Fırat Yalçın heads the Corporate, M&A and Tax practice in the Firm. He has a broad range of corporate and commercial experience, including domestic and cross-border M&A and spin-off transactions, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, civil disputes, tax disputes, and tax inspections.
Fırat has led many cross-border M&A transactions and provided comprehensive legal advice for local and multinational holdings and group companies on their corporate restructuring projects. He advises on tax matters in major transactions, corporate reorganizations and M&As, and tax structuring projects. His clients span in a wide range of sectors; such as technology, automotive, banking and finance, real estate, consumer products, online retailers, energy, infrastructure, and defense.
His expertise also covers commercial law, tax law, labor law, competition law, personal data protection, and intellectual property.
Fırat is dual-qualified as an Attorney at Law and CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in Turkey. He is personally recognized by clients and The Legal500 as the leading individual in tax practice since 2015.
Before joining Pekin & Pekin, Fırat worked for Ernst & Young, the Ministry of National Defense, BDO Turkey (Denet), and the Istanbul Tax Office, respectively.