Zeki Çalişkan

Zeki Çalışkan is one of the name partners of Aksu Çalışkan Beygo Attorney Partnership (‘ASC Law’) and holds LL.B degree Istanbul University, Faculty of Law and M.A. degree from İstanbul University, Institute of Atatürk’s Principles and Reforms.

Mr. Çalışkan served as legal counsel to the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality between the years of 1994 and 2001, prior to becoming founding partner of ASC Law. Mr. Çalışkan personally advised the current President of Republic of Turkey Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mr. Ali Müfit Gürtuna, during their Mayorship of Istanbul, on extremely complex legal matters. During his tenure, Mr. Çalışkan successfully represented the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality and its subsidiaries on various legal issues.

Throughout his career, Mr. Çalışkan has taken the role of legal counsel for various enterprises established by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality such as İSBAK İstanbul IT and Smart City Technologies Inc., Transportation A.Ş., İSFALT A.Ş., İSTON A.Ş.. Therefore Mr. Çalışkan has extremely valuable legal knowledge and experience in the areas of public and private law, administrative law, commercial litigation and debt restructuring.

Mr. Çalışkan, alongside with other founding partners, oversees the overall practice of ASC Law which prides itself on bringing together in a single law firm more than forty lawyers with expertise in the areas of litigation, consultancy and debt collection and it has been at the forefront of the Turkish market with highly acclaimed work, particularly in the areas of banking finance, project finance, public offerings and dispute resolution. ASC Law embraces the principle of providing innovative, preventive, solution-oriented services compatible with international norms by closely following the latest world-wide changes. This enables the firm protect the legal rights of clients while enabling them to assess the degree to which their interests comply with legislation.

Zeki Çalışkan also actively takes role in management activities which currently includes being Chairman of UKİD International Development and Cooperation Association and Chairman of Türk Ticaret Net Yaz. Hizm. San. Tic. A.Ş..