Elçin Karatay

Elçin Karatay is a corporate lawyer specialized in corporate law, public and private company M&A, joint ventures and IPOs. Being a legal multidisciplinary lawyer, she also advises clients on their IP law and employment law related legal issues. As a separate focus area, with her objective to provide legal services on new unexamined areas of technology and law, and advising start-ups and technology companies, Elçin Karatay works intensively on creating legal structures for new technological developments.

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‍Representative Matters

• Negotiation of technology and software contracts with a total value of 100 million USD in the last year
• Completion of more than 20 M&A
• Legal advice in 3 of Turkey’s largest crypto asset issuances
• Legal advice to more than 30 projects and companied working on blockchain and crypto assets
• Trainings at several state institutions and ministries, entities and organizations such as TÜBİTAK, BTK, FinTR

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Education

• Galatasaray University, Ph.D. in Private Law – Pending
• Galatasaray University, LL.M. in Private Law – Thesis: “Review of American Law based Simple Agreement for Future Equity under Turkish Law”
• Koç University, Bachelor of Law

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Practice Areas & Work Department

• Technology Contracts
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
• Software and License Agreements
• M&A
• Cooperation Agreements

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Languages

• English
• Turkish

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‍Memberships

• Istanbul Bar Association
• FinTR Board Member
• IR Global
• International Bar Association
• ITU Seed, BAU Blockchain Center as a Mentor
• ARYA Women Investment Platform