Helping local and international clientele moving their business forward.
Özbilen Aykut Attorney Partnership («OA») is an Istanbul-based, full-scope law firm founded by Zekeriya Başar Özbilen and Hande Aykut, combining over 40 years of experience.
The primary goal of our firm is to understand the needs and business structures of its clients and serve them as trusted business advisors.
We provide our national and international clients operating in different sectors with legal services, especially in mergers and acquisitions, tax, restructuring, capital markets, payment technologies and litigation.
Through our experienced team and a wide range of competencies, we provide sophisticated understanding of the nuances within tax and corporate law not only amplifying our litigation strengths but also emphasizing the significance of tax implications in commercial transactions. To maintain its level of expertise, we restrict the number and nature of cases we take on.
Hande Aykut, Founding Partner
Mrs Aykut graduated from Baskent University in 2002 with a scholarship and started her career at one of the leading law offices in Istanbul. She registered with Istanbul Bar Association in 2003 and kept working in the same office until 2010 where she was a partner when she left. In 2011 she commenced her own practice. She successfully completed the Executive MBA program at Koc University in 2015.
Mrs Aykut has provided legal services to a broad range of international and domestic corporate clients from different industries in many areas of law, but primarily on restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. Additionally, by providing legal services to many family-owned companies, Hande Aykut has strengthened her expertise in M&A transactions and she has gained extensive expertise in shareholder disputes throughout her career.
Contact:
hande.aykut@oa-ao.com
+90 (532) 647 77 63
Basar Özbilen, Founding Partner
Mr Ozbilen started his career in a renowned law firm in 2003. In 2011, he joined the law department of an international consulting firm. After many years as a managing senior associate in corporate law and tax disputes, he started his own practice in 2018. Being a member of the Istanbul Bar, Mr Ozbilen has an LLM in International Trade Law and he is a Marmara Law Faculty alumni.
Mr Ozbilen has extensive corporate and tax law experience on which he represents his clients in tax and corporate disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, financings and similar transactions. His expertise consists of confiscation procedures, leveraged finance, high-yield securities, bridge loans, the instrumentalization of debt and other structured finances.
Contact:
basar.ozbilen@oa-ao.com
+90 (532) 650 93 92