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Simge K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7<\/strong>, Managing Partner<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Simge K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 is the Managing Partner at HERDEM Attorneys at Law, an Istanbul-based firm known for its work in export controls, sanctions, and international trade compliance for Turkish and multinational clients. Her practice sits at the intersection of regulatory compliance and commercial strategy, advising companies in defense, energy, aviation, technology, and manufacturing on how to operate and grow inside an increasingly complex web of export control regimes, sanctions programs, and public procurement rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Her core focus is export controls and sanctions compliance. She helps Turkish companies navigate ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements, and helps multinational clients understand T\u00fcrkiye’s own export control and dual-use regimes before they invest, transact, or transfer technology in the market. This dual vantage point, advising both sides of cross-border deals, has made her a trusted advisor to companies that need to move fast without stepping outside a shifting regulatory line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simge’s clients span some of the most demanding cross-border sectors. She has advised the Turkish subsidiaries of global industrial and technology groups, including Japanese, German, and Middle Eastern multinationals, on the compliance obligations that come with operating in T\u00fcrkiye, from corporate governance and employment law to sanctions exposure in their supply chains. On the defense and aerospace side, she has counseled government-owned entities and private manufacturers on the legal architecture of military-industrial projects, export control regimes, and public procurement law, including work for a Gulf-state government authority evaluating investments in T\u00fcrkiye’s defense sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her energy and infrastructure practice includes advising international project financiers on renewable energy transactions in T\u00fcrkiye, structuring and closing cross-border financings for wind farm projects, and guiding leading Turkish industrial holding companies through public tenders, sanctions compliance, and cross-border component transfers. In aviation, she has advised on multi-jurisdictional aircraft acquisitions, wet-lease approvals before T\u00fcrkiye’s civil aviation authority, and one of the country’s largest SPAC-driven aviation listings on the NYSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simge also regularly counsels clients on voluntary self-disclosure procedures under T\u00fcrkiye’s dual-use control framework. This work requires not just regulatory knowledge but judgment about risk, timing, and how a disclosure will be read by both Turkish and foreign regulators. This is a thread that runs through much of her practice: clients come to her not just for an answer to “is this legal,” but for a read on how a transaction, a subsidiary structure, or a compliance gap will actually play out with regulators, counterparties, and auditors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond individual transactions, Simge is a builder of compliance infrastructure. She co-founded the Turkish Trade Compliance & Sanctions Network (TTCSN), a steering-committee-led initiative connecting compliance professionals across T\u00fcrkiye, and she is an active member of Mackrell International’s Energy and Natural Resources, Technology, and Blockchain & Cryptocurrency practice groups, extending her network, and her clients’ reach, across dozens of jurisdictions. She has delivered full-day training seminars on ITAR compliance in Ankara and EAR compliance in Istanbul for in-house counsel at major aerospace, energy, and industrial companies, and she regularly leads HERDEM’s internal and client-facing training on trade and export control compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her writing has appeared on platforms including Mondaq and Legal360, where she covers corporate governance, compliance frameworks, and international investment. Her approach in both practice and publication is the same: strip a regulation down to what a business actually needs to do about it, and say so plainly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u015eafak Herdem<\/strong>, Founder & Managing Partner (1982-2026)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Mr. \u015eafak Herdem was the founder and managing partner of the HERDEM Attorneys at Law, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye-based law firm focusing on international trade and other international business issues having special focus on aerospace & defense and international trade. Mr. Herdem represented, among others, numerous U.S., Canadian, ASEAN, Middle Eastern and European companies on issues arising under international trade both in advisory and dispute settlement matters. Mr. Herdem counseled numerous foreign firms on securing themselves in complex military purchases in major defense programs in T\u00fcrkiye. He advised numerous foreign companies on regulatory matters in different industries for their investment planning. He provided export control training to a variety of aerospace and defense firms, as well as government officials and various agencies of the government on industrial cooperation programs. He represented a U.S. fund to acquire MNG Airlines of T\u00fcrkiye to open to public at New York Stock Exchange in USD 676 million deal. He represented several foreign entities in military offset projects in T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Herdem’s most interesting career started with a Canadian mining company in T\u00fcrkiye. His practice mainly focused on every aspect of international trade and government contracts law, and he represented some of the major Fortune 500 companies in various projects in T\u00fcrkiye. He also had wide experience in industrial cooperation and assisted public authorities in law-making progress on regulations. His accomplishments included authoring the first and only legal book on defense procurement in T\u00fcrkiye and lecturing at reputable universities. His latest book was the first Turkish resource on International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). For over sixteen years, Mr. Herdem edited and published over five hundred articles published on several worldwide publications including but not limited to Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Besides having thousands of readers around the world, Mr. Herdem was counted as a country expert in aerospace defense procurement for three consecutive years by the legal publication of Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the past ten years, Mr. Herdem worked to attract new investors, identify new economic models, turn the new inflow of information into new projects, analyze sectors in detail, and finally helped to establish a wide communication network in industrial cooperation\/offset programs in the defense and civil industries. As a result of great relationships with both public and private sector entities, Mr. Herdem acted as a consultant to major organizations and an ambassador of goodwill bridging foreign investment with local Turkish industry and helping to forge new and important commercial alliances. In efforts, such initiative he introduced Global Offset and Industrial Cooperation Association, a U.S.-based NGO, that provided a forum for industry and government leaders to connect, share best practices, policy updates, success stories, and lessons learned for creating and implementing industrial cooperation & partnership programs that deliver sustainable economic and social benefits to the countries where they are established, to American Turkish Business Society in recent years with a panel moderated by Mr. Herdem at American Turkish Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Herdem was also a frequent speaker and commentator on different issues and matters. He was regularly invited by UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development to be a panelist. He also delivered speeches at OECD, American University of Beirut, and Drexel University for various issues and was awarded by the international magazine World Finance at London Stock Exchange. He was recently invited to a workshop organized under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s Export Control and Related Border Security Program to train Turkish government officers and private industry by the Center for Policy Research at the State University of New York both in Ankara and Istanbul. He also regularly organized seminars and training programs on the export control laws of the U.S., E.U, and T\u00fcrkiye. His latest in-presence seminar was a full-day training program on the ITAR for aerospace & defense companies’ in-house counsels in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Herdem was also active in a number of international organizations and served as a country member of the European Association of Trade + Investment Controls and Compliance Attorneys, officer to the International Bar Association’s Power Law Committee, member of the American Bar Association, member to the Swiss-Chinese Law Association, chairman of the Aviation & Aerospace & Space Law Committee of Mackrell International and member of International Compliance Professionals Association. Besides, he was a member of the Turkish Ethics and Reputation Society (TEID), Corporate Governance Association of T\u00fcrkiye (TKYD), Turkish Quality Association (KALDER).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides advising companies, Mr. Herdem also served as a general partner and arbitrator of the American International Commercial Arbitration Court and represented many clients in complex arbitration matters in different jurisdictions. In the years 2019-2023 he was invited by Leiden University in the Hague to act as a judge for a dispute in a moot court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HERDEM Hakk\u0131nda<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

