Hukuk Akademisi Webinar: U.S. Investment and the Legal Realities for Turkish Startups

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined a Hukuk Akademisi webinar dedicated to U.S. investment and the legal realities for Turkish startups — a session designed for founders preparing to take their first institutional U.S. round and for legal practitioners advising them. The central thesis of the webinar was clear: raising from U.S. investors is […]

Hukuk Akademisi Webinar: U.S. Investment and the Legal Realities for Turkish Startups

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined a Hukuk Akademisi webinar dedicated to U.S. investment and the legal realities for Turkish startups — a session designed for founders preparing to take their first institutional U.S. round and for legal practitioners advising them. The central thesis of the webinar was clear: raising from U.S. investors is […]

İkonion Akademi: A Different Lens on Law — Startup Law

On April 26, 2020, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined Av. Okan Şencan as a guest on the İkonion Akademi broadcast organized by the İkonion Hukuk ve Kariyer Derneği, in a session titled “Hukuka Farklı Bakış — Startup Hukuku”. The conversation was moderated by Girayhan Ocak, Ercan Şirinoğlu and Halil İbrahim Kaçar. The central […]

Selçuk University Law Academy — Personal Data Protection through the Pandemic

Çıtayı Yükseltenler — Vircon Legal Podcast

On April 19, 2020, in an online conference organized by the Selçuk University Law Academy and moderated by Özge Uçak, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu gave a talk titled “Personal Data Protection Through the Lens of the Corona Pandemic.” The central thesis of the session was clear: during the pandemic, the processing of health […]

Personal Data Protection Briefing at Kırklareli Chamber of Commerce and Industry

On December 16, 2019, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined Av. Ahmet Çobanoğlu as a speaker at the briefing seminar organized by the Kırklareli Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK). The session was directed at member companies adjusting to the obligations of the KVKK and its secondary legislation. […]

Personal Data Protection Briefing at Kırklareli Chamber of Commerce and Industry

On December 16, 2019, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined Av. Ahmet Çobanoğlu as a speaker at the briefing seminar organized by the Kırklareli Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK). The session was directed at member companies adjusting to the obligations of the KVKK and its secondary legislation. […]

KVKK Awareness Training at Velimeşe Organized Industrial Zone

On November 6, 2019, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) awareness training at Velimeşe Organized Industrial Zone — addressing the operational realities of compliance for manufacturing and industrial member companies adjusting to the law’s obligations. The central thesis of the training was clear: KVKK is not just a […]

LawUp Podcast — Personal Data Protection

Çıtayı Yükseltenler — Vircon Legal Podcast

On October 21, 2019, on the LawUp: Law and Entrepreneurship podcast, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu gave an in-depth interview on the protection of personal data. The central thesis of the interview was clear: data protection is not merely a compliance topic; when structured correctly, it is an operational discipline that shapes both product […]

BTM Startup Law 101 — Training for Knowledge Commercialization Center Founders

At the Knowledge Commercialization Center (BTM) of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and R. Okan Şencan delivered the Startup Law 101 training to founders working within the BTM ecosystem — laying out a startup-law backbone spanning the journey from idea to exit. The central thesis of the training was clear: […]

Startup Law 101 Training at the BTM Campus

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a Startup Law 101 training at the İstanbul Bilişim ve Teknoloji Merkezi (BTM) campus — one of Istanbul’s anchor public-private incubation and acceleration centres for technology founders. The central thesis of the training was clear: BTM sits at the funnel where Istanbul’s deepest pipeline of early-stage founders meets […]