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Hazel Coşkun Baylan is a Senior Associate in Corporate Affairs Department of Erdem & Erdem. Her practice especially focuses on M&A transactions and general corporate advice as well as intellectual property law and labor law matters. She specializes in M&A, venture capital and private equity investment projects by conducting legal due diligence, drafting, reviewing and negotiating shareholders agreements, share purchase agreements and share subscription agreements, performing closing transactions.

Borsa Istanbul's New Venture Capital Market Newsletter Articles
Borsa Istanbul's New Venture Capital Market

The Communiqué on the Principles Regarding the Companies whose Shares will be Traded on the Venture Capital Market (II-16.3) ("Communiqué") has facilitated for private joint stock companies to sell their shares to qualified investors without a public offering. Thus, a new opportunity is created for joint stock...

Capital Markets Law 31.08.2023
Franchise Agreements in Luxury Goods Sector Newsletter Articles
Franchise Agreements in Luxury Goods Sector

A popular business model for expanding market reach and brand recognition worldwide is franchising. Despite being less common than distribution agreements in the form of mono-brand store agreements, franchising is another significant method for extending luxury brands' distribution networks. Luxury brands use...

Commercial Law 31.03.2023
The Rule of the Inalienability of the Author's Moral Rights Newsletter Articles
The Rule of the Inalienability of the Author's Moral Rights

The relationship between the author and the product of their creative activity is protected by moral rights. The moral rights of the author set out in the Intellectual and Artistic Works Act numbered 5846 (“IAWA”) include the authority to disclose the work to the public, the authority to designate the name...

Intellectual Property Law 30.06.2022
Penalty for Breach of a Non-Compete Covenant: An Exception to the Prohibition of a Penalty Only Against the Employee Newsletter Articles
Penalty for Breach of a Non-Compete Covenant: An Exception to the Prohibition of a Penalty Only Against the Employee

A non-compete covenant prohibits employees from competing on their own or a third party's behalf in the same field of activity as their former employer for a certain period of time after the termination of an employment contract. By the execution of a non-compete covenant...

Labor Law March 2022
Share Subscription Agreements Newsletter Articles
Share Subscription Agreements

Share subscription agreements, which are commonly encountered in start-up investments, set out the terms and conditions of an investor’s participation in a company as a shareholder by subscribing the new shares issued in a capital increase...

Commercial Law December 2021
Assignment of the Author’s Economic Rights Newsletter Articles
Assignment of the Author’s Economic Rights
Intellectual Property Law April 2021
Protection of Trade Secrets Newsletter Articles
Protection of Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property Law December 2020
Employers’ Rights on Intellectual and Artistic Works Created by Employees Newsletter Articles
Recruitment of Turkish Employees in Overseas Countries Newsletter Articles

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