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 […]
Leading the Way Again — Vircon Legal in The Legal 500 EMEA 2026 (2nd Consecutive Year)
On April 3, 2026, the Legal 500 EMEA 2026 guide once again ranked Vircon Legal as a Leading Firm in the Commercial, Corporate and M&A — Turkey category — for the second consecutive year. Announced under the headline “Leading the Way Again,” the recognition demonstrates that our startup-law-focused practice has deepened with another year of […]
Vircon Legal Advised Cypien AI on its USD 530K Financing Round with Webrazzi GSYF
Vircon Legal have advised Cypien AI on its USD 530,000 financing round — comprising USD 300,000 from Webrazzi GSYF at a USD 3 million valuation, alongside a parallel bridge that brought the total round to USD 530,000. Cypien AI is an artificial-intelligence platform that analyzes visitor behavior on websites in real time and — through […]
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 […]
Vircon Legal Advised Loops AI on its USD 1M Round from a16z Speedrun (Co-Counsel with WSGR)
Vircon Legal have advised Loops AI as co-counsel with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on Loops AI’s USD 1 million investment from a16z Speedrun, the early-stage program of Andreessen Horowitz focused on games, tech and the intersection of consumer software with AI. Loops AI is an AI-driven product company building tools at the intersection of […]
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 […]
Vircon Legal Advised Upsonic on its Pre-Seed Round Backed by U.S. Angels, Inveo and Vestel
Vircon Legal have advised Upsonic on its pre-seed round backed by U.S.-based angel investors with a combined ~USD 300M track record, Inveo, and Vestel. Upsonic is a Turkish AI agent infrastructure startup building safety-first AI agents for fintech and banking institutions. Its open-source Upsonic Framework supports multi-provider deployments (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Bedrock) with built-in OCR, […]
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 […]
Vircon Legal Advised Remedi Finance on its Pre-Seed Round Backed by Turkish and U.K. Angels
Vircon Legal have advised Remedi Finance on its pre-seed round backed by a syndicate of angel investors from Turkey and the United Kingdom. Remedi Finance is a financial-services and DeFi-adjacent platform building consumer-facing products at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto-native infrastructure; the team focuses on bridging product simplicity with regulatory-aware design. The cross-border […]
Vircon Legal Advised İno Cosmetics on its Pre-Seed Round Led by 51 Digital
Vircon Legal have advised İno Cosmetics on its pre-seed round led by 51 Digital. İno Cosmetics is a Turkish beauty and personal-care brand building a digitally native portfolio of products with a content-led and community-driven go-to-market motion — combining D2C operations with strong brand storytelling. 51 Digital is a Turkish early-stage venture firm and accelerator, […]