M.Vakur Kulat

Kulat Law’s presence dates back to 1990s when it was founded by Süleyman Kulat. Then M. Vakur Kulat joined Kulat Law Office in 1997 upon graduating from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law. Since the foundation of our office, we have been offering comprehensive service in terms of legal counseling and litigation for both domestic and foreign businesses scattered in a broad range of sectors.

As Kulat Law Office, we work on corporate governance & compliance issues on a broad scale. Corporate governance & compliance legal services arise as a need especially in the processes of companies such as structuring, internal organization, creating management and decision-making mechanisms, company mergers and acquisitions, investment or investment options of enterprises or companies. In addition, the emergence of the regulations brought by the legislator -such as GDPR or local Personal Data Laws- is one of the issues that we implement a compliance program. In addition to these, corporate integrity also constitutes an important element of risk assessment and the resulting compliance program.

We offer our clients a comprehensive corporate management service. In this context, we advise managers and executive boards from the private sector to the public sector regarding their duties and responsibilities in the light of corporate governance strategies and experience in the sector.

We assist our corporate and other clients in need of this service, in regulatory review and oversight, as well as in compliance with Turkey's current compliance laws and relevant legislation for each sector. We also regularly advise clients on measures they should consider in strengthening their compliance processes.

M. Vakur Kulat is a founding partner of Kulat Law Office. He heads up a team of experienced lawyers who act for a wide range of clients ranging from private individuals to major companies at Corporate Affairs, Commercial Contracts, Company Formations, Shareholder Arrangements and Partnership Law. 

He specialised at Corporate Law, Contract Law, Data Privacy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition Law and Commercial Law. 

Education and career

Born in 1970, M. Vakur Kulat completed his bachelor’s degree, LLB, in Istanbul University/Turkey, Faculty of Law and his master’s degree, LLM, in University of Leicester/UK, his major being International and European Commercial Law. He composed his thesis statement as a comparative study on “Control of Mergers and Acquisitions in EU Law and Turkish Law”. He consequently positioned himself as the second generation founder of Kulat Law Office in 2000, carrying it to its current state as a flourishing office. His professional knowledge and expertise specifically pertain to commercial law, law of obligations and relevant regulations. Apropos, his PhD thesis on “Liberalization of Turkish Railways”, written shortly after he completed his PhD, has been the first study and a benchmark in this field in Turkey. Apart from carrying the whole responsibility of the office, he’s also served Istanbul Bar for 10 years as a lecturer for professional education of trainee lawyers, sharing his immense knowledge in Commercial Law. He still continues to produce academic papers and professional essays many of which have already been published in various legal journals and publications. 

Educational Background 

Istanbul University, Faculty of Law

University of Leicester, Faculty of Law, International and European Commercial Law (LLM)

Yeditepe University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Private Law (PhD)

Languages

Turkish

English