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January 7, 2026

Vircon Legal Advised Cypien AI on its USD 530K Financing Round with Webrazzi GSYF

Vircon Legal 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 pa…

December 10, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Loops AI on its USD 1M Round from a16z Speedrun (Co-Counsel with WSGR)

Full case study available → Loops AI × a16z Speedrun — Co-Counsel with Wilson Sonsini (cross-border TR/U.S. architecture and the WSGR co-counsel workflow). Virc…

September 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Upsonic on its Pre-Seed Round Backed by U.S. Angels, Inveo and Vestel

Vircon Legal 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 …

July 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Remedi Finance on its Pre-Seed Round Backed by Turkish and U.K. Angels

Vircon Legal 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 finan…

June 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised İno Cosmetics on its Pre-Seed Round Led by 51 Digital

Vircon Legal 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 nativ…

May 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Hop Health on its Series A Round and Secondary Sales Led by MADA Ventures and İş Bankası

Vircon Legal advised Hop Health on its Series A round led by MADA Ventures, with participation from İş Bankası and a senior angel syndicate — alongside co…

April 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Gameness on its Public Coin Offering

Vircon Legal advised Gameness on its public coin offering, covering the full ICO legal stack — from token design and jurisdictional structuring to investo…

February 15, 2025

Vircon Legal Advised Nuvolog on its Pre-Seed Round Led by APY Ventures and Angels

Vircon Legal advised Nuvolog on its pre-seed round led by APY Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors. Nuvolog is a cloud and observability infrastructure s…

August 22, 2024

Vircon Legal Advised Cosa and Cem Gül on the Repurchase of 66.12% Stake from Revo Capital

Vircon Legal advised Cosa and its founder Cem Gül on the repurchase of a 66.12% equity stake from Revo Capital (Fund I). The transaction closed on 22 August 202…

April 15, 2024

Vircon Legal Advised Goart Metaverse on its Pre-Seed Round Led by Islamic Coin

Vircon Legal advised Goart Metaverse on its pre-seed round led by Islamic Coin. Goart Metaverse is a Web3 art and creator platform combining NFT-based ownership…

March 15, 2024

Vircon Legal Advised Komünite on its Pre-Seed and Seed Rounds Backed by Nevzat Aydın, Kaan Kayabalı and Angels

Vircon Legal advised Komünite on its pre-seed and seed rounds backed by Nevzat Aydın, Kaan Kayabalı and a senior angel syndicate. Komünite is a Turkish communit…

February 15, 2024

Vircon Legal Advised NuReply on its Seed Round Led by Boğaziçi Ventures with Concurrent Exit

Vircon Legal advised NuReply on its seed round led by Boğaziçi Ventures, alongside a concurrent secondary exit for early stakeholders. NuReply is an AI-driven c…

Events

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June 3, 2026

Patentability of Inventions Arising from AI Technologies — Bilişim Hukuku 101 (Session 8)

Anıl Sena Bayındır and Dr. Aybike Tunç delivered a session on the patentability of AI-driven inventions at the eighth session of the Bilişim Hukuku 101 programm…

May 2, 2026

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 E…

December 10, 2025

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: …

November 19, 2025

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 br…

October 14, 2025

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. …

September 10, 2025

Speaking at the paynkolay × Biruni Teknopark Pre-Incubation Demoday Program

The third session of the Pre-Incubation Demoday training program — organised by Biruni Teknopark in collaboration with paynkolay — took place on 10 September 20…

September 3, 2025

Doing Business in USA — YTILI Alumni Board Panel

3 September 2025 | Online via Zoom | 17:00 GMT+1 (18:00 Istanbul / Tirana) The YTILI Network Alumni Board — alumni of the U.S. Department of State’s Young…

August 14, 2025

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 proces…

June 25, 2025

Startup Investments Training at the T3 Foundation (T3 Vakfı)

Vircon Legal Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a Startup Investments training at the T3 Foundation (T3 Vakfı), covering SAFEs, convertibles a…

May 7, 2025

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…

April 8, 2025

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…

March 20, 2025

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 Partne…

Articles

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June 7, 2026

The Ethical Limits of AI: Asimov’s Three Laws vs Anthropic’s Constitution

In brief: Two very different documents claim to govern the conduct of artificial minds. One is Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics — three crisp i…

June 5, 2026

Turkey’s New Wealth Amnesty: What Changes with Provisional Article 19

Short answer: The omnibus law dated 4 June adds Provisional Article 19 to Corporate Tax Law No. 5520, introducing a new Turkish wealth amnesty (“Varlık Ba…

