Payas&Payas provides legal consultancy and litigation services to its native and foreigner clients in Turkey since 1994. Our services vary in many different areas such as Purchasing Real Estate in Turkey, Divorce in Turkey, Debt Collection and Litigations in Turkey, Recognition of Foreign Courts' Decisions in Turkey, Residence Permits, Work Permits, Immigration.
Practice areas
Business
We provide legal services for foreigner clients' in establishment of business investments and operations in Izmir/Turkiye.
Bankruptcy & Debt
We provide legal services to foreigner clients for Debt Enforcement Proceedings in Turkiye.
Family
We provide legal services for foreigner clients in area of Turkish Family Law.
Criminal Defense
We provide legal services for foreigner clients in area of Turkish Criminal Law.
Immigration
We provide legal services for foreigner clients in their residence/work permit and citizenship applications in Izmir/Turkiye.
Real Estate
We provide legal services to foreigner clients for purchasing/sellling real estate in Turkey.
Lawsuits & Disputes
We provide legal services to foreigner clients for filing cases in various areas of Turkish Law.
Employment & Labor
We provide legal services for foreigner clients in area of Turkish Labor Law.
Accidents & Injuries
We provide legal services for foreigner clients in area of Turkish Compensation Law.
Our Partners and Associates
Mahir Ozan Payas
Partner
• Graduated from Izmir Bornova Anatolian High School in 1998.
• Graduated from Izmir Dokuz Eylul University Faculty Of Law in 2004.
• Registered to Izmir Bar and works as an attorney at law since 2005.
• Worked as a jumior lawyer in well reputed Law Firms specialized in Insurance Law and Law of Banking, Commercial Law, Consumer Rights Law, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law between 2005-2008.
• Worked as a junior lawyer in a well reputed Law Firm specialized in Commercial Law, Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law between 2008-2010.
• Worked as an in-house legal counsel in Akdeniz Kimya A.Ş. (a Fortune 500 company in Turkey) between 2010-2012.
• Attended to course for Public Procurement Law and received certificate from Turkish Bar Association in 2013.
• Attended to course for Health Law and received certificate from Tam Health Law Research Center in 2015.
• Worked as a senior lawyer in well reputed Law Firms providing legal services to Fortune 500 Turkish companies between 2012-2016 in fields of Energy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law.
• Attended to courses for Specific Calculations in the Field of Actuary, Specific Calculations in the Field of Labor Law and Specific Calculations in the Field of Consumer Law in 2018.
• Attended to a course about Basic Education of Expertise in 2018.
• Attended to a course about Basic Education for Accounting in 2018.
• Specializes in Company Law, Contracts Law, Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Labor Law, Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law, Real Estate Law.
• Speaks and writes fluently in English as a second language. Provides full legal services to foreigner clients since 2010. Provides full legal services only to foreigner clients since 2016.
• Also working as a Mediator. Specializes in Mediation for Labor Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Rights Law, Insurance Law and Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law.
Bİlal Payas
Founding Partner
• Founder Partner of Payas&Payas Law Office.
• Retired from Turkish Army with the rank of Command Sergeant Major in 1992.
• Graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1989.
• Registered to Izmir Bar and works as an attorney at law Since 1994.
• Specializes in Military Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Inheritance Law, Labor Law, Real Estate Law, Law of Property, Administrative Law and Commercial Law.
• Has a special interest in Criminal Cases during his professional life of attorneyship.