
Dr. Aytuğ Büyükatak
Aytuğ Büyükatak completed his mandatory one-year internship under the supervision of the President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations and obtained an LLM degree from Erasmus University Rotterdam. After working as a legal advisor for a state-owned Petroleum Distribution Company in Ankara, he moved to Istanbul and began working at a law firm ranked in Legal500. He has been a lawyer since 2009. Aytuğ Büyükatak primarily provides consultancy to individual and corporate clients from the Gulf region on real estate investments in Turkey. His areas of expertise include property acquisitions, project development structuring, and zoning issues. He has been involved in almost all real estate transactions handled by our firm. Aytuğ Büyükatak represents many high-profile individuals and family-owned companies from the Gulf region, including major shareholders and board members. In the past two years alone, the value of his transactions in the field of real estate acquisitions has exceeded USD 500 million.
He holds a doctorate degree with his dissertation titled "Transfer and Limitation of Management and Representation Authorities in Joint Stock Companies." In 2023, he took on the leadership of investment consultancy at our firm and acted as the lead lawyer in two separate merger and acquisition transactions in the same year. He is currently advising on two separate merger and acquisition transactions with a total value of approximately USD 200 million. Aytuğ Büyükatak is a member of The Hague Academy of International Private Law and also a congress member of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.
Aytuğ Büyükatak embraces the core value of showing genuine care and respect towards both colleagues and clients, treating all team members and clients with the warmth of family. Under his leadership, the firm has received positive feedback from clients for its responsive approach, quick replies, and solution-oriented interactions. Aytuğ Büyükatak continues to set high standards in the Turkish legal market, particularly in the field of corporate law.