Legal Advisor Turkey – Kutluhan Bozkurt

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Kutluhan Bozkurt (Legal Advisor Turkey)

info@a-law.eu

Qualifications

• Legal Advisor, 2007-
• Legal Counsel, Vienna 2004-2006
• PhD, in European Law and Public International Law, University of Vienna, Austria, 2004 
• LL.M. Eur., in European and International Economic Law, LMU Munich, Germany, 2005
• Preparatory year for German Language, Viennese Universities, Austria, 1999
• Judge 1995-1999
• Educated as Judge, Academy of Judge and Public Prosecution at Ministry of Justice, Ankara, 1994-1995
• Admitted to the Bar of Istanbul, 1991
• LL.B., Marmara University Istanbul, 1990

Languages

Turkish - English – German – French (intermediate) – Dutch (intermediate)

Areas of preference

• Turkish Law and Legal System, Turkish Jurisdiction
• European Law
• Company Law
• Contract Law
• International Trade Law and Banking Law
• Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
•  Protection of Personal Data

Academic area and projects

• The relationships between Turkey and the EC/the EU, legal procedures and legal influences
• The EU Law, Institutions of the EU, the EU Legislation
• Lisbon Strategy
• Civil Justice and the Court of Justice of the European Communities
• Association Law between the EC/the EU and Turkey and Harmonization Packages
• Participating in international and national projects as a Legal Expert

Profile

Kutluhan Bozkurt graduated in Law from Marmara University Istanbul and obtained a degree of LL. M. Eur. from the University Of Ludwig Maximilian Munich, Germany. He finished also PhD program at the University of Vienna, Austria. He worked approximately 9 years in Turkey both as an Attorney and as a Judge in the different courts as well. He focused and gained extensive experience in Turkish law and law system, the European law, legal aspect of the relations between Turkey and the European Union.

Next to this he has gained international experience in different organisations, universities, companies and also in different law systems, in Austria, Germany, Belgium and Turkey. In addition, he participated in a series of national and international projects as a legal expert and project manager. He has publications and congress proceedings, which were published in Austria and Turkey.

His knowledge of the Turkish legal system as a whole beside his knowledge of the European Union, his language and academic skills, extensive experience in different countries and his connections in Turkey and in the Turkish legal environment, make him an additional value to the international team of foreign Lawyers active at A-Law. He will be the responsible person for Turkey and the Turkish Desk at A-Law attorneys.