Güneş & Güneş Law Firm
Our Corporate Identity
Founded in Kemer on March 18, 1999 and based in Antalya since 2007, our firm addresses the legal needs of individual and corporate clients with a strategic approach grounded in the facts, concrete evidence, and current legal developments.
We directly handle litigation, enforcement, contract, and advisory matters across Türkiye; in matters with a foreign element, we coordinate on a file-by-file basis with authorized lawyers in the countries concerned.
Languages of legal communication: Türkçe · English · Deutsch · Русский
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Discover our corporate structure
Explore our corporate history, working model, professional principles, and service structure on the dedicated detail page for each topic.
- Identity and structure
About Us
Explore the firm’s identity, its founder, its Antalya-based way of working, and its approach to legal services as a whole.
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Our Corporate Approach
We explain how we manage the file, strategy, and client communication, from the initial assessment through implementation after the decision.
Explore our corporate approach - Multilingual service
International and Multilingual Legal Services
Our structure for direct legal communication in four languages, transactions with a foreign element, and file-by-file coordination in the countries concerned.
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- Corporate history
From 1999 to Today
We continue the corporate development that began with our founding on March 18, 1999, through our Antalya-based working structure, our file discipline, and a service approach that adapts to changing legal needs.
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Our Service Reach
We directly handle litigation, enforcement, and advisory matters across Türkiye; in matters with a foreign element, we coordinate on a file-by-file basis with authorized lawyers in the countries concerned.
Explore our service reach - Ethics and principles
Our Professional Principles
We adopt the principles of independence, confidentiality, professional diligence, and avoidance of conflicts of interest as the foundation of our way of working, and we act with openness and accountability toward our clients.
Explore our professional principles - Data security and privacy
Privacy and Information Security
In line with attorney professional secrecy, professional confidentiality, and the principles of personal data protection, we limit the use of and access to the information and documents shared with us to the extent the work requires.
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Contribution to Law and Society
Through current legal publications, ongoing in-house training, and public awareness work, we contribute to professional development, legal culture, and public knowledge.
Explore our contribution work - Corporate life and media
Office News and Media
We share corporate developments at our firm, professional events, team activities, and legal commentary that has appeared in the press, through dated and up-to-date entries.
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Corporate development and legal vision
Our Corporate Development and Legal Vision
Corporate Development from March 18, 1999 to Today
Founding in Kemer
Güneş & Güneş Law Firm was founded by Attorney Umut Güneş on March 18, 1999, in Kemer. Since our founding, we have adopted a way of working that addresses the legal needs of local and foreign clients on the basis of the specific characteristics of each file.
Antalya-Based Corporate Structure
In line with our evolving service structure and our clients’ changing needs, we moved our operating center to Antalya in 2007. Today, from our Antalya base, we manage legal proceedings across Türkiye.
Our Legal Vision and Our Responsibility in Our Work
From Facts to Evidence, from Strategy to Implementation
Our corporate approach is built on mastering the facts of the file, evaluating the concrete evidence and the legal possibilities together, developing a workable strategy, and carefully following the process through to the implementation stage after the decision.
Direct Legal Services Across Türkiye, Effective Coordination Abroad
File-by-File Coordination in the Countries Concerned
We directly handle litigation, enforcement, contract, and corporate advisory matters across Türkiye; in disputes and transactions with a foreign element, we coordinate with authorized lawyers in the countries concerned, to the extent the file requires.
Key information about our firm
- Founded
- March 18, 1999
- Founder
- Attorney Umut Güneş
- Place of founding
- Kemer, Antalya
- Headquarters
- Antalya, Türkiye
- Service structure
- Litigation, enforcement, contracts, advisory, and legal case follow-up across Türkiye
- Matters abroad
- File-by-file coordination with authorized lawyers in the countries concerned
- Languages of communication
- Turkish, English, German, and Russian
“Legal representation is not merely responding to a dispute; it means managing the process with a forward-looking strategy, by evaluating the facts, the evidence, the legal possibilities, and the intended outcome together.”
