The best case is the one that is never filed. Bilkay Legal's legal-consultancy service aims to secure clients' business and life decisions in law, to anticipate possible risks before they arise, and to build a long-term relationship as a strategic legal partner.
Scope of Our Service
Our office provides ongoing legal counsel (on a retainer basis) to companies and need-based consultancy to individual clients. We act as a mentor across a broad field, from contract reviews to personal-data-protection compliance and the legal dimensions of commercial decision-making processes.
Our Principal Practice Areas
- Ongoing legal counsel for companies
- Contract review and negotiation support
- Personal-data-protection compliance and registry filings
- Preparation of internal regulations and procedures
- Establishment of compliance programmes
- Legal risk identification and assessment
- Pre-dispute strategy and negotiation support
- Preparation of formal notices and official correspondence
- Support in board-of-directors meetings and resolutions
- Due-diligence (legal review) reports
- Training and awareness seminars
- Life-event consultancy for individual clients
Ongoing Legal Counsel for Companies
The legal questions companies face in their day-to-day operations span a wide range of subjects - drawing up an employment contract, the legal review of correspondence with customers and suppliers, obtaining swift legal advice when a problem arises. Our retainer model provides uninterrupted, priority legal support for a fixed monthly fee; by eliminating the need to issue a fresh power of attorney and negotiate a fee each time, it enables company managers to operate within legal security.
Contract Review and Risk Management
Every contract sent to you by a business partner should be examined carefully before it is accepted. Provisions such as limitations of liability, penalty clauses, confidentiality obligations, non-compete, dispute-resolution clauses and the choice of governing law directly determine the risks the contract will create in the future. Our office provides a quick turnaround in preparing your standard contracts, reviewing negotiated contracts and mapping the risks.
Why ongoing legal consultancy? A lawyer engaged at the moment of crisis aims only to limit the damage. In ongoing consultancy, by contrast, the goal is to prevent crises from arising in the first place. A legal partner who knows the business model, commercial relationships and human-resources policy of the enterprise accompanies decision-making processes in a way that produces the most accurate results.
Personal-Data-Protection Compliance and Data-Protection Consultancy
The Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 today contains obligations covering almost every company. The registry-filing requirement, explicit consent and information notices, the data inventory, the retention-and-destruction policy, data-security measures and data-breach notifications are the fundamental headings of this field. Compliance shortcomings may lead to high administrative fines imposed by the Authority. Beginning with the domestic data-protection law, our office establishes the whole of GDPR and sector-specific compliance as an integrated programme.
Legal Consultancy for Individuals
We provide legal mentoring to our individual clients in life events such as buying a home or vehicle, signing a lease, protecting one's rights during the process of leaving a job, a prenuptial matrimonial property agreement, a will and inheritance planning. A small legal review at the outset can prevent far larger legal problems from arising later.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between ongoing consultancy and case-based service?
In case-based service, a power of attorney is granted for a particular dispute and service is provided for the duration of that case. In ongoing consultancy, by contrast, unlimited legal advice, contract review, formal-notice and meeting support are provided for a fixed monthly fee. Ongoing consultancy is particularly advantageous for companies in a growth phase and for enterprises where regular legal questions arise.
My company is small - do I need ongoing consultancy?
Small-scale companies, too, face legal risks at every stage of commercial life: drawing up an employment contract, dismissing a disputed employee, problems with a supplier, data-protection obligations, and so on. Ongoing consultancy packages can be scaled to the size and needs of the company. For a small enterprise, a modest monthly fee provides a guarantee of protection from major legal problems.
Do I need to come to your office to obtain legal advice?
No. For ongoing-consultancy clients we offer communication by telephone, e-mail, WhatsApp and video call. Where an in-person meeting is required, it is arranged by prior appointment. The option of working online greatly facilitates the process, particularly for our clients outside Istanbul and abroad.