
Attorney Dr. Arzu ONGUR - Managing Partner
Attorney Dr. Arzu ONGUR is the founder and managing partner of ONGUR & PARTNERS, a premier international law firm operating through our central ankara law office and prominent istanbul law office networks. She is a highly recognized elite istanbul lawyer and senior ankara lawyer based in Turkey, with unparalleled expertise across cross-border litigation, foreign direct investments, and corporate setups. She has extensive professional experience in Turkey and overseas, including Italy, Belgium, and the USA. Throughout her distinguished career, she has successfully represented multi-billion dollar conglomerates, sovereign government authorities, and foreign embassies before national state courts and complex international arbitration tribunals in multi-jurisdictional disputes. She holds advanced academic training and prestigious legal degrees from top-tier institutions in both Turkey and Italy.
Dr. Arzu ONGUR focuses heavily on ICC and ICSID Arbitration frameworks, corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Procurement, PPP Projects, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Mining infrastructure, and international contracts. She is the current President of ILIDA (International Law Investment and Development Association), Vice President of the Turkish American and International Women Association, a Board Member of the Arbitration Council of the Ankara Bar Association, a Board Member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIIST), and the official coordinator of the institutional alliance between the Ankara Bar Association and the Florence Bar Association. Furthermore, she stands as the only sworn Italian-speaking attorney in the capital with certified translation authorization for Italian, English, and Turkish.
Whether your global corporation requires strategic closing support for complex commercial agreements, advanced legal defense under a top-tier law firm in istanbul setup, or regulatory clearance from our central ankara law firm headquarters, our elite english speaking lawyers team under her direct management delivers capital-level precision across all Turkish jurisdictions. To secure premium professional advocacy or initiate a high-stakes corporate consultation, please contact our managing partners directly.
EDUCATION
POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
– PHD on Administrative Law-Competition Law
2005 October-Ankara University, Faculty of Law, Department of Administrative Law, GPA 90/100
Ankara/TURKEY
– Master on European Union Studies and Law
2006 October- 2007 June European College of Parma, Advanced Diploma on European Studies and Law, GPA 24/30
Parma/ITALY
Under Full Scholarship granted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
– Master in Development Innovation and Change
2004 October-July 2005 Bologna University Alma mater, Faculty of Law, GPA 23.3/30
Bologna/ITALY
Under the Erasmus exchange program
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
1996-2000 Ankara University Faculty of Law, Bachelor Degree in Law
SELECTED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
– Institute for US Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Course (July 2010) Washington DC/ USA
– London Bar Council, Understanding UK Legal System, A programme organized by
by EU for Attorneys (April 2009-May 2009) London/UK
– European Human Rights Training in ECHR (November 2007) Strasburg /FRANCE
– European University Institute, European Union Law and Human Rights Certificate Program (June 2005-July 2005) Florence/ITALY
– Centro Interfacolta di Linguistica Teorica é Applicata CILTA, Italian Language Course (October 2004-Jan. 2005) Bologna/ ITALY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
– Presentation: Globalization and Law, Ankara Bar International Congress, January 2016
– Presentation: Oil Market Law in Turkey-A General Overview on Oil Market Law in Turkey, 2011
– Article: Energy Disputes and International Arbitration 2010
– Article: Energy Regulatory Agency’s Decisions and Their Juridical Assessments by the Council of State in Turkey, 2009
– Article : Legal Conditions to Access Real Estate/Property in Turkey, 2009
– Interview: Energy Disputes and International Arbitration, Global Energy Magazine, June 2009
– Article: International Commercial Contracts and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2009
– Article: How to Invest in Turkey? (An article concerning top 10 Legal questions asked by foreigners during their investment processes in Turkey), 2008
– Interview: Legal Assessment of the Nabucco Project, Global Energy Magazine, June 2008
– Interview: Access to Real Estate by Foreigners, Turkish-American Business Association Magazine, June 2009
– Translation of European Energy Community Treaty
– Article: A General Overview of Natural Gas Market Law in Turkey, 2010
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English (fluent) / Italian (fluent) / Turkish (native)