyer Emre Botan Kumet has joined Copyright Capital as its Head of Legal & Business Affairs in London.

Former Karsan Automotive Head of Legal Ibrahim Onur Baysal has joined Erdem & Erdem as a Partner and Head of the firm's Capital Markets practice.

Turkish lawyer Meltem Azbazdar has relocated to Hamburg, Germany, to take the role of General Counsel Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and MENA at Diageo.

Ozlem Barut has joined the International Finance Corporation as a Counsel in the compliance department.

Pinar Ozercan has joined Jaguar Land Rover as Legal Transformation and Compliance Lead.

ISS Turkey has appointed Gamze Sandurac Baykal to Chief Legal Officer in Istanbul.

Cansu Telli has joined SST Technology as Legal Counsel in Turkey.

Former HSBC Senior Legal Consultant Nazli Tonuk Capan has joined Sadik & Capan as its Managing Partner.

Takeda has appointed former Dubai-based Head of Ethics & Compliance, ICMEA Gonca Sonmez Uyguc to Senior Director in Istanbul.