Şahin Law Firm

What Şahin Law Firm does

Şahin Law Firm (Şahin Hukuk Bürosu) is a privately held, founder-owned Turkish law firm established in 1993 in İzmir by Canan Şahin and Serkan Şahin, operating from a single headquarters in Folkart Towers, Bayraklı. The firm delivers full-service legal counseling and advocacy across 13+ practice areas organized into four core departments: Execution and Bankruptcy Law, Labour Law, Commercial Law, and Personal Data Protection and IT Law. Additional specialty areas include Information Law, Energy Law, Competition Law, Real Estate Law, Administrative Law, Insurance Law, International Trade Law, and Intellectual Property Law. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm operates a traditional professional services model, with bilingual (Turkish/English) web presence and LinkedIn as its primary marketing channels.

The firm serves three customer segments: domestic and foreign investors operating in Turkey, reputable institutions and organizations, and individual clients. It pursues a relationship-based, sales-led go-to-market centered on solution partnerships, with direct client engagement through consultations, training, presentations, and ongoing representation. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees, with no publicly disclosed pricing, subscription, or alternative monetization model. The firm has no subsidiaries, no external funding, no M&A history, and operates only in Turkey.

The firm states 54 employees per firmographic data, with a named bench comprising two founding partners, one senior managing associate, multiple associates across practice areas, trainee lawyers, executive assistants, and enforcement/administrative personnel. The firm is KVKK-compliant (Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698) and maintains GDPR-equivalent privacy practices, but has no disclosed AI, technology platform, or API capabilities.

Name

Şahin Law Firm

Legal name

ŞAHİN HUKUK BÜROSU

Website

https://sahin.law

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Şahin Law Firm is a founder-owned, full-service Turkish law firm founded in 1993 in İzmir, providing legal counseling and advocacy across 13+ practice areas to domestic and foreign investors, institutions, and individuals in Turkey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAH

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAKAJAD

Legal Collections & Litigation Support (Judgments, Garnishments)

Financial & Insurance/Lending & Consumer Finance/Debt Collection, Recovery & Servicing

SECONDARYBPAHALAG

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Research, Analytics & Expert Services

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Commercial law practice
• Labour law services
• Bankruptcy enforcement law
• Personal data protection law

Headquarters

HQ city

İzmir

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory and Consultancy Services: The firm generates revenue through professional legal advisory and consultancy services, providing both preventative legal counseling and dispute resolution representation to domestic and foreign investors, institutions, and individuals in Turkey.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Şahin Law Firm provides full-spectrum legal counseling (preventive consultancy) and advocacy/litigation services to domestic and foreign investors, reputable institutions, and individuals in Turkey. Services are organized across four main departments — Execution and Bankruptcy Law, Labour Law, Commercial Law, and Personal Data Protection and IT Law — covering 13+ practice areas including Information Law, Energy Law, Competition Law, Real Estate Law, Administrative Law, Insurance Law, International Trade Law, and Intellectual Property Law.

Product overview

Şahin Law Firm is a traditional law firm (not a technology product company) that provides legal counseling and advocacy services. The firm operates through four main departments: Execution and Bankruptcy Law Department, Labour Law Department, Commercial Law Department, and Personal Data Protection and IT Law Department. Services include both consultation to prevent disputes and legal representation in dispute resolution processes, organized under 13 practice areas including Information Law, Energy Law, Competition Law, Real Estate Law, Administrative Law, Insurance Law, International Trade Law, and Intellectual Property Law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Consultancy Services

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• YükselKarkınKüçük Attorney Partnership: Full-service Turkish law firm with Ankara roots and Istanbul presence; practice breadth comparable to Şahin across commercial, labor, administrative, and enforcement matters.
• Pekin & Bayar Law Firm: Istanbul full-service Turkish law firm offering commercial, corporate, employment, and dispute services. Comparable mid-to-large full-service model serving foreign-investor and institutional clients.
• Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership: Istanbul full-service Turkish law firm with comparable commercial, corporate, and dispute coverage. Direct competitor for foreign-investor advisory mandates in Turkey.
• Esin Attorney Partnership: One of Turkey's leading full-service law firms and Baker McKenzie correspondent, based in Istanbul. Comparable for cross-border and foreign-investor mandates, M&A, competition, and commercial practice overlap with Şahin.
• Gün + Partners: Istanbul-headquartered full-service Turkish law firm with deep commercial, IP, IT/data-protection, and dispute resolution practices. Strong overlap with Şahin's IT/data-protection and commercial departments.
• Moroğlu Arseven: Full-service Istanbul law firm with strong corporate, commercial, employment, and dispute practices. Comparable to Şahin in multi-practice structure and mid-market institutional client base.
• Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı Attorney Partnership: Istanbul-based full-service Turkish firm with corporate, commercial, real estate, and dispute practices — strong overlap with Şahin's commercial law and execution/enforcement departments.
• Paksoy Ortak Avukatlık Bürosu: Istanbul-based full-service Turkish law firm advising domestic and international clients on commercial, corporate, and dispute matters. Comparable to Şahin in offering a multi-practice platform with foreign-investor orientation, though with Istanbul anchoring.

Broad incumbents

• Norton Rose Fulbright (Turkey): Global law firm with a Turkish practice through an association with local counsel; competes for the same cross-border mandates, FDI structuring, and large commercial work that Şahin targets at the foreign-investor segment.

Regional players

• Hansa Law Firm: İzmir-based regional Turkish law firm with international affiliations serving Aegean-region corporates. Closest geographic peer to Şahin, competing for the same İzmir and Aegean institutional client pool.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sahinlawfirm

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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