Leyla Orak Çelikboya Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
Nationality(ies):
Turkish

Legal System:

Civil Law

Practice Areas:

Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Information - Communication Technologies, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Trade - Industry

Jurisdiction:

Turkey

Publications

Selection of Books

  • Türk Ticaret Kanunu Madde 208 Uyarınca Anonim Şirketlerde Satın Alma Hakkı (Right to Purchase Minority Shares in Joint Stock Companies under Art. 208 Turkish Commercial Law), İstanbul, On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2017

Selection of newsletter articles

  • ISTAC Kuralları Uyarınca Süreler (ISTAC Turkish Bulletin, September 2017, online) / Time Limits under the ISTAC Rules (ISTAC Newsletter, September 2017, online)
  • Promoting Settlement in International Arbitration (online on mondaq.com)
    Third Party Funders in Arbitration (online on mondaq.com)
  • Squeeze-Out in Group Companies (online on mondaq.com)
  • Increase in Minimum Capital Amounts (coauthored, online on orakcelikboya.av.tr)

Speaking Engagement:

Selection of speaking engagements

  • Swiss Arbitration Istanbul Event, 25 February 2025, moderator in the first session on Arbitrating under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
  • VIAC CAN – Hergüner Joint event, 4 October 2025, moderator in the panel on Corporate Disputes in Focus: Effective Arbitration Strategies Event
  • ISTAC Arbitration Rules Training Programme, session on initiation of the proceedings, choosing the arbitrators and writing the briefs, 29 March 2024, speaker together with Dr. Kerem Çelikboya
  • ICC YAAF Türkiye Training Programme Session 5 on Arbitral Award hosted by Akıncı Law Office on 28 March 2024, panelist, subject: types of arbitral decisions and awards
  • Coffee talks with young arbitrators of YoungISTAC, 12 May 2022, speaker together with Att. Ferda Nur Güvenalp
  • Young ICCA skill-building webinar on cross-examination of fact witnesses (part of Casablanca Arbitration Days of 2020), 5 December 2020, attending as a fact witness

Teaching

As of October 2024, member of the academic staff of Istanbul Yeditepe University Faculty of Law as a lecturer. Teaching the course titled International Business Transactions I and II to the graduating class, a mandatory course for the graduating class in both semesters. Topics covered include the Vienna Convention on the sales of goods, Incoterms® rules, trade usages, Unidroit principles, M&A transactions, and dispute resolution. 

Education

  • Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, graduated in 2010
  • Istanbul Bilgi University, LL.M. on Business Law thesis defended in 2017

Other Information

  • Sits as arbitrator, tribunal secretary, and counsel in national and international arbitration proceedings
  • VIAC-CAN Co-ambassador for Türkiye since 2023
  • Completed the Delos Arbitration's Writing Awards course as part of the WAWA 2024 edition
  • Mentor in ISTAC 2021-2022 Mentorship Programme
  • Mentee in the 2019 cycle of Young ICCA Mentoring Programme
  • Fluent and fully proficient in Turkish and English, proficient in French, speaks German and Bosnian
Firm/Organisation
Orak Çelikboya Law Firm
External Profile: Visit Website
Bar Admission:Istanbul, 2011
Selected Languages:
Languages
English
Speaking Proficiency Proficient
Professional Proficiency Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Languages
Turkish
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Professional Proficiency Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Languages
German
Speaking Proficiency Conversational
Professional Proficiency Understand written documents
Languages
French
Speaking Proficiency Proficient
Professional Proficiency Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Orak Çelikboya Law Firm

Professional Address

Plaza Cubes, Icerenkoy Mah. Umut Sk. No:10-12 Quick Tower K:16, Atasehir
Istanbul - Turkey
Mobile Phone: +90 +905305001338