SPK Principle Decisions and Turkey’s Crypto Ecosystem — CoinDesk Türkiye Column
Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu contributed a column to CoinDesk Türkiye assessing how the Capital Markets Board (SPK)’s principle decisions are reshaping Turkey’s crypto ecosystem. The central thesis of the piece was clear: the secondary regulation and SPK principle decisions issued after the crypto-asset law are redesigning the sector not only at the level …
Read more →Legal Aspects of Web3 Nowadays — DeGameFi Tbilisi Panel
In August 2024, the “Legal Aspects of Web3 Nowadays” panel held at the DeGameFi conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, examined how Web3 law is being shaped today through the perspective of three lawyers operating across different jurisdictions. Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the panel as a speaker. The central thesis of the panel was …
Read more →G20 Startup20 — Innovation Table and Turkey’s Startup Law Proposals
On July 25, 2024, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu represented Turkey at the Innovation Table of Startup20, the startup track of G20. Among the priorities brought to the table on Turkey’s positioning in global startup policy were integrating startup-law mechanics into Turkish law and establishing a dedicated legal regime for startups. The central thesis …
Read more →Designing the Internship Experience at a Law Firm — Lawducation Online Session
29 June 2024 | Online session | Hosted by Lawducation Vircon Legal’s Managing Partner E. Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined a focused online session organized by Lawducation, a legal education platform, to walk through how a law-firm internship should actually be designed — for the firm that runs it and for the candidate who lives it. The …
Read more →Generative AI Micro Summit — Building Compliant AI
On June 8, 2024, at the Generative AI Micro Summit organized by Komünite.com.tr at the QNBeyond Levent seminar venue, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu tackled the legal and ethical dilemmas of generative AI through the lens of “how do you build a compliant AI?” The central thesis of the summit was clear: for generative …
Read more →2024 Web3 Legal Trends — Qatar Websummit Workshop
In June 2024, a closed workshop organized and hosted by our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu in Doha as part of the Qatar Websummit brought together leading minds from the blockchain and crypto industries. The workshop offered an in-depth, closed-door discussion on the current and emerging trends across the crypto legal landscape; the agenda was …
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