Dr Gökçe Uzar Schüller elected to the board of directors of the Turkish German Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Dr Gökçe Uzar Schüller is a new member of the board of directors of the Turkish German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TD-IHK). The ten person board of directors elected by the regular membership meeting for three years consists of equal numbers of German and Turkish members. As a Turkish attorney - avukat - Dr Uzar Schüller is one of five Turkish members of the board of directors in the TD-IHK.
The TD-IHK headquartered in Berlin is a Turkish/German business association which assists the member companies and interested parties, especially when entering the Turkish or German markets. The members of the association established in the year 2004 include international corporate groups as well as businesses and sole proprietorships in the field of industry, commerce, services and the trades.
The local partner and expert on Turkey Dr Uzar Schüller heads the Turkey desk for GvW Graf von Westphalen. As an avukat, she advises German companies, among other areas, in entering the market in Turkey, structuring contracts under Turkish law as well as litigation in Turkey (including with commercial agents or in the case of trademark and patent infringements). She also acts in the law firm as the first contact partner for Turkish companies in their transactions in Germany and coordinates the work of the German GvW attorneys at the firm’s five offices.
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