

D&C International Law Consultancy is an international law firm located in Istanbul, Turkey. Practice areas and services include company and commercial law, debt collection, data protection, citizenship and work permits, foreign direct investments, private international law, real estate and construction, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), international transportation, arbitration and mediation, and litigation.
Practice areas
Lawsuits & Disputes
We focus our services on advising our clients in all aspects of their questions. We know that you invest your money into a project with significant amount of risks. We invest our time and effort to ensure that your investment will be protected in all aspects of law. Our members are well prepared to provide all the necessary details for your investment security. D&C IntLaw has extensive experience on investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, and handling the daily legal matters of every business. International debt collection of companies are successfully finalized all around the world with our partners in various locations as well as our esteemed lawyers accredited in different bars of the world.
Business
With several decades of experience, the legal team is founded by knowledgeable lawyers, including both law professors and attorneys at law. Among them, they have substantial academic credentials and are published authors who provide highly skilled representation. The firm’s principles consist of advising clients in a timely manner with clear information, reflecting realistic charges for services rendered, and providing professional services clients can use.
D&C International Law Consultancy offers partner level support that is client-centered and results-focused. Offering personalized and responsive services, the firm works with clients to develop strategies with tailored solutions designed to deliver the best outcomes.
Our Partners and Associates

Ahmet, Esq. is a licensed attorney at law in New York and Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul Şehir University School of Law as the top scoring student of Law School. He then completed his LL.M. at New York University (NYU).
Ahmet advised clients on various international sales contract, international share purchase contract, and international commercial law disputes regarding International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Center (ADCCAC), and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration process. He is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB) as Associate (ACIArb), and Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) Young Forum. He regularly advises companies in various sectors including chemical industry, marine transportation, grain trading. He has experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international litigation and corporate structuring. He implemented the processes of establishing companies, branches, and liaison offices abroad including in the United States, Greece, and Lebanon. Managed and appeared in court litigation, mediation, and arbitration cases. Participated in transactions relating to mergers and acquisitions by the clients including a multinational investment bank. Negotiated and drafted legal documents including employment agreements, international sale contracts, and commercial leases.
Ahmet has two books published in Turkey and the United States in legal English and investment arbitration law. He made presentations at various conferences on international arbitration, investment relations, and data protection law.
Professor Yusuf ÇALIŞKAN graduated from Ankara University School of Law in 1993. He completed his LL.M degree at Case Western Reserve University (1998) with honors and his Juris Scientiae Doctoris (JSD) degree at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law (2002). The title of his JSD dissertation is “The Development of International Investment Law: Lessons From the OECD MAI Negotiations and Their Application to a Possible Multilateral Agreement on Investment”.
He was nominated as the candidate for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body Member by the Republic of Turkey in 2016. He is also a member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Conciliators and Arbitrators designated by Republic of Turkey, making him eligible to be elected for the ICSID arbitral tribunals to resolve ICSID arbitration cases. Moreover, he has been working as a legal consultant and expert on international trade and international investment arbitration.
Professor Yusuf ÇALIŞKAN has been giving lectures and presentations and acting as a legal adviser of public, private institutions and companies with respect to WTO Agreements, foreign direct investment, ICSID Arbitration, drafting international contracts and contemporary problems in International Sales Law, and Private International Law.
Levent Görez is an associate of the Firm. He is admitted to practice as attorney at law Istanbul. He completed his LL.B. degree at Marmara University Faculty of Law with honors.
Levent acts as counsel in litigation before courts. He has represented the clients in various legal disputes. In addition to experience in litigation, he has worked for corporations and individuals as legal consultant. He has also represented the clients in international commercial arbitrations. Levent represents public and private entities in arbitration proceedings.
He is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) and Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) Young Forum.
He regularly advises companies in various transactions and litigation. Appeared in court litigation, mediation, and arbitration cases. Negotiated and drafted legal documents including employment agreements and personal data protection.
Levent began his career while in law school as a summer associate in 2018. He thereafter worked as attorney at law at law firms and an international company. Levent currently serves for the legal needs of clients, which are state, agencies, corporations, and private individuals, as a member of D&C International Legal Consultancy.
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