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Melissa Balıkçı is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Dispute Resolution departments of Erdem & Erdem. She provides legal advice mainly on matters relating to corporate law, contract law and business law.

She advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters across a number of sectors and has particular expertise in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and share transfer transactions. Melissa regularly advises on EPC contracts, including FIDIC contracts and has experience in drafting various types of contracts.

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Prohibition of Payment in Foreign Currency in Lease Agreements

The Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency (“Decree No. 32”) and the Communiqué No. 2008-32/34 on the Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency (“Communiqué”) prohibit the determination of the contract prices of certain contracts and other payment obligations...

Law of Obligations 31.03.2023

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ICCA General Report on the Right to a Physical Hearing in International Arbitration

On 4 September 2020, a research project “Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration?” was launched by an International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”) taskforce. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many arbitration hearings were held online. Many institutional rules...

Arbitration May 2022

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The Landesbank Decision

It is well known that following a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, problems arose related to arbitration of intra-EU disputes, and particularly arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty...

Arbitration January 2022