Law - Consulting - Mediation
Areas of Expertise
Customs Law
Customs Law
It provides services in many areas such as litigation and dispute resolution regarding customs procedures.
Transportation and Logistics Law
Transportation and Logistics Law
It provides services on decisions taken by organizations such as TOBB, IRU and similar areas.
Tax Law
Tax Law
It provides services such as litigation proceedings within the scope of all kinds of tax disputes.
Administrative law
Administrative law
It provides services in areas such as resolving legal problems arising from administrative sanctions and fines.
Personal Data Protection Law
Personal Data Protection Law
Provides awareness training services for employees.
IT Law
IT Law
It provides legal solutions to field-specific problems by following current developments in the field of IT law.
Consumer Law
Consumer Law
It provides legal support in all areas, especially e-commerce contracts.
Family and Inheritance Law
Family and Inheritance Law
It provides support in areas such as the preparation of wills, inheritance and property division agreements.
Banking and Finance Law
Banking and Finance Law
Provides legal support in contracts and negotiations regarding financial instruments.
Commercial and Corporate Law
Commercial and Corporate Law
It provides services in areas such as preparation of domestic foreign trade contracts, negotiation with public and private sector parties, dispute, follow-up and resolution.
NGOs, Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Law
NGOs, Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Law
Provides consultancy on International Organizations, especially Laws No. 5174 and 3335.
Labor and Social Security Law
Labor and Social Security Law
It provides support in areas such as dispute and litigation services related to employment relations.
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law
It provides services in many areas such as disputes arising from condominium ownership and neighborhood law.
Contracts and Obligations Law
Contracts and Obligations Law
It offers services in areas such as the preparation of non-standard contracts in accordance with the needs of the relevant business areas.
Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Law
It offers services in the areas of protection of trade secrets, counterfeit and pirated products.
International Trade Law
International Trade Law
It provides services in trade policy consultancy and many other areas.
Sustainability Law
Sustainability Law
It provides services in the fields of dispute follow-up arising from the developing legislation in the EU and Turkey.
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
All works and activities with the risk of criminal sanctions, from the execution of investigations, prosecutions and lawsuits to the execution phase provides consultancy services regarding transactions.
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
It provides services with solutions such as concordat, debt liquidation, bankruptcy postponement, settlement negotiations and agreements.
Sports Law
Sports Law
With our expert consultants, ee provide services in all areas of sports law Establishment of sports clubs Coach, athlete, other sports personnel contracts and dispute resolution Follow-up of disputes before sports federations' arbitration and dispute resolution boards (UCK)
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
It provides legal services in areas such as insurance law mediation and proceedings before the insurance arbitration commission.
OTAG, which takes its name from the initials of ‘Ortak Transit Araştırma Grubu’, provides solution-oriented services to its clients in customs, foreign trade, logistics and similar fields through alternative dispute resolution methods such as consultancy, mediation and arbitration.
Sançar Sefer SÜER
Attorney Mediator
Educational Background:
Born in Çanakkale (Dardanelles), Att.Süer completed his primary, secondary and high school education in this city.
After having graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1999, he completed his master’s degree at the same university with his thesis titled “Prevention of Financing of Terrorism in International Law”.
He has successfully completed one-year “Certificate Program on Obligations and Commercial Law” at the Institute of Banking and Commercial Law (BTHAE) with distinction.
In addition to numerous certificates in the field of law, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Management and Information Systems (MIS- Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty). He has also successfully obtained certifications for ADR Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (TMGD) and CPC for Road Transport Managers (ODY3) exams. He holds certificates in variosu fileds e.g. Foreign Trade and Finance, MiniMBA (TOBBETU), Compliance Management (Bilgi University), Sustainability Strategy for Managers (Bogazici University), GS1 System & Barcode Courses (GS1), and has successfully completed ODTU IDE-A Information Technologies courses.