June 4, 2026

Is SAFE Now Legal in Türkiye? The New Convertible-Debt Carve-Out for Teknogirişim Startups

A new omnibus law (Official Gazette, 4 June 2026) lets Teknogirişim-badge startups run convertible-debt conversions outside the Turkish Commercial Code's condit…

June 3, 2026

Biometric Attendance Tracking Is Now Unlawful in Türkiye: Inside KVKK Principle Decision 2026/921

Türkiye's Personal Data Protection Board (Principle Decision 2026/921) has ruled that processing employees' biometric data for attendance tracking is unlawful —…

May 31, 2026

Why Founders Flip Up: The Anatomy of a Delaware/Cayman Flip

Almost every Turkey-resident startup founder pursuing a US round eventually asks the same question: do we flip up? This piece walks through why founders flip, t…

May 14, 2026

VERBIS Registration Deadline Extended to 5 June 2026

VERBIS Registration Deadline Extended to 5 June 2026: What Companies Newly Captured by 2025 Balance-Sheet Thresholds Need to Know In a public announcement, the …

August 16, 2024

Turkey Crypto Licences Requirements Has Published

The latest updates from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (SPK) have introduced significant changes for “Crypto Asset Trading Platforms,” signalin…

August 15, 2024

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 decision…

May 27, 2024

Turkey’s Crypto Assets Bill in Parliament – What Awaits Us?

Turkey is about to enact its much-anticipated crypto law, but will this be enough to satisfy the sector’s concerns and get the country off of the FATF&#82…

May 24, 2024

Ethereum ETFs Approved — Now the Eyes Turn to the Legal Steps | CoinDesk Türkiye Live

On May 24, 2024, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined CoinDesk Türkiye‘s Haftaya Bakış live broadcast and assessed the SEC’s 19b-4 …

May 17, 2024

CoinDesk Türkiye Column — What the Capital Markets Law Crypto-Asset Amendment Will Bring

In May 2024, in his column on CoinDesk Türkiye, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu examined the Capital Markets Law amendment bill — also known as t…

June 2, 2022

Portugal Crypto News—Every rejection is a redirection –or is it?

In the current framework, only the crypto that is used as a medium of payment in exchange for the performance of professional activities is being taxed in Portu…

Podcasts

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February 27, 2025

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 T…

December 3, 2024

Istanbul Bar IT Conversations Episode #3 — The Crypto-Asset Bill

On December 3, 2024, in the third episode of “IT Conversations” — the podcast series of the Istanbul Bar Association’s IT Law Commission — our…

January 5, 2024

Taxing Foreign Revenues of Digital Products — Live Broadcast

On January 5, 2024, in a live broadcast, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a deep dive titled “Taxing Foreign Revenues of Digital P…

September 25, 2022

AIPA Tomorrow Talks #5 — AI and Law: Personal Data, Entrepreneurship and Web 3.0

In episode 5 of AIPA Tomorrow Talks (25 September 2022), Vircon Legal co-founder Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu discussed AI and law — personal data protection, entr…

June 13, 2022

Different Areas of Law with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu

On June 13, 2022, in the interview “Different Areas of Law with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu,” our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a 34-…

December 28, 2020

Setting Up a Company in America — Live with Ahmet Kırtok

On December 28, 2020, on a live broadcast on Ahmet Kırtok‘s YouTube channel, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined a 1-hour-44-minute gues…

November 28, 2020

Sıfırdan Globale Podcast #88 — The Story of Clemta

In November 2020, episode 88 of the Sıfırdan Globale Podcast featured our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and Clemta co-founder Boğaçhan Ilıca, who s…

October 31, 2020

MultiLAW Broadcast — Start-up Law with Arda Helvacılar

On 31 October 2020, the MultiLAW broadcast on “Start-up Law” — featuring Vircon Legal co-founder Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and Sertifier CEO Arda He…

September 15, 2020

TRAI Podcast — The Impact of AI on Law

In an episode of the Türkiye Yapay Zekâ İnisiyatifi (TRAI) Podcast, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu walked through the impact of artificial intel…

April 20, 2020

StartupCentrum “Girişim Rehberi” Podcast — Episode 2

Episode 2 of StartupCentrum’s “Girişim Rehberi” (Startup Guide) podcast features Vircon Legal co-founder Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu discussing …

April 19, 2020

Selçuk University Law Academy — Personal Data Protection through the Pandemic

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 Hacıpaşa…

October 21, 2019

LawUp Podcast — Personal Data Protection

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…