H. Ercüment Erdem

Ercüment Erdem has more than 35 years of experience in international commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, privatizations and arbitration. He represents a broad range of high-profile international and national clients in a variety of industries including energy, construction, finance, retail, real estate, aerospace, healthcare and insurance.

He has extensive experience in cross-border projects concerning project finance, privatization, mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in wide geography including Europe and Asia countries.

He has highly strong academic background. He is an emeritus professor and still continues to lecture on commercial law in leading universities such as Galatasaray University in Turkey and Fribourg University in Switzerland.

• Advising Şişecam in the acquisition of EBRD's 10% shares in Şişecam Çevre Sistemleri
• Advising Akinon, which is a global software development company that provides state-of-the-art omnichannel commerce solutions to top retail brands worldwide, on its USD 20,000,000 Series B venture capital investment
• Advising Acıbadem Healthcare Group in the acquisition of 100 % shares of Private Orthopedia Hospital

• M&A
• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• Project finance
• Project development

• Automotive
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Energy
• Industrials

• Chair of the ICC Commercial Law and Practice Commission
• ICC Institute Council
• ICC International Court of Arbitration
• ICC Arbitration Commission
• ICC Incoterms Experts Group
• ICC Turkish National Committee Arbitration Council
• Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française
• Advisory Council of Banking and Commercial Law Research Institute
• Advisory Board Member of Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC)
• Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage (ASA)
• International Bar Association (IBA)

• Commercial Law Professor (2003)
• Commercial Law Associate Professor (1997)
• Research on American Law at Yale Law School (1993)
• Doctorate in Switzerland Fribourg University (Manga Cum Laude) (1988-1990)
• Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Private Law LL.M. (1984-1986)
• Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Law (Izmır) (1981-1984)