About Us
Özcan Legal is a law firm based in İstanbul providing legal services particularly with respect to international and national arbitration. What makes Özcan Legal different from many other law firms is its pure focus on arbitration. This is because we consider arbitration proceedings as an art of advocacy that requires deep know-how and experience derived from real arbitration cases.
Özcan Legal has extensive and significant experience in representation of state entities and private companies operating in several sectors such as energy, construction, media and tourism in the investment arbitration proceedings under the rules of ICSID, UNCITRAL and SCC and in the commercial proceedings subject to the rules of ICC, LCIA, Swiss Arbitration Centre or ad hoc. Özcan Legal also represents its clients in the legal proceedings with respect to recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and annulment of arbitration awards in the relevant jurisdictions.
Özcan Legal renders legal advice to its clients with respect to drafting arbitration clauses in their commercial contracts and provides legal opinion on already signed contracts in terms of referral of possible disputes to arbitration including the steps to be followed at the pre-arbitration stages.
Özcan Legal has a very wide and close network with other arbitration law firms and is capable of giving tailor made legal services to its clients regarding every aspect of international arbitration proceedings in other jurisdictions such as Switzerland, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Middle East and Far East.
Turgut Aycan Özcan is the founding partner of Özcan Legal. Özcan has been dealing with international arbitration for more than 10 years. His main practice areas are International Investment & Commercial Arbitration, Public International Law and Energy Law.
Until today, he has represented many Turkish investors in their ICSID arbitration cases filed against several Central Asia and Middle East countries. On the other hand, Özcan was also involved in the teams representing sovereign states before ICSID.
Özcan also acts as a counsel in some international commercial arbitration cases before ICC and other arbitration institutions with respect to construction and energy disputes. He is also serving as an arbitrator in several international commercial arbitral proceedings. Özcan is in the arbitrators panel of Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC) as well.
Turgut Aycan Özcan is recognized by Who’s Who Legal as one of the Arbitration Future Leaders for 2023 & 2024 in Türkiye.
Turgut Aycan Özcan, LL.M.
Founding Partner
Bar Admission
İstanbul Bar Association
Education
University of London (Queen Mary & UCL) LL.M. on International Dispute Resolution
American University, Washington College of Law - Investment and Commercial Arbitration Education Programme
Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Law - LL.B.
Languages
Turkish, English
Memberships
Young ICSID, ICC YAF, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Scottish Arbitration Centre
Recognized by
ARBITRATION FUTURE LEADERS
Peers and clients say:
"Aycan has in-depth knowledge and experience in the field"
"He is highly skilled and creative"
"Aycan is a very hard working and proficient arbitrator whom I have had the privilege of working with"