HERDEM, 2011 y\u0131l\u0131nda kurulmu\u015f \u0130stanbul merkezli bir hukuk b\u00fcrosudur; Yerel ve uluslararas\u0131 kurumsal m\u00fcvekkillerine en y\u00fcksek kalitede hukuki hizmetler sunmaktad\u0131r. M\u00fcvekkillerimize i\u015f hedeflerine katk\u0131da bulunmak amac\u0131yla ki\u015fiye \u00f6zel hukuki hizmetler sunuyoruz. Hedeflenen end\u00fcstri bilgisinden yararlanarak, m\u00fcvekkillerimizin karma\u015f\u0131k hukuki meselelerinde kendi kendilerine gezinmelerine yard\u0131mc\u0131 oluyoruz. M\u00fc\u015fteri portf\u00f6y\u00fcm\u00fcz, bunlarla s\u0131n\u0131rl\u0131 olmamak \u00fczere, savunma ve havac\u0131l\u0131k, ya\u015fam bilimleri \/ ila\u00e7, turizm ve seyahat ve havac\u0131l\u0131k end\u00fcstrilerindeki kurulu\u015flar\u0131 i\u00e7erir.

Bizimle \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmak, t\u00fcm karma\u015f\u0131k hukuki sorunlar\u0131n\u0131za \"Birlikte Yan\u0131t Verecek\" bir orta\u011fa sahip olaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131z anlam\u0131na gelir. Ekibimiz, gerekti\u011finde m\u00fcvekkillerin haklar\u0131n\u0131 savunan \u00f6zel avukatlar ve dan\u0131\u015fmanlardan olu\u015fur: bir s\u00f6zle\u015fme m\u00fczakere toplant\u0131s\u0131ndan mahkeme salonuna kadar, her zaman ger\u00e7ek bir orta\u011f\u0131n yapaca\u011f\u0131 gibi m\u00fcvekkillerin ihtiya\u00e7lar\u0131na \u00f6ncelik verir.

