Antitrust & Competition
Many countries have broad laws that protect consumers and regulate how companies operate their businesses. The goal of these laws is to provide an equal playing field for similar businesses that operate in a specific industry while preventing them from gaining too much power over their competition. Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are there to protect consumers from predatory business practices. They ensure that fair competition exists in an open-market economy. These laws have evolved along with the market, vigilantly guarding against would-be monopolies and disruptions to the productive ebb and flow of competition.
Antitrust laws are applied to a wide range of questionable business activities, including but not limited to:
1. Market allocation
2. Bid rigging
3. Price fixing, and
4. Monopolies.
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Bankruptcy is a legal procedure initiated by an individual or a business that cannot pay their debts and seeks to have the debts discharged or reorganized by the courts. The three most common types of bankruptcy proceedings are:
1. Individual petitions,
2. Business restructuring and rehabilitation,
3. Wage earner’s plan.
Attorneys without the proper experience may not know all of the options available to a client facing bankruptcy, and as a result, they may not be able to broker the most advantageous bankruptcy plans.
Bankruptcy proceedings can have long-term benefits and consequences for an individual's financial and family situations. This is another reason why finding an experienced lawyer is essential. A lawyer who has helped many clients through bankruptcy can better prepare you and protect your assets and minimize the negative effects.
Construction & Engineering
A construction contract is a mutual or legally binding agreement between two parties based on policies and conditions recorded in document form. A construction contract is an important piece of document that outlines the scope of work, risks, duties, and legal rights of both the contractor and the owner.
An engineer contract is an agreement which outlines ethics and legal frameworks, scope of which should be taken into account by an engineer and an employer.
Cryptocurrency & Mining
Lack of formal certainty in the sphere of general legal status of cryptocurrency entails emergence of a broad discussion on more specific issues related to a need for licensing of activities of cryptocurrency in general, but specifically of cryptocurrency mining.
Data Privacy & Security
Data privacy or information privacy is a branch of data security concerned with the proper handling of data – consent, notice, and regulatory obligations. More specifically, practical data privacy concerns often revolve around:
1. Whether or how data is shared with third parties.
2. How data is legally collected or stored.
3. Regulatory restrictions
Here is a more detailed but not entirely complete list of issues related to Data Privacy & Security Laws:
1. Cybersecurity,
2. Data protection, incl
uding with respect to the collection,
3. Storage,
4. Transmission,
5. Transfer (including cross-border transfers),
6. Processing,
7. Breach notification,
8. Unauthorized access,
9. Encryption,
10. Security,
11. Safeguarding,
12. Loss,
13. Disclosure and use of Personal Data.
Employment & Labor
Employment law is the area of law that governs the employer-employee relationship. Therefore, if the business has more than one employee, then the business likely uses employment law. This area is made up of many different subjects with the common goal to protect workers' rights. For employees, these laws work to:
1. Prevent discrimination
2. Promote health and safety
3. Establish a minimum required level for economic support
4. Prevent work disruption due to disputes between labor and management
Usually, the key is simply recognizing when employment law is an issue. This can be difficult because the subject is truly vast. Employment law includes such things as:
1. Worker's compensation
2. Employment discrimination
3. Labor relations
4. Family and medical leave
5. Immigration
6. Employee benefits
7. Social Security
8. Wrongful termination
9. Occupational safety and health
10. Minimum wage
Energy Sector
Energy law is the field of law concerned with creating, enforcing and challenging laws that regulate energy use. Laws exist that regulate the creation and harvesting of energy. There are laws that regulate taxation of energy use. Energy companies and the public alike must navigate energy laws as they relate to the sale, use and conservation of energy resources.
Environmental
The purpose of environmental law is to protect and preserve the environment. There are two main subjects of environmental laws, control of pollution, and the conservation and management of land. Both sections of environmental law protect land, air, water, and soil.
Our law firm deals with disputes from both ends– potential polluter, as well as individual victim, in the following areas:
1. Air quality,
2. Water quality,
3. Waste Management,
4. Contaminant cleanup,
5. Chemical safety,
6. Hunting & fishing
Family Law & Domestic Relations
Family law deals with family-related issues and domestic relations. Most family law practices focus on representing clients in a divorce and the issues related to divorce such as the division of marital property, child custody and support, and alimony. Family lawyers also draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and litigate related matters. Some family lawyers represent victims or perpetrators of domestic violence in civil protection order proceedings and defend clients accused of domestic violence in criminal proceedings. Areas of Family & Domestic Relations law include, but are not limited to:
1. Adoption and guardianship,
2. Alimony
3. Alternative Dispute Resolution
4. Child Support
5. Child abuse and neglect
6. Custody Arrangements
7. Divorce
8. Juvenile delinquency,
9. Paternity
10. Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
11. Property Division
12. Temporary Protective Orders
13. Will Preparation and Delivery
Health Care Relations
Healthcare lawyers represent a broad range of healthcare professionals and entities such as hospital chains, nursing homes, clinics, home health agencies, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, physician groups, health insurers, physicians, nurses, and medical staff.
The work healthcare lawyers do often touches on a variety of niche areas of the law, including but not limited to corporate, regulatory administrative, securities, contracts, commercial, tax, litigation, professional malpractice, and bioethics. Healthcare law is well suited for attorneys who like variety in their work and don't shy away from complexity.
1. Patient rights
2. Medical privacy
3. Tax issues
Insurance
The term "insurance law" usually refers to the law surrounding private insurance.
The most common types of private insurance are health insurance, automobile liability insurance, homeowner's insurance, life insurance, title insurance, and malpractice insurance.
Insurance Recovery
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Intellectual Property
Property law deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works. Just as the law protects ownership of personal property and real estate, so too does it protect the exclusive control of intangible assets.
