Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm

"Out in front in Turkish legal World"

Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm
Eski Uskudar Yolu Cad.
Ozis A Blok No:21/4
Kozyatagi, Istanbul 34752
Turkey

ph: +90 216 469 6363
fax: +90 216 572 3855

Turkish Litigation Lawyers, Solicitors, Attorneys in Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish Litigation Lawyers

Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm’s Litigation section today carries on the traditions of over 15 years of courtroom practice, representing clients in a broad range of commercial and IP lawsuits. The firm's Litigation section is one of Turkey’s largest, with over 6 attorneys firm-wide.

The firm's trial attorneys actively work to improve state judiciary by participating as members of advisory committees to improve the speed and efficiency of the national courts. Many of the firm's litigation attorneys have previous professional experience that provides helpful insight into our clients' needs and business practices. The firm's Litigation section includes attorneys with prior government experience.

While many of the firm's clients look to us for representation in traditional business and tort actions, the firm's attorneys are also accustomed to handling matters involving complex and unique legal and factual issues. The firm has coordinated the efforts of several law firms to manage litigation encompassing hundreds of factual and legal issues and millions of pages of relevant documents. The firm's experience has led clients to call upon Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm to handle their most crucial, time-intensive litigation matters, such as hostile takeovers and "emergency" actions seeking to enjoin or avoid injunctions of business activities. Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm attorneys have regularly been involved with the trial and appeal of numerous cases of first impression, including intellectual property matters, civil rights matters, litigation under securities laws, and banking and lender liability questions.

The application of available technology to provide cost-effective litigation services to our clients is a priority at Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm. The firm offers in-house computerized database and transcript management facilities using state-of-the-art hardware and software systems, and attorneys, paralegals, and technical staff skilled in the use of these tools. Additionally, the firm has in house capabilities for the development of trial graphics and staff trained to implement the system during trial.

Antitrust Litigation

Our attorneys have played a lead role in major antitrust suits in Turkish courts, in arbitration tribunals, before the Turkish Trade Commission, and before the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Our antitrust clients include companies and organizations from a wide array of businesses, industries, and professions, including banking and financial services, insurance, franchising, energy and utilities, health care, restaurants, hotels, broadcasting, and bookselling, as well as trade associations and charitable organizations. Our attorneys have handled claims relating to price-fixing, territorial allocation, tying, exclusive dealing, monopolization, attempt to monopolize, and price discrimination. We have represented claimants and defendants. We have defended mergers from antitrust challenge, and have challenged hostile tender offers on antitrust grounds.

Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm attorneys have taken leadership roles in the antitrust litigation in Turkey. Our firm’s Antitrust lawyers have obtained summary dismissals of numerous antitrust claims, taken significant antitrust cases to trial, been awarded for Significant Achievement in Alternative Dispute Resolution for the conduct of a major antitrust arbitration, and qualified and testified as an expert in Turkish antitrust law.

IP Litigation

Winning an IP case is the product of experience and the execution of a skillful, balanced strategy. In litigation, Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm capitalizes on its attorneys' experience in having filed and prosecuted hundreds of trademark, patent, and copyright applications. Our teams of IP attorneys and trial lawyers have litigated all types of intellectual property matters in Turkish Ip courts and the Supreme Court.

Clients confronted with disputes involving their patents, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade secrets, or copyrights can rely on our experienced litigators to aggressively defend their interests in matters extending from infringement claims to unfair competition to disputes over commercial licensing agreements. We assist our clients in all stages of intellectual property conflicts and resolution of the conflict, from pre-litigation analysis and communications through final verdict and, if necessary, appeal.

Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm attorneys have successfully represented numerous corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, in infringement lawsuits involving intellectual property. Our experience includes successful appeals to Turkish Supreme Court. Our IP trial lawyers have also enforced and defended our clients' intellectual property rights in arbitrations, alternative dispute forums, and proceedings before the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.

We actively monitor the use of our clients' intellectual property, and we can act quickly to enforce these various rights against infringers through the effective use of temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. With vast experience in both prosecuting and defending litigation cases involving patents, trademarks, and copyrights, we have been successful in recovering damages and quickly obtaining injunctions for our clients. In some cases, our commercial litigation experience allows us to resolve licensing and contract disputes quickly and efficiently.

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Akkas & Associates Turkish Law Firm
Eski Uskudar Yolu Cad.
Ozis A Blok No:21/4
Kozyatagi, Istanbul 34752
Turkey

ph: +90 216 469 6363
fax: +90 216 572 3855