Expertise
Mehmet Gün is ranked among the top 300 strategists worldwide in his sector. He is the founder of Gün + Partners Law Firm, one of the leading international law firms in Türkiye, as also recognised by Legal500, Chambers and Partners and Euromoney, practicing in the areas of commercial, corporate and intellectual property law.
During his 42 years of practice, he has gained extensive knowledge and expertise in international legal and commercial relations and is among the pioneers in the development, regulation, promotion and effective enforcement of modern Turkish IP law. In addition he has provided guidance to various sectoral NGO’s and was consulted in parliamentary debates regarding the most recent Turkish Industrial Property Code.
He considers himself as a litigator and dispute mediator and has acted as lead and co-counsel in numerous local and international litigation, arbitration and mediation cases. He currently focuses his efforts on complex cross-border litigation, commercial disputes and acts as a strategic advisor to clients and the large team of lawyers within the firm.
Mehmet Gün sees it as his responsibility to give back to the nation that has provided him with so much opportunity. He has written many books and articles to share his experiences and recommendations with a view to contributing to the construction of a Turkish legal system of international standards. He relentlessly emphasises the rule of law as being one of the fundamental conditions needed for sustainable economic development.
Mr Gün is the author of books titled “From the Steppes to Becoming a Global Lawyer” and “Turkey’s Middle Democracy Problems and Solutions: Judiciary, Accountability, Justice in Representation”. Having devoted the last decade to work for the betterment of the Turkish judicial system and provision of quality services, Mr Gün founded the “Better Justice Association” in 2015, which has now become one of Tükiye’s most respected think tanks. The Association, which is politically neutral, offers solutions and recommendations to ensure higher quality service provision of services by the Turkish Judicial System with its publication “Turkish Judicial Reform, A to Z”.
Mehmet Gün takes active in many civil society organisations. He is the founder and chairman of the politically neutral Better Justice Association. He is the founder and chairman of the high advisory board of the Istanbul Arbitration Association (ISTA), vice president and chairman of the structural reforms commission of the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED), and a member of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD).
Areas of Expertise
Publications
Speaking Engagements
Artificial Intelligence: Latest Developments in the World and Modern Disputes Management with Artificial Intelligence, Istanbul Bar Association, Speaker, İstanbul, 12.06.2023
Industrial Property Experiences from Past to Present in the 25th Anniversary of PEM, Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys, Panelist, Istanbul, 02.06.2023
Legal Issues to Consider in Technology User & Technology Supplier Collaboration, TÜSİAD SD² Digital Industry Program 2021, Panelist, 15.11.2021
Notification and Foreign Representation in Arbitration Trial Attorney, Marmara University - School of Arbitration Panel, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 04.02.2020
Dispute resolution: Preventing and Resolving Disputes Efficiently, Gün + Partners, Ukrainian Arbitration Association, International Turkish Ukrainian Business Association and Integrites - Turkish-Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum: Creating Opportunities Together, Panellist, Kyiv, Ukraine 13.11.2019
Managing the dispute, Legal500 GC Summit – Turkey, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 26.09.2019
The In-House Counsel’s Guide to Best Practice for (Alternative) Dispute Resolution in Turkey, Legal500 GC Summit – Turkey, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 27.09.2018
Dispute Resolution in Turkey: Threads and Opportunities, ICC – Turkey Arbitration Day Conference, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 09.02.2018
Turkey’s new Industrial Property Code (No. 6769), Gün + Partners Seminar, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 10.02.2017
Quality in Judicial Services in Turkey, Turkish Industry and Businessmen Association and Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation round table meeting, Samsun and Mersin, Turkey, 04.2016
Quality in Judicial Services in Turkey, Union of the Turkish Bar Associations, Samsun and Mersin, Turkey, 2016
Pharmaceutical Patents, İstanbul Bilgi University, Guest Lecturer, 2016
Knowledge Management: What knowledge needs to be managed? – IBA Balkan Legal Forum, Vienna, 26-27.06.2014
A Competition Law Perspective on Enforcement of IP Rights in the Turkish Pharmaceutical Sector, Recent Developments in Competition Law Symposium – VIII., Erciyes University and the Turkish Competition Authority, Speaker, 14-15.05.2010
The Relation Between the Licensing of Pharmaceutical Products & IP Rights in Turkey, Competition in the Turkish Pharmaceutical Sector in Light of the EU Commission Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry, Istanbul Hilton Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-12.12.2010
Current Issues in the Turkish Pharma Sector, Drug Information Association, 2009
Associations
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Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), Member
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Better Justice Association, Founder and Chairman
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European Patent Institute (EPI), Member
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Habitat Association (Habitat), Advisory Board Member
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Istanbul Arbitration Association (ISTA), Founder and Chairman of the High Advisory Board
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International Bar Association (IBA), Member
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International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), Member
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International Trademark Association (INTA), Member
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Patent and Trademark Attorneys’ Association of Turkey (PEM), Member
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The Sustainable Mobility Initiative (SMI), Board Member
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Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED), Vice President of the Board and President of the Structural Reforms Committee
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Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), Member
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Transparency International Turkey, Member
Education
- 1980, İstanbul University, Faculty of Law, İstanbul, LL.B.
- 1976, Çanakkale Teaching College, Çanakkale