Education
Maltepe University, School of Law, 2004
University of Sheffield, School of Law, LL.B., 1998
Middle East Technical University, Sociology, BA, 1996
Language
English, Turkish

Bar Admission
Istanbul, 2005

Recognitions
Ranked as Hall of Fame in Commercial, corporate and M&A by Legal 500
Ranked as Leading Partner in Employment by Legal 500
Ranked in Corporate/M&A by Chambers and Partners
Ranked as Market Leader in M&A by IFLR 1000
Ranked as Woman Leader by IFLR 1000

Biography

Elvan Aziz is the partner heading the corporate practice of Paksoy, specialising in corporate and company law. She regularly advises clients regarding corporate and commercial issues, including corporate structuring and restructuring, legal mergers and spin-offs, as well as corporate governance matters.

Being one of the highly regarded practitioners in the market, Elvan advises clients in their high profile and strategic cross border M&A deals and international joint ventures across various industries. She has been acting for foreign and Turkish strategic investors and PEs in their acquisitions in Türkiye, as well as advising selling shareholders in transactions of all sizes and sectors.

As the head of the corporate team, Elvan also oversees the employment and real estate practice of Paksoy. On the employment side, she assists the clients with strategies regarding their workforce in corporate restructurings, acquisitions or establishing management incentive schemes, as well as individual terminations of C-level executives or collective dismissals.

On the real estate side Elvan’s expertise covers structuring and providing legal assistance with all relevant agreements of residential and commercial real estate development projects, hospitality projects on developer and/or investor side, as well acquisition of sizeable real estate for investors.

Elvan Aziz is a member of the International Bar Association.

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