Hacettepe Law Society — Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Briefing

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the Hacettepe Law Society for a briefing event on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, dedicated to law students preparing to engage with on-chain assets as a real working layer of their future practice — not as a curiosity. The central thesis of the talk was clear: blockchain is not a […]

Hacettepe Law Society — Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Briefing

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the Hacettepe Law Society for a briefing event on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, dedicated to law students preparing to engage with on-chain assets as a real working layer of their future practice — not as a curiosity. The central thesis of the talk was clear: blockchain is not a […]

BizTalks #02 — A Conversation on the Startup World with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu was the guest of the second episode of BizTalks, the podcast and interview series run by BizWorld. The conversation walked through Mümtaz’s perspective on the Turkish startup ecosystem, the legal practice that has grown alongside it, and what the next decade looks like from a practitioner’s seat. The central […]

Turkcell Lexathon — Innovation in Law

In November 2021, at the camp of Lexathon — the legaltech-vertical hackathon launched by Turkcell — our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered the Innovation in Law session. The central thesis of the session was clear: innovation in law runs through redesigning the highest-friction processes with software; a lawyer’s product-thinking discipline is the vantage point […]

Startup Lawyering Training at ELSA Istanbul Lawyers @ Work

On November 16, 2021, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a training session at ELSA Istanbul‘s Lawyers @ Work event, themed around what it actually means to practice startup law as a junior lawyer in Turkey. The central thesis of the training was clear: startup law is not a sub-specialty of corporate law — […]

Startup Lawyering Training at ELSA Istanbul Lawyers @ Work

On November 16, 2021, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a training session at ELSA Istanbul‘s Lawyers @ Work event, themed around what it actually means to practice startup law as a junior lawyer in Turkey. The central thesis of the training was clear: startup law is not a sub-specialty of corporate law — […]

Featured in the Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office YUTTO Bulletin

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu was featured in the third issue of the Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office (YUTTO) Bulletin — a periodic publication tracking the technology transfer, university spinout and early-stage entrepreneurship activity within Yeditepe’s research ecosystem. The central thesis of the piece was clear: technology transfer offices sit at one of the […]

Featured in the Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office YUTTO Bulletin

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu was featured in the third issue of the Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office (YUTTO) Bulletin — a periodic publication tracking the technology transfer, university spinout and early-stage entrepreneurship activity within Yeditepe’s research ecosystem. The central thesis of the piece was clear: technology transfer offices sit at one of the […]

AdvoPass — Legaltech & Startup Webinar (S1 E2)

Advopass Legaltech Startup

On August 25, 2021, in season 1 episode 2 of the Legaltech & Startup webinar organized by AdvoPass, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu sat on a panel with leading figures of the field. The central thesis of the webinar was clear: legaltech in Turkey is scaling fast through products built by lawyers themselves; but […]

Avukat Hakları Grubu Training: Startup Law for Practising Lawyers

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a training session for the Avukat Hakları Grubu — a community of practising Turkish lawyers — on what it actually means to add startup law as a working sub-practice inside a generalist legal career. The central thesis of the training was clear: most Turkish lawyers underestimate how transferable […]