Dilara Topanoğlu

Dilara Topanoğlu

Associate

Biography

  • Expert advisory services on corporate and labor law matters
  • Comprehensive legal consultancy in real estate law
  • Professional assistance in personal data protection law
  • Specialized legal consultancy in electronic commerce legislation

Dilara is an associate at Baykal|Saris Law Firm, with a specialized focus on corporate and commercial law, real estate law, labour law and personal data protection law. Her extensive knowledge across diverse legal disciplines enables her to analyse legal matters from multiple perspectives, thereby providing clients with comprehensive and nuanced legal services.

Previously, Dilara worked as an associate in the corporate department of a recognized law firm in Türkiye. In this role, she advised both local and international companies on issues pertaining to corporate and commercial law and real estate law.

Representative Work

  • Assisted bp, a British multinational oil and gas company, in the sale of downstream retail business in Türkiye.
  • Advised Smartex.ai, a leading and award-winning hardware-based software company dedicated to developing advanced solutions and building essential tools for the modern textile factory, on the presence in Türkiye.
  • Assisted Turkish subsidiary of Huntsman Corporation, a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals, in the execution of FIDIC contracts for the reconstruction of its polyurethane production facility in Istanbul.
  • Provided legal assistance to Marriott International, a leading global hotel operator, on matters related to the short-term rental of houses and villas in Türkiye.
  • Assisted Turkish subsidiary of Duracell, the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries and other specialty cells, in the negotiation of a serviced office agreement with a local landlord.

*List may include matters worked prior to incorporating Baykal|Saris.

Credentials

Education

  • Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law (2018)
  • London School of Economics, International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Summer School (2016)
  • American Collegiate Institute, High School (2014)

Bar Admission

  • Admitted to Istanbul Bar (2019)

Languages

  • Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Beginner)

Recognitions

  • Team Member, Williem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2017)