TUGA|ARAT founding partner Umut Tuğa presented a webinar on "Contracts 101 for Mechanical Engineers" for the members of the UCTEA CHAMBER OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Ankara Branch.

September, 2025
Umut Tuğa presented a webinar on the "Contracts 101 for Mechanical Engineers" for the members of UCTEA, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, Ankara Branch, September 18, 2025.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat gave a presentation on “Fundamentals of Arbitration and the Arbitration Agreement".

October, 2024
Şeref Can Arat spoke at the GALA SUMMIT organised on 6 October 2024 by Galatasaray University in Istanbul, addressing key aspects of arbitration principles and agreement drafting..

 TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat was panelist in the “Dispute Adjudication in the Turkish Market" event organized by the Construction Adjudication Association of South Africa.

September, 2023
Şeref Can Arat contributed as panelist together with Dr. John Lancaster (Managing Director of Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore) and (Rob Driscoll, Director of Legal and Business Affairs at ECA UK) discussing dispute adjudication practices and their development in the Turkish construction market at the event hosted by the Construction Adjudication Association of South Africa on 1 September 2023.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Umut Tuğa was panelist in the "Managing Expectations in Arbitration" event organized by ISTAC and The Solution.

March, 2022
Umut Tuğa contributed as panelist together with Ziya Akıncı (ISTAC, Akıncı), Micahel Bühler (Orrick), Xavier Favre-Bulle (Lenz and Staehelin) and Paolo Marzolini (Patocchi Marzolini) in the panel entitled "Managing Expectations in Arbitration" moderated by Utku Coşar (Coşar) organized by ISTAC and The Solution (Bilgi University) in Istanbul, March 24, 2022.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat gave a lecture on “Project Finance and EPC Contracts".

March, 2021
Şeref Can Arat gave a lecture on 23 March 2021 on Project Finance and EPC Contracts, within the International Trade Law (LAW 506) course at Istanbul Bilgi University’s LL.M. programme in International Trade Law.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat gave a lecture on “Project Finance".

March, 2020
Şeref Can Arat gave a lecture on 3 March 2020 on Project Finance, within the International Trade Law (LAW 506) course at Istanbul Bilgi University’s LL.M. programme in International Trade Law.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Umut Tuğa provided a lecture on "Dispute Resolution in FIDIC Contracts" for the members of the Cyprus Chamber of Civil Engineers.

October, 2019
Umut Tuğa provided a lecture together with Dr. Levent Sümer (SMR Strategy) on the "Claims Management and Dispute Resolution in FIDIC Contracts" for the members of KTIMO, Cyprus Chamber of Civil Engineers in Nicosia, October 22-25, 2019.

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat was panelist in the "How to Run Your Arbitration" conference organized by Young ISTAC and ASAb40.

June, 2019
Şeref Can Arat contributed as panelist together with Georg Adler (Wilmer Hale) in the panel entitled "Strategic Considerations when Determining your Arbitral Panel" moderated by Serhat Eskiyörük (Altınbaş University) in the conference "How to Run Your Arbitration" organized by Young ISTAC and ASAb40 in Istanbul.

TUGA|ARAT co-hosted the the first ever conference in Istanbul on   "The Psychology of the Arbitration Hearing."

March, 2019
TUGA|ARAT has been honored to host, on March 28, 2019, the first ever conference in Istanbul about the Psychology of the Arbitration Hearing together with the ISTANBUL ARBITRATION CENTER (ISTAC) and PATOCCHI & MARZOLINI.

Distinguished speakers/moderators of the event included Prof. Ziya Akıncı, Dr. İsmail Esin, Laurence Shore, Paolo Marzolini, Ragnar Harbst, Christopher Harris QC and Dr. Leslie Ellis. 

Details and programme of the event can be found here. 

TUGA|ARAT founding partner Şeref Can Arat delivered a presentation on “The Fundamentals of ISTAC Arbitration.”

October, 2017
Şeref Can Arat spoke as part of the ISTAC Arbitration introductory seminar held in Istanbul on 27 October 2017, focusing on the core principles and procedures of ISTAC arbitration.

TUGA|ARAT contribution to the Turkish chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Construction & Engineering Law.

July, 2017
Şeref Can Arat & Umut Tuğa have written the Turkish chapter of the 2017 edition of "The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to: Construction & Engineering Law." 

The chapter provides a practical overview of Turkish construction and contract law. You can read the respective chapter here.

ICLG: Construction & Engineering Law is part of a series of guides covering a total of 44 practice areas. The guide is the compilation of contributions of leading legal experts from around the world.

The guide is distributed to a number of key international actors, including public authorities, employers, contractors, legal directors and law firms.