Zeynep Tezan, LL.M.

Title:
Senior Associate
Languages:
Turkish, English, French
Phone:
+90 212 359 5796

Key Qualifications

Zeynep is a Senior Associate at Pekin Bayar Mizrahi, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions. She possesses extensive expertise in commercial law, international business, personal data protection, capital markets transactions, crypto assets and blockchain, and regulatory compliance.

Zeynep provides comprehensive legal consultancy services to a diverse portfolio of reputable local and international clients. Her primary areas of focus include corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, company establishments and liquidations, finance and capital markets transactions, crypto assets, anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing, personal data protection, e-commerce, and contract law.

She has advised on mergers and acquisitions across a broad range of sectors, including food, automotive, packaging, household appliances, mining, chemicals, electronics, plastics, metals, industrial products, and pharmaceuticals. Zeynep is experienced in preparing due diligence reports and drafting and reviewing share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, and other related corporate documents.

Education

  • Queen Mary University of London, LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law; September 2022 – September 2023 
  • Koc University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Turkey; LL.B.; September 2013 – September 2017
  • Enka High School, Istanbul, Turkey; September 2009 – September 2013  
  • Brown University, Pre-College Engineering, Boston, USA; July 2011 – August 2011
  • Phillips Academy Andover, ESL, Boston, USA; July 2010 – August 2010

Membership

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority – Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2024)
  • Admitted to Istanbul Bar Association (2019)
  • Queen Mary University of London Alumni
  • Koc University Alumni Association
  • Enka Alumni Association