Our founder and managing partner Mr. Selcuk Akkas, attorney at law & trademark attorney, has over twenty years experience in business and corporate law and domestic and international commercial transactions and is currently serving as the Firm's Senior Partner. Before he found Akkas & Associates Law Firm, he worked and studied in Houston, TX-USA for almost eight years and he had a chance to excelled himself in American & International Business Law. He was privileged to work for Karadag Law Firm in Houston, TX to get hands on experience on different legal issues. Over the past several years, his practice has concentrated on counseling closely held and publicly-owned businesses with respect to acquisitions and dispositions of substantial business assets.

Intellectual Property Law is one of Mr. Akkas’ passions. He became one of the first trademark attorneys after passing the exam that was held by Turkish Patent Institute in 1996. Since then, he has registered hundreds of trademarks and solved several complicated disputes among various companies. He also represented several clients at courts regarding intellectual property law.

Mr. Akkas has over ten years experience in business bankruptcies and is particularly experienced in acquisitions of companies and substantial assets of companies that are financially troubled, both in the context of a pre-bankruptcy restructuring and in a pending bankruptcy. He has substantial experience in negotiations and structuring of acquisitions and sales of businesses, including related disputes, such as enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, debt restructuring and workouts, organizational structure and shareholder disputes.