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Demet Kasarcioglu

Demet Kasarcioglu focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international trade and commerce. She advises companies on structuring, drafting and the negotiations of M&A transactions. She represents strategic buyers and sellers as well as private equity funds in the acquisition and sale of private targets. In addition, she also focuses her practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly through arbitration. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals and before all levels of domestic courts, including the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Demet Kasarcioglu has co-authored several published articles on arbitration and has been a featured speaker at conferences and seminars on the topic, including:

• Co-Author, “Arbitrating M&A Disputes,” Arbitration in Turkey, Kluwer Law International, 2015
• Co-author, Turkey chapter, Getting The Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration, Getting The Deal Through series, 2014, 2015.
• Co-speaker, “Fairness test in arbitration and an overview of international commercial arbitration,” Yeditepe University (Lecture), April 2014

• Istanbul Bar Association and Turkish Bar Association.
• London Court of International Arbitration’s (LCIA) Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
• International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF).
• ASA’s Young Practitioners Group (Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage, Groupe des Jeunes Praticiens de l’Arbitrage).

Demet Kasarcioglu joined Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein, in 2012.

• Admitted to Istanbul bar, 2010.
• Newcastle University, UK, LLM, 2011.
• Marmara University, Istanbul, LLB, 2009.

Turkish, English, French