HERDEM Attorneys at Law is organizing International Defence Trade, Governance and Compliance Summit in Ankara on 6th May 2026

On 6 May 2026, HERDEM Attorneys at Law brought together senior legal practitioners, in-house counsel, compliance leaders, policymakers, and defence-sector professionals at the Hilton Ankara for a high-level dialogue on the regulatory and governance challenges shaping international defence trade.

Convened as a closed, practitioner-led forum — not a public conference — attendance was carefully curated to ensure meaningful, peer-level exchange among decision-makers operating at the forefront of export controls, sanctions compliance, and cross-border industrial cooperation.

Programme highlights

• Panel 1: Compliance in defence trade: risk assessment, auditing, and enterprise systems — featuring speakers from PwC and Havelsan
• Panel 2: Export controls and sanctions enforcement in defence trade — with Reed Smith LLP, Baker Botts, and TOM Bank
• Panel 3: Defence industrial cooperation and technology transfer frameworks — featuring Mergen Analytical Strategies, Kale Pratt & Whitney and Stratulat Albulescu
• Panel 4: Legal, compliance, and operational challenges in Türkiye’s defence industry — with Turkish Aerospace and Nurol Teknoloji
• Panel 5: Compliance governance in high-sensitivity defence projects — featuring Noerr, DGS Associates and Loyens & Loeff

The programme also included dedicated presentations on sanctions compliance developments (Eva Lakova, PwC) and export controls and supply chain diversion (Tye Blackburn, U.S. Department of Energy).

Interested in partnership opportunities or future editions of the Summit, please write us at info@herdem.av.tr