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Can Canko UK

Can Canko

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Commercial, Employment and Complex Litigation

Can Canko is practising lawyer in the UK and Turkey. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LLB) from University of Buckingham back in 2007. In 2007 he started Legal 500 leader law firm in Istanbul, Turkey, he worked in Corporate and Capital Markets department for nearly 3,5 years. While working full time he got Turkish Law Degree Equivalence from Dokuz Eylul University in 2010. He got admitted to Istanbul Bar Association as Attorney-at-law in August 2011. He and Pinar Canko founded CANKO Law Firm in 2012. The firm serves as a full service law firm located in Istanbul with 28 consultant attorney-at-laws. He got qualified as Official Mediator in 2020. He also served as International Law Expert and Construction Law Expert in Istanbul Court House.

In the beginning of 2023, he decided to start a law firm in the UK and he passed the SQE in first try and became a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2023. He relocated to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK and co-founded CANKO Law Firm. He is currently supervising complex commercial contracts, employment and commercial matters and leading complex litigations and dispute resolution.

In his 17 years career, he participated Turkey's largest acquisitions amounting more than $15 billion in total (valued in 2010). He is an experienced litigator and has extensive sectoral expertise in Construction, Real Estate, Logistic, Technology and Medical Device sectors.

He speaks Turkish and English.

2007 L.L.B. University of Buckingham, (UK)

2010 Law Degree Equivalence (TR)

2011 Attorney-at-law - Istanbul Bar Association

2020 Mediator - Turkish Ministry of Justice

2023 Solicitor - Solicitors Regulation Authority

2023 Mediator - UK Civil Mediation Council

2023 Arbitrator - MCIArb

 

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Can Canko Solicitor in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
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