CBL Law Office

Turkey

CBL-Law-Office

CBL Law Office is an independent boutique corporate & commercial law firm in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2010, offering a diverse range of legal services particularly in Information Technology and Intellectual Property fields, including prosecution services for intellectual property rights.

CBL Law Office’s main objective is to provide value-added legal services to their clients with a result-oriented, innovative and cost estimated approach.

The firm’s main offices are located in Istanbul, with cooperating attorneys and correspondent law firms throughout Turkey.

Turkish, English and French are spoken languages in CBL’s services.

For more see LINKEDIN: https://tr.linkedin.com/company/cbl-law-office

Areas of specialism

  • ZCorporate & Commercial Law
  • ZEstablishment of local companies, including legal and tax related advice
  • ZM&A
  • ZGeneral counseling and litigation on the above
  • ZIntellectual Property (IP)
  • ZAll aspects of IP Law from registration, prosecution and opposition to litigation and licensing of IPRs
  • ZPortfolio management
  • ZLitigation regarding protection of IPRs
  • ZAdvertisement and Media
  • ZConsumer Protection
  • ZGeneral counseling on the above
  • ZAdvice and negotiation on IP and IT related agreements and conflicts
  • ZGeneral counseling and litigation on unfair competition and Commercial Law
  • ZInformation Technology (IT)
  • ZEstablishment of all kinds of e-businesses
  • ZSoftware licensing
  • ZData protection and security
  • ZOnline gaming and gambling
  • ZFile sharing
  • ZOutsourcing
  • ZCloud computing
  • ZGeneral counseling on the above

Our Contact

WHO IS

Ceylin Beyli, LL.M

Ceylin-Beyli-LL.M

Ceylin Beyli, LL.M. is the founder and managing partner of CBL Law Office with its main office in Istanbul. She works and practices law in Turkish, English and French for domestic, foreign and multinational clientele, advising clients for almost a decade in IT and IP matters. See also LINKEDIN: https://tr.linkedin.com/in/ceylinbeyli

Special Focus

  • ZInformation Technology (IT)
  • ZEstablishment of all kinds of e-businesses
  • ZSoftware licensing
  • ZData protection and security
  • ZOnline gaming and gambling
  • ZFile sharing
  • ZOutsourcing
  • ZCloud computing
  • ZGeneral counseling on the above
  • ZProviding legal services to major multinational and domestic clients in contract negotiations and IT related investments

All aspects of IP Law (except patents for the time being):

  • ZRegistration, prosecution and opposition to litigation and licensing of IPRs
  • ZPortfolio management
  • ZLitigation regarding protection of IPRs
  • ZCopyright Law
  • ZAdvertisement and Media
  • ZConsumer Protection
  • ZGeneral counseling on the above

Publications on IT-Related subjects

Several publications in the fields of Information Technology and Intellectual Property, and various lectures on IP/IT related issues, including but not limited to the below:

  • Z “Moving Towards Identifying Everyone in Society: A comparative approach from Turkey to India” published and presented as part of the ITECHLAW Asian Conference in Bangalore, India in 2011.
  • Z “Global Developments in Workplace Privacy” published and presented as part of the ITECHLAW Conference in Seattle, USA in 2009.
  • ZContributor to “Global Privacy Book (working title as “Global Privacy & Security)”, Author to Turkey chapter of the Global Privacy Book, internationally published by Aspen Publishing / Wolters Kluwer in 2009.
  • Z“Personal Data in Information Society – Comments on Turkish Data Protection Bill”, published and presented as part of Turkey’s 1st Cyber Law Symposium, Kadir Has University, Istanbul in 2004
  • Z“Comments on Turkish Data Protection Bill”, article contributed to the Turkey’s 2nd Cyber Council Legal Work Group in Turkey, in 2004.
  • ZLL.M thesis on “Identity Theft: A Comparative Analysis of European and US Approaches” (not published), in 2003

Education

  • ZUniversity of Leeds, UK, School of Law (LL.M in Cyberlaw, 2003)
  • ZGalatasaray University Law Faculty, Istanbul (J.D., 2002)
  • ZSummer Student at Columbia University, School of Law, USA (2001)
  • ZNotre Dame de Sion French High School, Istanbul (1997)

Professionals memberships:

  • ZIstanbul Bar Association since 2004
  • ZInternational Technology Law Association (“ITECHLAW”) since 2005
  • Z International Trademark Association (“INTA”) since 2007
  • ZTurkish Cyber law Organization (“TBD”) since 2008
  • ZITECHLAW Board of Directors since 2011
  • ZInternational Bar Association (“IBA”) since 2011

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