Burcu Canik
Summary
As a Legal Counsel at Unsped Customs Consultancy and Logistics Services Inc., I specialize in contract law, regulatory compliance, and personal data protection. I oversee the drafting and review of commercial agreements and actively contribute to both the Compliance Committee and the KVKK (Personal Data Protection Law) Committee, ensuring strict adherence to legal and regulatory standards.
I hold an ISO Auditor certification in KVKK and actively volunteer in various professional organizations, providing legal consultancy. With a risk-focused, solution-oriented, and detail-driven approach, I contribute to both internal legal processes and broader industry developments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Legal Counsel (Contract & Regulatory Compliance)
Unsped Customs Consultancy And Logistics Services Inc.
03.2024 - Current
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and providing opinions on all sorts of contracts. Especially; Consultancy Contracts, Procurement Contracts, Forwarding Contracts, Cooperation Contracts, Rental / Lease Contracts, Non-disclosure Agreements, Data Processing Agreements.
- Preparing all documents required to file cases; researching legal concepts, judicial precedents, laws, and regulations.
- The compliance of contracts with regulations has been ensured.
- Managing regulatory compliance processes within the company's Compliance Committee and providing training sessions.
- Writing legal documents such as contracts, termination letters, petitions, complaints, and appeals.
- Providing consultancy on rental cases, initiating enforcement proceedings, filing lawsuits, and following up on them.
- Making decisions, preparing documents and papers, and conducting audits in the Company's Personal Data Protection Board.
- Providing legal consultancy in the fields of logistics, nutrition, and sports, which are the sectors of the company's sub-companies, and preparing legal correspondence and contracts.
- Preparation and defense of complaint petitions in criminal investigations.
- Knowledge of Customs Law, preparation and follow-up of petitions.
- To file enforcement cases, follow them up, and attend hearings.
- Participating in mediation meetings and monitoring the process.
Attorney At Law
Freelance (Self employed)
10.2020 - Current
- As a freelance attorney, I provided consultancy to my clients on matters such as contracts, real estate law, commercial law, enforcement law, and labor law, while also representing them in their legal proceedings.
Attorney At Law & Trainee Lawyer
Ali Yuksel Hilmi Ozalp Law Firm
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Provided legal consultancy on contracts, commercial law, real estate law, consumer law, labor law.
- Attended more than a hundred hearings in the fields of labor law, commercial law, real estate law, and enforcement law.
- Provided business approach to the various operational functions on all sorts of legal issues.
- Followed up, reviewed, and attended the lawsuits.
- Followed up the new legislation, and regulations related to corporate law, and obligations law and adopt such updates to the legal affairs processes.
- Responded to the papers notified by civil or public authorities and drafted notary papers.
- Researched and analyzed the legislation and wrote briefs.
- Wrote articles in the field of consumer law and zoning law.
- Analyzed and statistically analyzed the cases regarding the conservation zoning plan.
- Followed up work in municipalities, land registry offices, and courthouses.
- Followed up the inheritance-sharing process.
Trainee Lawyer
Kayra Law Firm
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Assisted in drafting, editing, and proofreading various legal documents, including briefs, letters, filings, and other correspondence.
- Conducted comprehensive legal research and analysis to support the legal team in a variety of cases.
- Overseed administrative tasks, such as updating and maintaining client files, records, and databases.
- Followed up enforcement proceedings.
Education
No Degree - General English and IELTS course
Centre Of English Studies
Dublin, Ireland12.2023
Bachelor Of Laws -
Ozyegin University
Istanbul, Turkey09.2020
Skills
- Legal Aspects
- Legal Consulting
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Negotiation
- Compliance
- Legal research
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
Certification
- IELTS, British Council, 2024
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Compliance, Udemy, 2025
- Compliance Management, Udemy, 2025
- Representation of Clients in Arbitration, Union of Turkish Bar Associations, 2025
- ISO/IEC 27701 Personal Data and Information Privacy Management System Internal Auditor Training, TGS International Certification, 2024
- Legal English Language, Bar Of Istanbul, 2024
- IT Law, The European Law Students Association, 2021
- Current Issues in Business Law, Ozyegin University, 2020
- Individual Application to the European Court of Human Rights, Ozyegin University, 2020
- International Economic Law, Ozyegin University, 2019
- Appeal, Istanbul University, 2017
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Turkish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Affiliations
- Bar Of Istanbul
- Rotaract
- International Institute of Health Safety Environment
- Bar of Istanbul Arbitration Center
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/06/98
- Driving License: B
REFERANCES
References available on request.
Timeline
Legal Counsel (Contract & Regulatory Compliance)
Unsped Customs Consultancy And Logistics Services Inc.
03.2024 - Current
Attorney At Law & Trainee Lawyer
Ali Yuksel Hilmi Ozalp Law Firm
03.2021 - 07.2022
Attorney At Law
Freelance (Self employed)
10.2020 - Current
Trainee Lawyer
Kayra Law Firm
10.2020 - 03.2021
No Degree - General English and IELTS course
Centre Of English Studies
Bachelor Of Laws -
Ozyegin University