We are proud to announce that for five consecutive years our firm has been ranked as Tier 1 in Project development: Power and our partner, Değer Boden as a Highly Regarded among the IFLR1000 rankings. We continue to establish a solid ground among the leading authorities in the energy sector.
Boden Academy held a round-table discussion on “Recent Developments in the Electricity Trade” with the attendance of Dr. Jan Haizmann (Managing Partner, Correggio Consulting/ Chairman of the Legal Committee, Director of the EFET EU Liaison Office, EFET) and Aysegul Onol (Senior Associate, Boden Law) as speakers and with the moderation of Deger Boden (Managing Partner, Boden Law) on 26 July 2019.
In the meeting, among others, blockchain developments in Europe, smart contracts, EFET’s recently launched Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA), the differences of the CPPA from traditional power purchase agreements and the EFET General Agreement regarding Electricity, recent trends in power purchase agreements (PPAs), PPA needs in Turkey and scenarios when demand response is activated, lessons learned from 2018 electricity crisis in Turkey, Boden Law’s recently launched 2019 Close-out Netting Opinion and amendments in the Opinion were discussed.
The first Energy Disputes Conference of ISTAC, organized by ISTAC’s Energy Commission took place in Istanbul on 23 May 2019. Boden was among the sponsors of the event. Our Managing Partner Değer Boden spoke in the 1st Panel regarding “The Future of Energy Related Investment Arbitration”, and our Senior Associate Ayşegül Önol spoke about “Main Issues to Consider When Trading Electricity in Turkey”.
Boden Law co-hosted the second of the “Turkish Arbitration Talks” series, in Geneva on 16 May 2019 featuring leading Turkish arbitration lawyers and arbitrators. Our managing partner Değer Boden shared recent developments and trends concerning arbitration in Turkey as well as international arbitration.
The article co-authored by our associate Şeyma Olğun and legal intern Beritan Zorkun Arık has been published on Istanbul Arbitration Centre – ISTAC March 2019 Newsletter. The newsletter is available at:
https://istac.org.tr/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/istac-newsletter-March-2019-Full.html
Our managing partner Değer Boden, our associates Şeyma Olğun and Nazlı Aytu Özcan have contributed to the Turkey chapter of Global Arbitraion Review Investment Treaty Arbitration. Chapter covers Turkey’s all bilateral and multilateral investment treaties as well as free trade agreements with investment chapters, and aims to provide brief information on their content. We are so pleased to have contributed to that comprehensive work!
The chapter is available online at:
https://globalarbitrationreview.com/jurisdiction/1006276/turkey
4th Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa took place at London on 7 – 8 March 2019. Our Managing Partner, Değer Boden made a presentation on “Improvements on the BITs of Middle East Countries” on the first day of the Conference focused on the Middle East.
Boden Academy held a round-table discussion on “Mediation in Commercial Disputes” with the attendance of Prof. Dr. Tolga Ayoğlu (Galatasaray University, School of Law, Professor of Commercial Law), Atty. Mediator İnanç Akalın (Of counsel, Boden Law) and Atty. Ceren Akkur (Senior Associate, Boden Law) as speakers on 24 January 2019. Legal advisers and representatives of reputable companies attended the meeting. In the meeting, the concept of mediation, the advantages of mediation, commercial cases and certain types of disputes to be considered as falling under the scope of mandatory mediation, mandatory mediation in case of invalid arbitration clause and possible effects of mandatory mediation on the enforcement and set-aside processes were also discussed.
Boden Law co-hosted the first of the “Turkish Arbitration Talks” series, in London on 6 December 2018 featuring leading Turkish arbitration lawyers and arbitrators. Our managing partner Değer Boden shared recent developments and trends concerning arbitration in Turkey as well as international arbitration.
Energy Law Commission of Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC) held a seminar on ISTAC arbitration and mediation rules on 9 November 2018 for the energy sector. Ms. Değer Boden, Managing Partner of Boden Law and Coordinator of the Energy Law Commission of ISTAC was a panelist at the seminar.
