Can
Şeref Can Arat
Can’s core practice areas cover construction, finance (on both contentious and non-contentious matters) and dispute resolution while his experience and professional interest have a wider range.
Can has significant experience with regards to infrastructure and energy projects which include: tendering procedures and documentation, setting up joint ventures and consortia, drafting and negotiating shareholders agreements, services agreements; FIDIC contracts (including Red, Yellow, Silver Books), ad-hoc construction contracts, Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts; operation and maintenance (O&M) agreements; power purchase agreements (PPAs); project finance documentation; PPP models such as Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Build-Operate (BO), Build-Lease-Transfer (BLT); construction claim management; litigation, dispute adjudication and arbitration for construction disputes.
Can also has extensive experience in corporate law transactions and disputes. His experience covers: M&A transactions, due diligences, issues regarding board composition, power delegation, annulment of general assembly resolutions, capital increase and decrease, corporate restructuring.
Can is a member of the Executive Board of Young ISTAC (Istanbul Arbitration Center), Istanbul Bar & Union of Turkish Bar Associations, International Bar Association, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and the ICC Turkey National Committee.
Education
Bilkent University, Ankara TURKEY
Law School, LLB (Bachelor of Laws)
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul TURKEY
LL.M. Programme
Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul TURKEY
Ph.D. Candidate - Programme in Private Law
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul TURKEY
Corporate Governance Principles in the E.U. and the U.S.A. Memberships