Notes from Ankara: AI, Law and the Transformation of the Profession
Last weekend, at the 5th International Ankara Brand Meetings organized by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, Vircon Legal was represented by our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu. On a panel devoted to the relationship between law and artificial intelligence, Hacıpaşaoğlu took the stage alongside Cem Şanap, Orhan Fahri Başçavuşoğlu and Serdar Ülkü. The Q&A ran […]
Building the Future by Binance TR at Webrazzi Fintech 2025
On December 10, 2025, at Wyndham Grand İstanbul Levent, Webrazzi Fintech 2025 hosted, alongside its main stage, a dedicated arena for the blockchain ecosystem: Building the Future by Binance TR. On this stage, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the people shaping the future of blockchain and crypto to assess the legal implications of […]
AI Summit for Lawyers — Lokomotif AI at Vadi İstanbul
On November 19, 2025, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the AI Summit for Lawyers, organized by Lokomotif AI at Vadi İstanbul. The summit brought together practising lawyers, in-house counsel, law school faculty and legal-tech operators around the same question: what does it actually mean to practise law in an AI-augmented profession? The central […]
Lokomotif AI — AI Summit for HR Professionals
On October 14, 2025, on the invitation of Fatih Guner, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the Lokomotif AI — AI Summit for HR Professionals. The session covered the legal risks AI creates across professions, the use of AI in legal practice, and the rise of legal AIs. The central thesis of the talk […]
APY TEKMER x BASEHUB Investment Program — SAFE and Convertibles
In August 2025, as part of the APY TEKMER x BASEHUB Investment Program, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu walked founders through investment processes from a legal perspective. The session went deep on convertible note and loan concepts, examined every version of Y Combinator‘s famous SAFE document, and addressed the most common mistakes. The central […]
AI in Marketing and Customer Experience — Komünite Session
In May 2025, on the invitation of Komünite.com.tr and organized by Fatih Guner — with Birkan Babakol moderating — our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu examined the legal risks created by using AI in marketing and customer-experience processes. The central thesis of the session was clear: active use of AI in customer experience triggers a […]
As Data Power Grows with AI — Komünite Session
In April 2025, on the invitation of Komünite.com.tr, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu led a session covering the law of AI, the use of AI in legal practice, legal AIs, and the legal risks and complications AI generates. The central thesis of the session was clear: as the power of data grows alongside AI, […]
Fintelogy Crypto-Asset Law and Compliance Management Certificate Program
In March 2025, Fintelogy announced its Crypto-Asset Law and Compliance Management Certificate Program, to run from April 19 to June 1, 2025. Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu was part of the program’s 30+ expert faculty. The central thesis of the program was clear: after Turkey’s crypto-asset regulation entered into force, the compliance-manager profile the […]
OKX Türkiye Live Broadcast — Travel Rule in Turkey
In February 2025, on the OKX Türkiye live broadcast, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined Ahmet Usta and Elif Hilal Umucu Kara to discuss the Travel Rule recently entering into force in Turkey, in comparison with other jurisdictions. The central thesis of the broadcast was clear: the Travel Rule now in force in Turkey […]
Boğaziçi E-Founder Summit — Legal Architecture for the Next Generation of Founders
Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the Boğaziçi E-Founder Summit, a flagship student-driven entrepreneurship event organized at Boğaziçi University, to deliver a session on the legal architecture early-stage founders need to put in place before they raise their first institutional round. The central thesis of the talk was clear: Boğaziçi is one of the […]