What diligence really checks: the publishing agreement, how the game enters the company, where investor rights can live and the option pool limits.
Turkey's data protection authority says a phone call or in-person explanation is not a response under KVKK Article 13. The final answer must be written.
How the half and two-thirds tests work, why share premium protects you, the Communiqué's FX exclusion to 1 January 2027, and what each remedy costs.
If the founders still work at another studio, Turkish copyright law starts from a default that favours it. What an investor checks before wiring.
Four validity conditions, the two-year ceiling, why the right to demand cessation must be reserved in writing, when the clause dies and which court hears it.
How Articles 463–472 let employees exercise options without a new general assembly: the half-of-capital ceiling, nominal-value floor and the 465(3) trap.
No business judgment rule, differentiated joint liability, what the release covers, the public-debt exposure and four protections to put in place first.
The 25 September 2026 amendment makes the office and remote days and the working hours a mandatory term of the employment contract. What to review now.
Convocation, Ministry representative, 75 per cent quorum for privileges and transfer limits, internal directive, minutes and the three-month challenge window.
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…
On December 3, 2024, in the third episode of “IT Conversations”: the podcast series of the Istanbul Bar Association’s IT Law Commission: our M…
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…
In episode 5 of AIPA Tomorrow Talks (25 September 2022), Vircon Legal co-founder Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu discussed AI and law: personal data protection, entre…
On June 13, 2022, in the interview “Different Areas of Law with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu,” our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a 34-…
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…
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…
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). Virco…
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 …
Vircon Legal advised Compuvi: the US-incorporated AI platform behind Confinaid: on its pre-seed funding round at a USD 2.5 million valuation, closed July 2025. …
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…
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…
Week 5 of the APY TEKMER HUB Investment Program: notes vs. loans, why YC invented the SAFE, cap-discount-MFN, the 4 June 2026 Teknogirişim legislation, and the …
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…
Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu led the Finext 2025 cohort session on how KVKK and GDPR duties differ across fintech business models.
Vircon Legal Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu chaired and served as rapporteur of the Regulation Committee at the İSTKA-FINTECH Open Innovation Worksh…
On December 10, 2025, at Wyndham Grand İstanbul Levent, Webrazzi Fintech 2025 hosted, alongside its main stage, a dedicated arena for the blockchain ecosystem: …
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…
