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ATTORNEYS
Bahattin Çelik
Founding Partner
He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Law in 1985.
Mr. Çelik worked as a legal intern, candidate for judicial judges, legal counsel in General Staff Judicial Consultancy, legal counsel in Yapı Kredi Bank, Oyak Bank / ING Bank and KKB Credit Registration Office established by nine major banks.
Having put his corporate life behind after 32 years, he has been working as an expert in the field of labor law in Izmir since April 1st, 2018. Together with Meltem Yavuz, they established Tam Law Firm, Consultancy and Mediation Center.
Mr. Çelik was one of the first people to introduce law to technology in the early 1990s at a time when the computer was not known in the field of law. UYAP-National Judicial Network Program has also made an honorary contribution to the software. This curiosity continues at the level of consultancy to companies engaged in software on legal issues.
Having spent almost all of his professional life in financial institutions, Mr. Çelik has contributed and contributed to many laws and regulations related to the sector such as Movable Pledge, Execution and Bankruptcy Law amendments and square-shaped checks.
Meltem Yavuz
Founding Partner
She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Law in 1993.
Yavuz worked as a freelance lawyer under the Manisa Bar Association from 1997 to 2006. During this period, she worked as legal counsel to Tariş Grape Union and Yeşilyurt Municipality. In addition to these duties, she has also had plenty of serious of litigation experience under Labor Law, Civil Law and Law of Obligations.
In 2006, she moved to Izmir and continued to work as a freelance lawyer registered to Izmir Bar Association and has signed precedent lawsuits in Labor Law. Since 2008, she has been working as an expert in Labor and Social Security Law in Izmir Labor Courts. In 2014, she became an official mediator. As a mediator, Mrs. Yavuz is distinguished for her unique success in the ability to reconcile parties in labor-based conflicts. She is also involved in trade union bargaining as a labor law consultant for large-scale companies.
Mrs. Yavuz has put her career of 25 years as a freelance lawyer behind and started the Tam Law Firm, Consultancy and Mediation Center with Bahattin Celik, who has made a name for himself in the practice of commercial law in both İzmir and İstanbul for many years.
She has numerous litigation experience in the fields of Labor Law, Family Law, and Real Estate Law.