BORA GEMİCİOĞLU
PARTNER, GEMİCĠOĞLU LAW OFFICE
E-Commerce and Technology Law
o Over 13 years of experience as an attorney, developing and leading Gemicioğlu Law Office with a focus on e-commerce and technology law.
o Strategic partnerships expert with an extensive and solid network in the e-commerce and technology industries in Turkey.
o Dedicated leader with the ability to manage both national and international team members within different business structures and processes such as in-house councils, external consultants, and heads of legal.
CORE COMPETENCIES
In-Depth E-Commerce and Technology Law Knowledge
Business Strategy
Development and Management
Crisis Management and
Complex Problem Solving
Network Development
and Management
Negotiation and
Mediation Skills
Account and
Project Management
Team Building, Leadership
Public
Speaking
Strong
Research Skills

Academic
Law Skills
Advanced
Litigation Skills
Budget
Planning PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Gemicioğlu Law Office / İstanbul May 2011-Present Managing Partner  Managing Gemicioğlu Law Office day to day, including development of business strategy, client and team management and marketing.  Leading a team of 25 people in addition to managing in-house client representatives with dotted lines.  Overseeing 30+ long-term client cases/projects both foreign and local, providing them high quality legal services, reporting.  Actively developing further expertise in e-commerce and technology, including but not limited to e-commerce payment services, online behavioural marketing, electronic signature, IOT services, protection of personal information, identity security systems, trademark and IP related services.  Providing mergers and acquisition services including but not limited to being the lawyer of funds in series A deals, venture deals, seed deals.

Managed a total of 679 commercial, labour, consumer, IP law-related and criminal cases in addition to the 3560 consumer committees managed with relevant parties.

Key Clients

o Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.Ş. (reporting directly to Sony Mobile Europe) (https://www.sony.com.tr/),

o Electrolux Day Tüketim Mamülleri San. Tic. A.Ş., Tatil Sepeti.com (the biggest online hotel reservation web site in Turkey) (https://www.electrolux.com.tr/), o Moka Ödeme Kuruluşu A.Ş (payment systems service company) (https://www.moka.com/), o MV Holding (owner of KVK, Cardtek, Dost Enerji, Güzel Oteller companies in Turkey) (www.mvholding.com/) o Ega Elektronik Güvenlik Altyapısı A.Ş. (electronic signature company) (http://www.ega.com.tr/)

o Bionay A.Ş. (identity control systems company) (http://www.bionay.com.tr/)

o Kunt Electronik San. Tic. A.Ş. (Telecom, automotive and IT related business) (http://www.kunt.com.tr) o Kat Mekatronik A.Ş. (R&D and production of technology devices) (http://www.katmekatronik.com.tr/)

o Artron Tasarım Üretim Elek. Tic. A.Ş. (Defence Industry Technology Company) o Alegra Dijital Yayıncılık A.Ş. (e-commerce platforms software provider) (https://alegra.io/) o Eko Çağrı Merkezi (Call center company) (http://www.ekoccs.com/tr/) o KVK Teknoloji A.Ş. (Mobile Phone Distributor Company, one of the two representatives of Turkcell (one of the largest GSM operator in Turkey) in the market) (https://www.kvk.com/) o StartersHub (a leading early-stage technology seed fund based in Istanbul, supporting more than 50 start-ups) (https://www.startershub.org/)

o Fitwell Ltd. (Mobile wellness application based in London) (https://www.fitwell.co/) Key Achievements - Developed Gemicioğlu Law Office as one of the key law offices in e-commerce and IT law providing legal services in all new technologies. - Successfully managed distributor agreement negotiations with KVK, Genpa and Turkcell for the whole retail channel distribution of Turkcell-supported mobile phones in Turkey. - Managed the Cardtek Investment of MV Holding. - Supervised and finalized the purchasing of shares by KVK Teknoloji Company from Çukurova Holding A.Ş. for MV Holding. - Provided legal counselling for the transfer of shares of DLT Turizm Ticaret A.Ş. (Tatilsepeti) to Bancroft Group A.Ş. - Successfully managed the “Phorm” project with PT Reklam A.Ş and Turktelekom. - Became the first lawyer of StartersHub, a technology seed fund which invested in over 50 start-ups.

Gemicioğlu Law Office / İstanbul May 2006-May 2011 Partner

 Managed Gemicioğlu Law Office day to day, including development of business strategy and client and team management.

 Lead a team of 10 people in addition to managing in-house client representatives with dotted lines.

 Oversaw 30+ long-term client cases/projects both foreign and local, providing them high quality legal services included the reporting.

 Provided legal counselling on e-commerce, telecommunications, call centre, R&D fields.  Oversaw mergers and acquisition services including but not limited to being the lawyer of founds, involving in series A deals, venture deals, seed deals with an extensive numbers of deals and experience. Key Clients o Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (one of the largest GSM operator in Turkey) (https://www.turkcell.com.tr/), o Turkcell Teknoloji A.Ş. (r&d company) (http://www.turkcellteknoloji.com.tr/),

o Ericsson Telecommunication A.Ş. (GSM infrastructure company reporting to abroad) (https://www.ericsson.com/en

o Sony Mobile (Gsm Device Company) (https://www.sony.com.tr/), o Global Bilgi Çağrı Merkezi A.Ş. (Turkcell’s Call Center)( https://www.globalbilgi.com.tr/) o www.limango.com.tr (otto Gmbh’s e-commerce company in Turkey), (closed) o Ogli Solution Platform (e-commerce oriented warehouse company) (https://www.arvato.com/tr-tr/solutions/e-ticaret-cozumleri.html) o www.estore.com (one of the Turkish first e-commerce company) (closed) o Kunt Electronik San. Tic. A.Ş.(Telecom, automotive and IT related business) (http://www.kunt.com.tr) o Pusula Pazarlama A.Ş. (Speak company sale oriented call Centre Company) (closed)

Key Achievements - Participated in the Superonline and Telkom merger. - Successfully provided legal counselling for the transfer of Bizitek Bilgisayar Yazılım Internet Teknoloji Ticaret A.Ş. to Ericsson Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. - Provided legal counselling for the transfer of St Micro Elektroniks A.Ş. to Ericsson Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. - Managed the corporate development of Gemicioğlu Law Office by establishing hourly work system, litigation follow up systems, reporting systems.

EDUCATION Istanbul University Law Faculty/ İstanbul 2009-Present PHD on Obligation Law Thesis: “The representation and management of the simple society” Expected to graduate in September 2019 University of Essex/ Essex, UK 2004-2005 LLM on European Union Law Bilgi University Law Faculty/ İstanbul 1999-2004 Bachelor of Law (with scholarship of OSYM) Galatasaray High School/ İstanbul 1991-1999