Protecting Against Infringement
Infringement refers to the unauthorized use of intellectual property. To protect against infringement, owners should take steps to put the world on notice that their rights exist. Providing notice helps deter infringement by making the owner's rights more visible to those who might inadvertently violate them. It also triggers additional legal benefits, and puts the owner in a better position to prosecute an infringement in court, if that becomes necessary.
International Arbitration
International arbitration is similar to domestic court litigation, but instead of taking place before a domestic court it takes place before private adjudicators known as arbitrators.
It is a consensual, neutral, binding, private and enforceable means of international dispute resolution, which is typically faster and less expensive than domestic court proceedings.
International Trade
International trade law refers to the body of rules and regulations that governs the relationships of nation states for regulating their domestic markets in relation to international trade.
The law regulates the global exchange of goods and services.
Investment & Funds
This Law shall regulate the foundation and operation of the investment funds and investment fund management companies, issuance and sale of shares and stocks, redeem of stocks, promotion of investment funds, activities performed by third parties on behalf of the investment funds and the operation of a depository bank.
Lender Liability & Other Banking, Financial Cases
Banking Law and Practice discusses a range of topics that have a direct bearing on the day-to-day operations of banks, from contracts to how to ensure safe and secure lending.
It examines the development and current state of banking legislation and regulation and facilitates bankers and their institutions to shape their practice to meet all the necessary legal and regulatory requirements.
Media & Entertainment
Our services in the media and entertainment law include:
1. Legal assistance in investment and M&A transactions in the media sector.
2. Written/oral consultation and legal advice regarding daily operations of media companies.
3. Providing legal assistance, conducting trainings and seminars for compliance of business operations with newly enacted legislations.
4. Consultation and attorney services on disputes arising out of infringement of personal rights and other compensation lawsuits.
5. Consultation and attorney services on copyright disputes.
6. Legal assistance and attorney services on press labor law related matters, such as various types of termination methods (unilateral, mutual, collective), arrangement of atypical employment relationships (secondment, freelance employment, etc.), and day-to-day legal issues.
7. Legal assistance and attorney services on tax and administrative law disputes.
8. Assisting and conducting administrative proceedings before governmental and non-governmental bodies including Radio and Television Broadcasting Authority, Information Technologies and Communication Authority, Turkish Radio and Television Institution, Advertisement Board and Advertising Self-Regulatory Board.
9. Consultation and attorney services on advertisement related disputes.
Merger & Acquisition
A merger or acquisition is a combination of two companies where one corporation is completely absorbed by another corporation. The less important company loses its identity and becomes part of the more important corporation, which retains its identity. A merger extinguishes the merged corporation, and the surviving corporation assumes all the rights, privileges, and liabilities of the merged corporation.
1. Identify the legal issues –these vary depending on factors like whether the deal is friendly or unfriendly.
2. Build a “road map” for the client from start to finish, and include a timeframe.
3. Advise on deal and negotiating tactics.
4. Conduct due diligence on other side.
5. Determine – with the help of tax attorneys – the tax implications and if they require special structuring.
6. Work with antitrust attorneys to assess regulatory obstacles, gain regulatory approval and analyze any other required regulatory approvals.
7. If cross-border, work with local counsel. Review all the client’s contracts: business, employment, outsourcing, debt instruments, preferred stock, etc.
8. Obtain third-party consents from lenders or parties to other contracts.
9. Negotiate agreement, sign, announce publicly, close the deal.
Product Liability
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Real Estate
Real estate law governs who may own and use the land.
1. Contract drafting and review.
2. Drafting amendments.
3. Reviewing liens.
4. Transferring property.
5. Fulfilling additional legal requirements.
6. Disclosures.
7. General legal assistance.
Sports
Sports law is aset of laws that apply to athletes and the sports they play.
It is not a single legal topic with generally applicable principles.
Sports law touches on a variety of matters, including contract, tort, agency, antitrust, constitutional, labor, trademark, Sex discrimination, criminal, and tax issues. Some laws depend on the status of the athlete, some laws differ according to the sport, and some laws vary for other reasons.
Maritime Law
One of the specific areas of law that is constantly evolving and is especially important in maritime cities. This area includes both the provision of legal aid in a wider context to entrepreneurs engaged in this area, such as issues arising in connection with international legal relations, adherence to established regulations, acting within the framework established by maritime law, as well as advising on labor safety and other rights and obligations of employees in this field and development - approval of contracts.
Government Contracts
Government contracts law is comprised of all the statutes, cases, rules, regulations, and procedures with which any company must comply to do business with the government (whether municipal, state).
In any event, businesses contracting with the government face rules and regulations in virtually every aspect of making, performing, and eventually terminating a contract with an agency or department.
Since the set of laws and regulations covering government contracts is immense, complex, and constantly changing, it's usually in your best interests to contact an attorney specializing in government contracts law early in the process.
Many of these rules were put in place to avoid favoritism and to give all bidders fair access to be awarded a contract.
Additionally, the competitive bidding process is intended to ensure the lowest price for certain goods.
Taxation
A tax is a charge by the government on the income of an individual, corporation or trust, as well as the value of an estate or gift.
There are also other forms of taxes, like consumer sales taxes, use taxes and real estate taxes.
The objective in assessing tax is to generate revenue to be used for the needs of the public. A tax is not a voluntary payment but an enforced contribution exacted pursuant to legislative authority.
Constitutional
Filing a constitutional complaint is one of the most important processes to identify and change the gaps in existing legislation. Therefore, it is very important to raise the issue correctly, so that the decision taken in the future, in this case, becomes the basis for introducing qualified amendments to this or that legislative act.
Appellate Practice & Cassation
The practice and experience of court relations allow us to conduct court proceedings without any shortcomings, both in the first instance and in the appellate and cassation proceedings.