Tuğçe is a dual-qualified lawyer (Attorney at Law in Austria and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales) having a strong focus on cross-border M&A, Private Equity (PE), Joint Venture (JV), Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) and financial transactions as well as on global corporate restructurings including the regulatory aspects such as the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation and the export control.
Her ability to practice law in both a civil law and a common law jurisdiction, her language skills (being native in German, English and Turkish) and her excellent network make her an ideal Head of our CEE Turkish Desk. This desk bundles comprehensive expertise for both Turkish investors and companies aiming to enter the CEE markets as well as for investors and companies based in Europe who are positioning themselves or making investments in Türkiye.
Tuğçe has many years of experience in advising national and international clients in transactions often involving multiple jurisdictions. Another main area of her practice are transport & logistics projects, often with a focus on the CEE region. She regularly writes and speaks at conferences on a wide range of corporate law and FDI topics.
Tuğçe has authored numerous articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals as well as in other relevant media on a wide range of corporate law and FDI topics. Her recent publications include:
“New Proposal for EU-Regulation on Combating Late Payment in Commercial Transactions – Are SMEs Expecting more Resilience and Fairness in Business in Future?” in The Company Lawyer (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell), Issue 2, 2024
“Additional regulatory layer for mergers and acquisitions transactions proposed by the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) of the EU” in The Company Lawyer (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell), 2023
“The EU’s New FDI Screening Regulation, Cross-Border M&A Transactions, and Foreign Investment” in Yale Journal on Regulation (JREG), 2021
“The EU’s Path to CFIUS-style Review for Inbound Investment” in Yale Journal on Regulation (JREG), 2021
“Disclosure – The Contractual Aspects” in The Company Lawyer (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell), 2021
“Foreign direct investment (FDI) screening in Europe and the new EU-FDI Regulation” in The Company Lawyer (Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters), 2021
„Praxishandbuch Kapital in der GmbH: Kapitalaufbringung | Kapitalerhaltung | Kapitalmaßnahmen“ (Linde Verlag), 2021
“Impact of the New EU – Foreign Direct Investment Screening Framework for Foreign Investors” in Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB), 2020
“Impact of the EU’s new foreign direct investment (FDI) screening framework for foreign companies in Austria” in International Trade Law & Regulation (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell), 2020
“Investitionskontrolle in Österreich gemäß des neuen Investitionskontrollgesetzes vor dem Hintergrund der neuen EU-FDI-Screening-VO” in Spektrum der Steuerwissenschaften und des Außenwirtschaftsrechts (Jan Sramek Verlag), 2020
“Impact of the new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Framework of the EU for foreign companies in Austria” in CEE Legal Matters, 2019
Editorial Board Member of The Company Lawyer (Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell)
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Financial Crime (Emerald Publishing)
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Money Laundering Control (Emerald Publishing)
Editor-in-Chief of IALS Student Law Review (University of London)
Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London
Member of the Law Society of England and Wales
Member of the Vienna Bar Association
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
Alumni of the Oxford Union and Lincoln College, University of Oxford
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New proposal for EU-regulation on combating late payment in commercial transactions – are SMEs expecting more resilience and fairness in business in future?
Taylor Wessing Czech Republic attorney initiator of successful Turkish Desk project
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