Alper Pirşen (Founding Partner)

In 2007, Alper Pirşen graduated from İstanbul Bilgi University with full scholarship, after completing the Istanbul High School, where he studied with his partner Çağdaş Dönmez. He received his LL. M degree from Berlin Freie Universität and Bochum-Ruhr Universität.

Starting his legal career as a founding partner at Pirşen & Acar & Koçhan (PAK) Law Firm in 2011, Alper Pirşen established Pirşen & Dönmez Law Firm with Çağdaş Dönmez in 2021. In his more-than-a-decade-long professional experience, he has been involved in several significant construction and real estate projects, as well as different types of consultancies and dispute resolution matters of domestic and international clients. Being an expert in the field of sports law, Pirşen also provides particular education and seminars about that particular field. Furthermore, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Istanbulspor Club Association for five years and worked as an arbitrator on the Dispute Resolution Board within the Turkish Football Federation for two terms. Since 2018, Pirşen has been a board member of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.Pirşen has been a member of the European Clubs Association Legal Advisory Board since 2019. As of 2021, he is appointed as the legal advisor of the Consulate General of Japan in Istanbul. He can render professional services in German and English.

Çağdaş Dönmez (Founding Partner)

In 2007, Çağdaş Dönmez graduated from İstanbul Bilgi University with full scholarship, after completing Istanbul High School, where he studied with his partner Alper Pirşen. After completing his undergraduate degree, he received his LL. M degree from Munich Ludwig Maximillian Universität. He is still continuing his PhD. degree in the Private Law area at Istanbul University

Çağdaş Dönmez started his legal career at Öngören Law Firm and subsequently worked for Coca-Cola İçecek A. Ş. for more than a decade. CCI is a multinational beverage company, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange 1. It operates in the Middle East, Central Asia and Pakistan as one of the key bottlers of the Coca-Cola System. At CCI, he took on various roles and responsibilities within the Legal Team, including assignments abroad. During his tenure, he worked in Pakistan for two years as the Legal and PR Director of the Pakistani operations of the company. Before leaving the company to Çağdaş Dönmez started his legal career at Öngören Law Firm and subsequently worked for Coca-Cola İçecek A. Ş. for more than a decade. CCI is a multinational beverage company, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange 1. It operates in the Middle East, Central Asia and Pakistan as one of the key bottlers of the Coca-Cola System. At CCI, he took on various roles and responsibilities within the Legal Team, including assignments abroad. During his tenure, he worked in Pakistan for two years as the Legal and PR Director of the Pakistani operations of the company. Before leaving the company to.

Having more than fifteen years of corporate and professional experience, Çağdaş Dönmez has personally worked and managed various local and international projects, mainly in the fields of commercial law, competition law, intellectual property law and capital markets law. Çağdaş Dönmez, who is also a trademark and patent attorney, continues its mediation activities for local and international disputes. Dönmez can render professional services in both German and English.