Attorney Sefa Güven

Sefa GÜVEN gained his first legal experience as an intern at a law firm in Los Angeles, California at the age of 19. Having earned his law degree from Istanbul University, he conducted LLM studies in EU Law at Marmara University. He has studied Senior Executive Leadership (SELP) at Harvard Business School upon an invitation from Harvard, joining the Harvard University alumni community following a successful career especially at G&G GÜVEN Law Firm (formerly known as G&G Law Firm) in Istanbul.

He also worked at Merkezi Kayit Kurulusu, the authorized Central Securities Depository for dematerialized financial instruments in Turkey, a regulatory body of Turkey’s security market.

Sefa GÜVEN is highly experienced in providing world-class legal services to international clients regarding a wide range of legal issues that vary in complexity.

Sefa GÜVEN is the author/co-author of various articles published in international journals and has been invited as a guest lecturer at several universities as well as various domestic, international conferences and panels as a speaker around the world. He is currently the managing partner of G & G Güven Law Firm (Also known as G & G Law Firm ). Recognized for his superior professional performance and contributions to international law, he was honoured with the appointment as the Liaison of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law to the Istanbul Bar Association. For many years, he served as a strategic bridge between these two deeply rooted organizations. The American Bar Association is one of the world’s largest professional organizations, with over 400,000 members and more than 3,500 entities.

IN ENGLISH

• “Blending New and Traditional Sources of Financing” (speaker), Silk Road Investment Forum, April 06 2017, London, U.K.
• “Overview of the Turkish Legal System” (Speaker), Presentation to the American Bar Association ILEX Delegation and the U.S. Consulate General of Istanbul, May 23 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
• “Entrepreneurship, Commercial Innovation and Economic Growth” (speaker), Euroasia Economic Forum, September 24 2015, Xi’an, China.
• “Exploring Turkey’s prospects, current opportunities in Turkey, challenges for European firms doing business in the country” (speaker), The European Legal Networks Summit, March 13 2015, London, U.K.
• “High-End Services and Development of New Business Models” (Chair)
  1st Annual Global Congress of Knowledge Economy-2014, September 22 2014; Qingdao, China
• “Questioning Sufficiency of Legal Frameworks for High-End Services” (Speaker)
  1st Annual Global Congress of Knowledge Economy-2014, September 22 2014; Qingdao, China
• “A Comparative Analysis of Labor Outsourcing” (Article with Prof. Richard Bales & others)
  Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 31, 2014 ; The USA
• “Inward / outward investment in Asia – Chinese Investments Into Turkey” (Speaker)
  UIA ( International Association of Lawyers) 57th Conference; November 02 2013; Macau
• “Society Advanced Investments Their Financial Model and Its Legal Infrastructure” (Speaker with Emrecan Dogan)
  UIA (International Association of Lawyers) Seminar “Foreign Investment In and From Turkey” Istanbul, Turkey

• “Employment Issues Arising from Mergers & Acquisitions” (Speaker)
  8th LAWASIA (The Law Association of Asia and Pacific) Employment Law Conference, May 25 2013; Siem Reap Cambodia

• Forum: Topical National Perspectives (Speaker)
  8th LAWASIA (The Law Association of Asia and Pacific) Employment Law Conference, May 25 2013; Siem Reap Cambodia
• “The Limit of Employer’s Right to Intervene in Internet and E-mail Use” (Speaker)
  25th LAWASIA ( The Law Association of Asia and Pacific) Conference; November 21 2012, Bali, Indonesia

IN TURKISH

• “When liability to login to Twitter is prohibited by the government” (Article) 23.03.2014
• “Freedom of Committing A Crime” (Article) 13.03.2014
• “The Shanghai Five and Far Asia” (Speaker)
  ISTANBUL BAR ASSOCIATION CHINA PANEL, 19.01.2013 Istanbul,Turkey
• “The New Turkish Commercial Code” (Speaker)
  NATIONAL TV CHANNEL, Live Broadcast, 28.07.2012