Hakan Girgin

Legal Counsel at SOCAR Türkiye

İzmir, Türkiye

About

As a seasoned Legal Counsel with extensive experience across diverse sectors, I specialize in providing strategic legal, regulatory, governance, and compliance advice. Currently, I work at SOCAR Türkiye, where I manage complex contracts, negotiate high-stakes agreements, and ensure adherence to ever-evolving regulations. My role involves advising on corporate governance, overseeing legal structuring for transactions, and leading cross-functional teams in regulatory compliance efforts. I thrive on building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and guiding business units through commercial risk management. With a passion for delivering actionable legal solutions, I am committed to supporting business growth and mitigating risk.

Experience

  • Legal Counsel at SOCAR Türkiye
    Aug 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    • Providing comprehensive legal, regulatory, governance, and compliance advice across all areas of the company • Drafting, negotiating, and managing Master Agreements for various commodities and derivatives (power, trade, petrochemical) and other contracts (IT, Sale/Purchase, etc.) • Preparing pre-transaction and transaction documents, including marketing materials, confidentiality agreements, and term sheets • Monitoring regulatory developments and ensuring compliance with new legislation • Leading the drafting of position papers on upcoming amendments, and coordinating exchanges with administrative authorities and industry associations • Collaborating with business units to ensure coherence on matters impacting group companies • Advising on the legal structuring of transactions • Conducting regulatory and legal due diligence, reviewing legal opinions, and assessing conditions precedent • Drafting legal notes and providing counsel to Trading and Sales teams • Developing practice notes and contributing to policy and guideline formulation • Translating commercial risk issues into actionable legal advice for business stakeholders • Building strong client relationships (primarily internal, while facilitating external client services) • Liaising with government regulators and self-regulatory organizations • Managing external counsel and overseeing legal fees • Overseeing corporate governance matters and supervising litigation processes

  • In-House Counsel at Aydem
    Oct 2017 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    • Advising on all legal, regulatory, governance and compliance matters for Company • Preparing compliance documents (such as explicit consent forms, privacy notices, etc.) and ethical commitments, as well as conducting KYC (Know Your Customer) reviews • Drafting, negotiating and managing; Master Agreements (i.e. EFET and annexes) for various commodities and related derivatives (i.e. power, electricity) and the other contracts (i.e. hedging contracts, tolling agreements, intra-group contracts, energy purchase and sales contracts, EPC, PPA, E-Mobility, Solar Power, Carbon Neutral etc.) etc) • Pre-transactional and transaction documents e.g. marketing documents, confidentiality agreements, term sheets, etc. • Following up regulatory changes on regular basis • Leading the drafting position papers on the upcoming amendment drafts and coordinating the exchange with related administrative authority and associations • Liaising with the related business units to ensure the coherence on the matters affecting both group companies • Advising: in relation to the legal structuring of transactions • Conducting regulatory and other due diligence and reviewing and advising on legal opinions and other conditions precedent • Liaising with and drafting legal notes for Trading and Sales • Developing practice notes and assisting with policy and guideline formulation • Communicating commercial consequences of risk issues to business areas • Developing strong client relationships (chiefly internal but also facilitating external client services) Liaising with government regulators and self-regulatory organizations • Instructing and managing external counsel and legal fees • Follow-up of corporate matters • Supervising litigations

  • Associate Lawyer at Turkal Law Firm/SDIF-TMSF (Saving Deposit Insurance Fund)
    Oct 2016 - Oct 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Experiences in the fields of Arbitration Law, Contract Law, Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Enforcement Law, Labour Law, Trademark Law • Drafting, negotiating Contracts • Giving legal advice in accordance with the Turkish Legislations for many multinational companies • Litigation in the fields of Arbitration Law, Contract Law, Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Enforcement Law, Labour Law, Trademark Law

  • Legal Intern at Turkuvaz Medya Grubu
    Feb 2016 - Oct 2016 · 9 mos

    • Drafting, negotiating Contracts of TV- Series • Find solutions in the presence of officials about news of Sabah • Establish a connection between Turkuvaz Media and authorized law firms which are located abroad

  • Intern at Özay Law Firm
    Jun 2015 - Feb 2016 · 9 mos

    • Experiences in the fields of Contract Law, Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Enforcement Law, Labour Law, Trademark Law • Drafting, negotiating Contracts • Giving legal advice in accordance with the Turkish Legislations for many multinational companies