Professor Dr. Vahit Bıçak

Professor Dr. Of evidence and criminal law, Academician, Lecturer, Educator, Trainer, Writer, Legal Consultant, Practitioner, Mediator, Arbitrator, Attorney, specialized in many aspects of evidence and criminal law with proven record of strong leadership. Fluent in Turkish and English. Founding partner of both the Bıçak Law Firm and the Just & Fair Mediation Centre. Professor Dr. Bicak is widely recognized by his clients and peers as a leading "go-to" practitioner for challenging legislative and regulatory problems. Over the last three-plus decades, he has been involved in major legislative and regulatory initiatives involving white collor crime, fraud, bribery money loundering, insider dealing, misleading the market, tax evasion, water menagement and domestic violance. Accredited and skilled mediator with over a decade experience of handling both civil, commercial, employment, consumer, health, energy and mine disputes. He has been involved in mediation since its infancy in Turkey in the 2010’s. Trusted advisors for the most complex domestic and cross-border business transactions and corporate governance. Acted as advisor to drafting contracts, civil and criminal liability of owners for acts of the company and of the company for acts of its owners. Criminal litigation attorney specialising in commercial criminal and regulatory consultancy and defence work, most particularly defending individuals and companies subject to investigations by prosecuting authorities. Specialities: corporate crime prevention, corporate criminal liability, white collor crimes, fraud investigation and prevention, anti-bribery, money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, compliance, anti-corruption, white collar irregularities, and other financial offences. Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Ankara University in Turkey. Became a doctor in law with a thesis on improperly obtained evidence. Received his PhD from the University of Nottingham in Great Britain. Professor Dr. Biçak, an internationally known lawyer, was a visiting scholar at both the City University of New York and the Fordham Law School, U.S.A., the Moribor University in Slovenia, Lyon II University Faculty of Law in France, who has worked in a number of Turkish universities including Bilkent, Hacettepe, Gazi, Atılım, Başkent, Hacı Bayram has been a lecturer in evidence law, commercial criminal law and criminal procedure law since 1990.