K\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcm\u00fcz bizi her zaman m\u00fc\u015fterilerimiz i\u00e7in masaya yenilik\u00e7i yakla\u015f\u0131mlar getirmeye te\u015fvik eder. HERDEM, s\u00f6zle\u015fmeleri d\u00fczenler, i\u015f yap\u0131s\u0131 olu\u015fturur ve belirli end\u00fcstri gereksinimlerine, m\u00fc\u015fterilerin hedeflerine ve yasal gerekliliklere dayal\u0131 olarak m\u00fc\u015fteriler i\u00e7in yasal belgeler tasarlar. Biz buna \"Hukuk M\u00fchendisli\u011fi\" diyoruz. \u00c7ok disiplinli ge\u00e7mi\u015fe sahip \u00e7ok dilli Hukuk M\u00fchendislerimiz, m\u00fcvekkillerimiz i\u00e7in ileri hukuk m\u00fchendisli\u011fi becerilerini uygulamaya haz\u0131rd\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uluslararas\u0131 \u00dcyelikler & Tan\u0131n\u0131rl\u0131k <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

HERDEM'in \u00f6zel uygulamalar\u0131, d\u00fcnyan\u0131n d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndaki m\u00fcvekkillerine yard\u0131mc\u0131 olmak i\u00e7in g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc bir kapasiteye sahiptir ve hem ulusal hem de uluslararas\u0131 alanda g\u00fcc\u00fcm\u00fcz\u00fc s\u00fcrekli olarak s\u00fcrd\u00fcrmekteyiz.

Avukatlar\u0131m\u0131z, bilgi temelli global ekonomi i\u00e7inde m\u00fcvekkillerine yard\u0131mc\u0131 olmak amac\u0131yla uluslararas\u0131 hukuk camias\u0131na katk\u0131da bulunmak ve destek vermek \u00fczere Uluslararas\u0131 Barolar Birli\u011fi, Amerikan Barolar Birli\u011fi gibi uluslararas\u0131 hukuk kurulu\u015flar\u0131nda aktif rol almakta, d\u00fczenli olarak uluslararas\u0131 konferanslarda konu\u015fmalar ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirmekte ve k\u00fcresel hukuk konular\u0131nda d\u00fczenlenen \u00e7e\u015fitli panel ve seminerlere kat\u0131lmaktad\u0131rlar. Ayr\u0131ca, farkl\u0131 h\u00fck\u00fcmetler taraf\u0131ndan desteklenen avukatl\u0131k kurulu\u015flar\u0131na yard\u0131mc\u0131 olmakta ve m\u00fcvekkillerimize hem sekt\u00f6rlerden hem de devletlerden \u00fcst d\u00fczey liderler ve profesyonellerle g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc ve de\u011ferli bir i\u015f ili\u015fkileri a\u011f\u0131 sunmakta ve yasal ve ticari alanlardaki ittifaklar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 daha da geli\u015ftirmekteyiz.<\/p>\n\n\n

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De\u011ferlerimiz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Verimlilik<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

m\u00fcvekkillerimizle birlikte \u00e7al\u0131\u015farak hedeflerini ve \u00f6nceliklerini belirlemek ve onlar i\u00e7in etkili bir strateji uygulamakt\u0131r.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sosyallik<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kamusal ya\u015famdaki herhangi bir konuda a\u00e7\u0131k tart\u0131\u015fmalara kat\u0131lmak ve \u00f6nc\u00fcl\u00fck etmek i\u00e7in farkl\u0131 k\u00fclt\u00fcrler ve topluluklarla etkile\u015fim kurmakt\u0131r<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Profesyonellik<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

temsil etti\u011fimiz de\u011ferlerin yeterlili\u011fidir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00d6zveri<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

genel motivasyonumuzdur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131k Yasa\u011f\u0131<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

t\u00fcm HERDEM avukatlar\u0131na ve \u00e7al\u0131\u015fanlar\u0131na ayn\u0131 olanaklar\u0131 sa\u011flamakt\u0131r.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00fcreklilik<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

hukuki hizmetlerin yerine getirilmesinde i\u015f yapma metodolojimizdir.
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