Work Experience:
Starting his professional career as a judicial magistrate from 2000 to 2005, Süer served as the Head of the Trade and TIR Department of Union of Chambers of Turkey (TOBB) from 2005 to 2015, and held the positions of Executive Board Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel of TOBBUND Logistics Investment Inc. from 2016 to 2019. He served as a member of the TOBB TIR Committee and GS1 Turkey Committee. Between 2020 and 2023, he served as the Deputy Secretary General and Acting Deputy of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO).
During these positions, he participated in numerous national and international projects in the transportation and logistics sector such as eTIR, GEBOS, STAUM, GDSN, and Traffic 100% Life. He represented Turkish transport sector at several international bodies including IRU, GS1, UN/ECE WP.30, ITF, and BSEC.
In 2017, he became a member of the Istanbul Bar Association. Since 2024, he has been providing legal consultancy services in Ankara, focusing on alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Alternative Dispute Resolution:
He serves as a mediator with registration number 2994. His areas of expertise in mediation are Labor Law and Commercial Law.
He is an accredited mediator and a Mediation-Arbitration (Med-Arb) Arbitrator by TOBBUYUM (Turkish Union of Chambers’ ADR Body). He carries out active arbitration duties within the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) and the Dispute Resolution Body of TOBBUYUM Internet Domain Name (İAA).
Publications:
Refereed Articles
SÜER, Sançar Sefer, “Catch-All Siyasi Partiler” (Catch-All Political Parties), Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi (Journal of Turkish Bar Union), Issue 96, September-October 2011.
Non Refereed Articles
SÜER, Sançar Sefer/OKUR, Mustafa, “Senede Karşı Senetle İspat Yükümlülüğü” (Burden of Proof Against a Written Document by a Written Document), Kayseri Barosu Dergisi (Journal of Kayseri Bar), Issue 21, May 2001.
SÜER, Sançar Sefer, “Uluslararası Adalet Divanı’nın İşgal Altındaki Filistin Topraklarında Duvar İnşasının Hukuki Sonuçları Konusundaki Danışma Görüşü” (ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory), Yasama Dergisi (Journal of Legislation), Issue 14, Jan.-Apr. 2010.
SÜER, Sançar Sefer/ÇETİNTAŞ, Öznur, “Sayısal Takograf Sistemi ve Ülkemizdeki Uygulaması”(Digital Tachograph System and its Implementation in Turkey), Ekonomik Forum, October 2010.
SÜER, Sançar Sefer, “Yeni Türk Ticaret Kanununun 39’uncu Maddesi (Belgelerde Bulunacak Bilgiler): Bir Tercüme Kazası (mı)?” (Art.39 of New Turkish Commercial Code on Information Written on Some Documents: A Lost in Translation Case?), Terazi Hukuk Dergisi, Year 7, Issue 71, July 2012.
Translations-Reviews-Compilations:
ECHR, Cazan v. Romania, TürkHukuk, 2016:3, pp.149.
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-169525
ECHR, Haldimann and others v. Switzerland, TürkHukuk, 2016:2 pp.148. http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-169526
ECHR, Konstantin Stefanov v. Bulgaria, Türk Hukuk, 2016:1, No.147, pp.60-62. http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-169528
ECHR, Peruzzi v. Italy , Türk Hukuk, 2015:3, No.146, pp.58-62.
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-169527y
UNECE, TIR Handbook, 1975 TIR Convention (including 01.01.2012 and 13.09.2012 amendments), Ministry of Customs and Trade Publications No: 006, Ankara 2013 (Translation of Chapter 1 TIR Customs Transit System pp.11-30).
MoT/TOBB/TOBBETÜ, Workshop on Applications of Transport Law and its Economical Effects (Taşıma Hukuku Uygulamaları ve İktisadi Etkileri Çalıştayı), February 28, 2014, Ankara, TOBB Publications No.2015/264 (Editor).
Foreign Languages:
Turkish (mother tounge) English (advanced), French (intermediate), Japanese (beginner), Other Turkic Languages
Areas of Expertise:
Road Transport Law, Customs Law, International Trade Law, Traffic Law, International Law, Human Rights Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Compliance Management, Sustainability