OTAG Law Office is a legal consultancy and dispute resolution service provider established in Ankara in early 2024 by young yet experienced legal professionals aiming to combine their expertise in various fields of law with extensive years of judicial, bureaucratic, and academic experience.
OTAG Law Office, which aims to anticipate disputes before they arise and take preventive measures, and to resolve existing disputes in the shortest time possible and in the most favorable manner for the parties, believes in the importance of preventive legal services for institutional sustainability and focuses on alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation and arbitration.
Our Mission
Our mission is to protect the rights and interests of our clients to the highest extent possible by providing them with the best legal solutions. In line with this, we aim to alleviate the burdens of our clients in legal processes by generating customized and innovative solutions tailored to their individual needs. Committed to the supremacy of law and ethical values, we closely monitor current legislation and judicial decisions, striving to be a reliable advisor in all legal matters. Ensuring the satisfaction of our clients and creating long-term value for them is our fundamental principle.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be a pioneer in the ever-evolving legal world and to maintain our leading position in the sector by providing the highest level of service quality to our clients.
Education: Born in Ankara, she completed her elementary, middle, and high school education there. She received her undergraduate education at the Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Law and graduated in 2022. As of 2024, she has begun her master’s degree in the Thesis-Based Master’s Program in International Private Law at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, and her education is ongoing.
Experience: In August 2022, she served as a summer intern at the Istanbul Arbitration Center. Subsequently, she completed her legal internship at Eyuboğlu Law Office, starting in October 2022. Later, she participated in an internship program at Human Ports. In 2023, she obtained a med-arb arbitration certificate through TOBB-UYUM and serves as a med-arb arbitrator within the relevant institution. Additionally, as of January 2025, she continues to practice as a lawyer.
Foreign Language: English
Areas of Expertise: International Private Law, Arbitration Law, Intellectual Property Law
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.
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
Project and Contract Management
Education:
Yahya Kemal GENÇ graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering in 1997. His Master’s degree in Business Administration from TOBB University of Economics and Technology is at the thesis stage. He is originally from Trabzon. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul.
Work Experience:
Between 1997-2004, he worked as a field engineer, construction site supervisor, logistics manager and project manager in various companies in the construction sector in Istanbul, Romania and Russia. Between 2004-2023, he worked as the Director of Construction and Real Estate Affairs at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.
Between 2009 and 2016, he served as a Board Member and Vice President of the Building Research Association, which was established under the leadership of TOBB, METU and IMSAD for the standardization and certification of innovative and non-standard construction materials.
During his tenure in the private sector and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, he specialized in the preparation of tender documents, management of tender processes, contract management, project management, follow-up of legal processes, execution of subcontractor contracts, logistics, progress payments, final accounts, inspection and acceptance in many projects related to construction works. During the same period, he also worked on legislation regulation, real estate development, facility management and leasing.
Yahya Kemal GENÇ, who has certificates in Construction Finance, Construction Estimation and Cost Control, Construction Project Management, Construction Time Planning, completed the Ministry of Justice Expert Witness training in 2018. Since 2023, he has been providing consultancy and consultancy services in the construction sector.
Foreign Language:
English.
Attorney
Educational Backgorund:
Born in Ankara, Mrs.Öztürk completed his primary, middle, and high school education in this city. She graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law by 2018. During her undergraduate education, she spent one semester in Spain at Santiago de Compostela University through the Erasmus Study Mobility program.
Work Experience:
Since 2019, she has been a registered lawyer at the Ankara Bar Association. Following her internship at Garanti Bank, she specialized in customs regimes and the common transit system during her employment at TOBB UND Logistics Investment Inc. She is currently practicing law as a partner at OTAG Law Office.
Foreign Languages:
English, Spanish
Areas of Expertise:
She has focused his work on “Common Transit Regime”, “Commercial Law”, “Labor Law”, “Enforcement Law”, and “Criminal Law”.
Mediator
Educational Background:
Born in Kayseri, Mr. Düşgün completed his primary, middle, and high school education in this city. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law by 2016 and completed his Master’s degree in the Graduate School of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University (AHBVU) on Financial Law with a thesis entitled “Financial Liability of the Holder of the Procedure (Principal) in the Common Transit Regime.” Currently, he is foolwing his doctoral degree in Public Law at AHBVU Graduate School.
Mediation:
He serves as a mediator registered with Ankara Mediation Office under registration number 41119.
After completing his lawyer internship at the Kayseri Bar Association, he successively worked as a private lawyer in Kayseri, as a lawyer for Pınarbaşı Municipality, as an assistant specialist at TOBBUND Logistics Investment Inc., and as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law at Tokat GOP University. Currently, he is working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Financial Law at the Faculty of Law at AHBVU.
Publications:
Book:
Düşgün, Fatih. Ortak Transit Rejiminde Rejim Hak Sahibinin (Asıl Sorumlunun) Mali Sorumluluğu (Financial Responsibilities of The Holder of The Procedure (Principal) in the Common Transit System). Ankara: Adalet, 2023.
Book Chapter:
Düşgün, Fatih. “Vergi Kaçakçılığı Suçu ile Kaçakçılıkla Mücadele Kanunu Kapsamındaki Suçların Karşılaştırmalı Analizi (Comparative Analysis of the Crime of Tax Evasion and Crimes under the Anti-Smuggling Law)”, Vergi Ceza Hukuku Çalışmaları içinde, editör İzzet Özgenç, 275-307. Ankara: Seçkin, 2021.
Düşgün, Fatih. “Kamusal Hak Olarak Yeterli Beslenme Hakkı (The Right to Adequate Nutrition as a Public Right)”, Kamusal Bir Hak Olarak Beslenme ve Vergisel Boyutu içinde, editör Elif Yılmaz Furtuna, 89-122. Ankara: Adalet, 2023.
Article:
Yılmaz Furtuna, Elif ve Fatih Düşgün. “Dijital Hizmet Vergisinin Gelişimi ve Türkiye Uygulaması (The Development of the Digital Services Tax and Its Implementation in Turkey)”. Mali Hukuk Dergisi, 17, sy. 198 (2021): 1535-1562.
Foreign Languages:
English (Advanced)
Areas of Expertise:
Tax Law, Customs Law, Administrative Law
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