"Global Minds with Local Expertise, Legal Solutions for a Worldwide Impact."
Global Vision, Local Solutions—One Firm, Endless Legal Expertise.
Since 2014, GlobalB Law has been the trusted legal partner for corporations, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies worldwide. As a boutique and highly specialized law firm, we offer corporate-focused, full-spectrum legal services, ensuring that our clients receive strategic, tailored, and solution-driven counsel at every stage of their business journey.
Our core expertise lies in Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation, AI, IP Law, Trade Law, Employment Law, Tax Law, and Company Formation. In addition to our corporate legal services, our expert team includes certified trademark attorneys, providing professional trademark registration and intellectual property protection.
Beyond corporate matters, we have a dedicated Litigation Department with seasoned experts in Criminal Law and Cybercrime, ensuring robust representation in high-stakes legal disputes. We also offer comprehensive financial and accounting services through our in-house certified financial advisors and tax consultants, assisting businesses in regulatory compliance, corporate taxation, and financial structuring.
At GlobalB Law, we do more than just solve legal problems—we strategically position businesses for success. We don’t just provide legal advice; we actively engage in business development, regulatory lobbying, and industry partnerships to help our clients thrive in complex and evolving markets. Whether it's navigating regulatory hurdles, mitigating legal risks, or unlocking new opportunities, we act as problem-solvers, strategic advisors, and trusted partners.
With a global presence in Istanbul and California, we deliver seamless cross-border legal solutions, empowering our clients to operate with confidence and achieve long-term success.
At GlobalB Law, we don’t just practice law—we drive growth, safeguard businesses, and shape the future.
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Cryptocurrency Adoption
GlobalB Law is positioned as an international leader in the rapidly expanding field of Blockchain/IoT-related legal consultancy services. We have partnered with some of Turkey's leading Big Data/AI firms to ensure our forecasting methods are state-of-the-art. GlobalB Law is here to see your project through from start to finish.
GlobalB Law does not underestimate the adverse effect regulatory uncertainty has on cryptocurrency adoption; laws concerning the governance of cryptocurrencies are constantly being rewritten, and governmental attitudes are fickle. Our legal experts cut through the bureaucratic red tape so that our clients can achieve their objectives.
GlobalB Law prides itself in serving as a bridge between foreign investors and Turkish enterprise; our firm is ready to help your business set up shop in Turkey without a hitch. Our legal experts are equipped to assist your business with domestic and international sales, trade matters related to transportation, distribution, joint ventures, manufacturing and production agreements.
Corporate Law
IP Law & Cybercrime Prevention
Our mission is to instill confidence in the rule of law for our clients. The Republic of Turkey has very strict measures in place to deal with identity theft, copyright infringement, spoofing and hacking. We ensure that long arm of the law extends to those who have caused harm to your business or your partners. GlobalB Law will make sure that those who infringe on the intellectual property of our clients are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
International Trade Law
Our legal experts will help your business assess concerns regarding import and export prohibitions, quantitative restrictions on imports, surveillance, and other restrictive import regulations so that you can navigate Turkey's ever-changing regulatory environment with confidence.
Bankruptcy Law
We represent both individuals and corporations, creditor and debtor alike. As CKR Law International's official representative for bankruptcy matters in the Turkey region, our seasoned legal experts have the required expertise to resettle debt to our clients' satisfaction.
Meet the Team
Serdar Akdeniz
Managing Partner
Istanbul Bar Association
Saime Atakan
Founding Partner - GlobalB California
California Bar Association
New York Bar Association
Melik Fırat Çiçek
Associate Lawyer
Istanbul Bar Association
Sara Çiviler
Senior Lawyer
Istanbul Bar Association
Umut Balcı
Senior Lawyer
Ankara Bar Association
Esra Mete
Patent /Trademark Attorney
Reyhan Babaoğlu
Patent/Trademark Attorney
Şilan Küsin
Paralegal
Evren Doğru
CPA - Tax Specialist
Yağmur Yağan
Accountant
Leyla Hiçyılmaz
Lawyer- Korea Desk
Istanbul Bar Association
Sibel Ülker
Legal Assistant
Hakan Nur
Blockchain Advisor
Of Counsel
Prof. Dr. Ali Kemal Yıldız
Dean of Turkish-German University Law Faculty
Dr.Av.Cansu Topal
Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Law
FORMER COUNSEL LAWYER OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF TURKIYE, NOW AT GLOBALB
Umut Balcı is pursuing his PhD in Public Law at Hacettepe University. He completed his master's degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law at Ankara University and earned his bachelor's degree in law. As part of the Erasmus program, he also studied law at the University of Mannheim.
In his professional life, from 2017 to 2024, he worked as a Counsel Attorney at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkiye, providing legal consultancy, especially to the payment systems and financial technologies departments. Additionally, he provided legal support to the Central Bank Digital Turkish Lira R&D Project and participated in collaboration activities with organizations such as MASAK and FATF.
Umut Balcı has also made significant strides in his academic career, working as a visiting researcher at the University of Minnesota Law School and York University's Osgoode Hall Law School. He has conducted research, particularly in the fields of payment law and international trade transactions. He has now started working at GlobalB Law, focusing on information technology and fintech law.
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