Firm Overview
Since the establishment of Era Law Firm in 1989, Era has set up two modern offices in Ankara and İstanbul, both of which are located at the heart of the city’s CBD. We are consistently committed to help our clients to achieve their business goals, and over the past twenty years, have earned high reputation among clients for our dedicated, integral and client-focused services.
Era has expert lawyers and other professionals, who comprise a dedicated and multi-disciplinary team of Era. Most of Era lawyers graduated from renowned law schools in Turkey, among nearly half of whom have received master degrees or have international academic background. Our principle is to, relying on our extensive and depth legal resources, deliver efficient and quality legal services to our clients with an adaptable team specifically selected to meet the clients’ need whenever and wherever they arise. Meanwhile, our first-class working environment and modern facilities underpin our abilities to deliver excellent client services.
In order to provide high standard of cross-border services to clients, we have established close cooperation with our counterparts in many large cities in Turkey as well as international law firms and built up a wide association network.
As a prominent law firm with high reputation among its peers and clients, the core practices offered by Era include corporate business, finance and security, foreign investment, international trade, real estate, intellectual property, and civil and commercial dispute resolution. Investment and financing, intellectual property, labour dispute resolution and legal risk management ,criminal law cases , trade law are featured areas which Era has been highly recognized for.
Era provides advice in relation to full spectrum of investment and financing, including international investment (e.g. foreign direct investment, domestic enterprise’s foreign investment), international financing(e.g. syndicated lending, project financing), private equity investment and venture capital investment, M&A, initial public offerings on domestic and overseas stock exchanges. In addition to the legal services, we also help our clients to achieve their goals by providing added-value services such as investment and financing consultations that will consistently exceed their expectations.
Intellectual property team of Era advises clients on legal issues relating to copyright of motion pictures, consultations on copyright laws, comprehensive protection of copyright, trade mark right, patent right and trade secrets. We also assist enterprises in designing practical IP rights protection schemes.
Era’s labour group has resources and expertise to advise local and cross-border clients on a full range of labour issues, such as tackling labour relationships, design and management of employment contracts and labour dispute resolution.
Legal risk management is an emerging service offered by Era. We aims to help clients to control its legal and management risks during the course of its management and operation by means of evaluation and summary of legal risks inherent in the operation of enterprises, survey and assessment of assets and operation of enterprises, evaluation of legal risks in assets restructuring, reorganization and M&A deals, assessment on significant investment projects of clients as well as advice on improvement of implementation.