Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Lead legal counsel for carbon capture and energy transition projects covering Benelux, with additional support for Nordics, Finland, and other strategic regions - Provide legal and strategic support for industrial infrastructure projects, joint ventures, long-term contracts. - Advise on public-private partnerships, cross-border regulatory compliance, and competition law. - Coordinate with stakeholders across Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, and broader Europe. Global AI Legal Lead - Designated as Global AI Champion for the Group Legal Department. - Lead responsible AI integration globally across the legal function, with a focus on prompt libraries, training programs. - Developing best practices and guidelines for legal use of generative AI with a focus of enhancing efficiency and mitigating risks
- Directed the legal and compliance function for Türkiye and the Central South Europe cluster , supporting operations across industrial sectors. - Managed a multinational legal team, led legal operations in a regulated environment, and oversaw external law firms across multiple jurisdictions. - Served as Secretary of the Board of Directors and was a core member of the executive leadership team, advising the GM and executive committee on governance, regulatory, commercial, and strategic legal matters. - Led complex, long-term contract negotiations, including post-signature performance, renegotiations, and relationship management. - Supported major investments, M&A, and infrastructure projects with end-to-end legal oversight. - Conducted and coordinated internal investigations and compliance audits relating to ethics, anti-bribery, and regulatory risk. - Acted as Europe Cluster Ethics Correspondent, delivering ethics trainings and overseeing compliance culture initiatives across the region. - Collaborated with Group Legal on Vigilance Law compliance and contributed to group-wide ESG, risk mapping, and due diligence efforts. - Co-developed the company’s first Public Affairs roadmap and strategy, working cross-functionally to align external positioning with business strategy. -Actively supported the creation of the Cash Collection Procedure, including governance of collection-related contractual items.
- Provided legal support for commercial, media, advertising, and regulatory matters. - Managed a legal team, and advised all departments on legal risks and obligations related to operations, marketing, and content distribution. - Structured, negotiated, and executed all types of commercial contracts, including licensing, vendor, sponsorship, production. - Delivered pragmatic legal advice across corporate and commercial matters, including contract law, labor law, media and consumer law, and finance. - Led legal input in litigation, risk analysis, and dispute resolution, ensuring sound legal positioning for the business. - Oversaw compliance policies and internal workflows, ensuring they were up-to-date, implemented, and monitored regularly. - Developed and delivered training programs for business teams to raise awareness on legal and compliance risks in a relevant and accessible way. - Acted as Deputy to the VP Legal & Compliance, supporting strategic legal assessments and business continuity initiatives.
- Represented the bank before national courts in high-risk litigation matters, including court appearances, hearings, settlement negotiations, and follow-up on execution files. - Provided daily legal consultancy to both domestic and international branch offices and head office departments on banking transactions, with a focus on law of obligations, bankruptcy and execution law, commercial law, and consumer law. - Drafted and negotiated a wide range of commercial contracts related to banking operations, service providers, and third-party engagements. - Managed and evaluated external law firms, including performance measurement, service quality audits, and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize outsourced legal support.
- Advised corporate clients on day-to-day legal matters, including company formation, and drafted corporate governance documents such as general assembly resolutions, board minutes, and internal policies. - Represented local clients before public institutions, private entities, and regulatory authorities. - Provided ongoing legal support across various commercial and civil matters, including court proceedings and litigation follow-up. - Reviewed and assessed credit agreements, and commercial loan contracts, ensuring legal soundness and enforceability.
- Provided day-to-day legal support to attorneys in various practice areas, including commercial law, labor law, civil law, and criminal law. - Drafted petitions, contracts, and other legal documents under supervision. - Conducted legal research on court precedents and jurisprudence. - Translated legal documents between English and Turkish. - Monitored legal and regulatory updates to support compliance and litigation teams.