- 1999Year founded
- AntalyaMain office
- Across TürkiyeLitigation, enforcement, and legal case follow-up
- 4 LanguagesTurkish · English · German · Russian
Our working approach
From legal assessment to strategy and implementation
Mastery of the file, strategic thinking, regular updates, and follow-up through to the final stage are handled within a single, inseparable way of working.
Evaluating the facts, the evidence, and the objective together
The specific events, the available documents, the means of proof, the parties’ legal positions, and the client’s objective are examined together. Time limits, procedural risks, and priority steps are identified from the very beginning.
Building a file-specific legal strategy
A file-specific plan of action is drawn up, taking into account the applicable legal rules, the alternative routes, the way the evidence is presented, and the intended outcome; the strategy is kept up to date as the process unfolds.
Following the process, the legal remedies, and the implementation together
The client is regularly informed of important developments. The proceedings, legal remedies, the decision, and the post-decision implementation stages are followed without being treated as separate steps.
Our service model
Direct Representation Across Türkiye, Effective Coordination in Proceedings Abroad
Regardless of where our client is located, we plan and manage legal processes around the country where the transaction will be carried out, the competent authorities, and the form of representation the file requires.
- Individuals and companies in Türkiye
National Litigation and Advisory Management
We directly handle litigation, enforcement, contract, and corporate advisory matters across Türkiye, taking into account the competent and authorized bodies, statutory time limits, evidence strategy, and procedural steps.
Explore our national services - Foreign individuals and investors
Legal Representation in Türkiye for Foreigners
We provide direct representation and advice under Turkish law to foreign individuals and foreign-owned companies with real estate, company formation, investment, residence, work permit, family, or inheritance transactions or lawsuits in Türkiye.
Explore our representation structure in Türkiye - Matters involving foreign countries
Disputes with a Foreign Element and Coordination Abroad
We assess the applicable national law, international jurisdiction, and the consequences of the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments; we coordinate on a file-by-file basis with authorized lawyers in the countries concerned.
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Helpful information
Getting to Know Our Firm and Starting the Process
From first contact to document sharing and power of attorney procedures, we have brought together, in a transparent and clear framework, the basic information about how we work that our clients need most.
Explore our contact detailsI am in another city or in a foreign country; how is the process conducted?
We carry out the initial legal assessment through an online meeting and digital document sharing. For issuing a power of attorney, sworn translation, notarization, apostille annotation, or official procedures that must be carried out in the foreign country concerned, we explain a roadmap specific to your file, and we keep you regularly informed at key stages.
How are documents and communication handled in multilingual service?
Our firm offers direct legal communication in Turkish, English, German, and Russian. We assess separately, according to the type of transaction and the relevant procedural rules, whether foreign-language documents require sworn translation, notarization, or an apostille, and we plan the process of submitting documents to official authorities accordingly.
How can I communicate my legal need to the firm?
Through the meeting request form, you can share the basic outline of your dispute or legal need, any critical dates, the types of documents you have, and your preferred language of communication. We give an initial response to applications within 48 hours at the latest for preliminary assessment purposes; a comprehensive review of the file, appointment confirmation, and the establishment of the power-of-attorney relationship are clarified after this first contact. Because initial contact does not stop legal time limits, if you have an approaching deadline, call our firm by phone without waiting for a response to the form.
Initial contact and preliminary assessment
Let’s Assess Your Legal Matter Together
For your litigation, contract, and legal advisory needs across Türkiye and your legal matters abroad, you can contact us, stating any critical dates and your preferred language of communication.
We give an initial response to applications within 48 hours at the latest for preliminary assessment purposes. This first contact is the preliminary assessment stage before appointment confirmation, a comprehensive review of the file, and the establishment of the power-of-attorney relationship. Because it does not stop legal time limits that are running, if you have an approaching deadline, call our firm by phone without waiting for a response to the form.
The information and documents you share with us are processed, within the framework of attorney professional secrecy, professional confidentiality, and the principles of personal data protection, solely for the purpose of assessing your application and contacting you. Read the Privacy Notice.