Yusuf Said Erdoğan

EDGE Law Firm and Consultancy is a Turkish legal practice based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul, where Yusuf Said Erdoğan is a partner. The firm has been named Maritime, Shipping & Transport Law Firm of the Year in Turkey at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, recognising its strength in advising on the legal issues that arise in one of the country's most internationally connected industries.

The firm describes itself as a dedicated and innovative team driven by a passion for excellence, focused on delivering tailored legal solutions aligned with each client's business objectives. It emphasises high-quality, efficient and reliable advice, a collaborative approach and strong, professional client relationships, positioning itself as a practice that works closely with clients to address their legal challenges rather than offering standardised, off-the-shelf answers.

Maritime, shipping and transport law is one of EDGE's core practice areas, and it is a natural specialism for a firm based in Istanbul, a city that straddles major shipping routes and sits at the heart of Turkey's maritime trade. Work in this field typically spans the carriage of goods by sea, charterparties and shipping contracts, marine insurance, admiralty matters and the wider transport and logistics arrangements that move goods across borders. The firm's capabilities in dispute resolution and arbitration, contract law and marine labour law complement its maritime offering, allowing it to support shipowners, operators, charterers, insurers and cargo interests across both advisory and contentious matters.

Yusuf Said Erdoğan brings a specialist maritime background to this work. He pursued postgraduate study in maritime law in London, focusing on areas central to the discipline, including admiralty law, the carriage of goods by sea, international commercial arbitration, international trade law and marine insurance. That specialist education, combined with practice in Turkey, equips him to advise on cross-border shipping and transport matters that frequently engage both Turkish law and international conventions and standards. Turkey occupies a strategically important position in world shipping, sitting astride the sea routes that connect the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and serving as a hub for trade between Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Maritime, shipping and transport law in this setting frequently engages a mixture of Turkish domestic law and international conventions governing matters such as the carriage of goods, collisions, salvage, limitation of liability and marine insurance. Practitioners must be comfortable moving between these frameworks and between advisory and contentious work, and EDGE Law Firm's focus on the sector, supported by Yusuf Said Erdoğan's specialist maritime training, equips the firm to advise the shipowners, operators, insurers and cargo interests whose business depends on the reliable movement of goods by sea.

Alongside its maritime practice, EDGE Law Firm and Consultancy maintains broader capabilities in corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution and arbitration, contract law and labour law, enabling it to serve business clients across a range of needs while retaining a clear specialism in the maritime and transport sector. Its recognition as Maritime, Shipping & Transport Law Firm of the Year in Turkey at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 reflects the reputation the firm and its partners, including Yusuf Said Erdoğan, have built for focused, high-quality advice to clients operating in and through Turkey's busy maritime economy.