Mrs. Saadet Ergin Ozon LL.M. / Director
Mrs Ozon has 11 years of experience in practicing international law with a focus and expertise on the Turkish legal system, She has set up and worked in her own law firm that provides international litigation and advice to multinational companies in Turkey. During this period, she has gained extensive experience in providing consultancy on the implementation of international trade law in Turkey and worked on the commercial and private legal cases of foreigners in that country. For a decade, her law firm has contributed to the best representation of the rights of foreign company partners she worked for by acting as their proxy in Turkey. In international fairs, her firm prepared international contracts for clients and worked in the most transparent way; as well as representing the clients in cases and negotiations related to legal disputes, especially arising from multilateral contracts.
Mrs Ozon still follows the litigation processes of the individual clients in different countries from China to Norway regarding disputes related to the acquisition of real estate in Turkey from start to completion and carries out the work and transactions in the authorities and units necessary for the execution of the court decisions quickly and firmly.
Thanks to her proficiency in international human rights law,Mrs Ozon has been the driving force in local courts to apply international law, especially in family law cases that fall under the jurisdiction of Turkish Courts and subsequently in various legal fields such as inheritance, real estate, expropriation, and labour law. Mrs Ozon has a large client portfolio and her new legal consultancy firm in the UK, Ubiquitas, set out to represent the interests of UK businesses in Turkey.
In addition to her expertise in commercial, business and family law, Mrs Ozon believes that pro bono is also a vital part of her profession and she works to make sure that those in need the most can access to justice as well. For this, she has worked in non-governmental organisations to defend the rights of refugees and children, by going to Turkey’s conflict zone borders in person .She has the mental capacity and professional skills to work in challenging environments.
• In order for children of disjoined families and criminalised children to be reintegrated to society, Mrs Ozon has acted as attorney ad litem and documented domestic abuse and negligence towards these children in full alignment with international legislation.
• Has served as long-term attorney on inheritance, family, and commercial law disputes.
• Has proactively undertaken training and education in USA and Turkey in legal conciliation, which is a new concept in Turkish Law.
• Has been trained as a legal expert in business law and worked to defend workers’ rights against their employers. Had gained the “Legal Expert” title.
• Defended clients in property law cases by exhausting internal legal mechanisms and moving the cases to the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights under the1st Prtocols.
• Under Istanbul Bar Association’s free of charge consultancy services Mrs Ozon has offered her services to individuals who otherwise would not be able to afford legal representation, She has undertaken various training programmes and offered her help and expertise to women and foreigners in legal need.
Education
2013 – 2018 Master of Laws (LLM) – Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul, Turkey
International Human Rights
2004 – 2010 Bachelor’s Degree in Law – Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey
Faculty of Law
Professional Experience
March 2021- Present Director / Ubiquitas Ltd. London, the UK
2012- Present Founder Lawyer / Ergin Law Office İstanbul, Turkey
2015 – 2020 Lecturer – Istanbul Bar Association
• Lecture about European Court & Contract of Human Rights, (specially clause 6) application to Constitutional Court
2016 – 2016 Consultant – Life To Support
2016 – 2016 Consultant – American Bar Association
2015 – 2016 Instructor – Okan University
• Academic lecture on Tourism Law
2010 – 2012 Law Internship – Dirican & Partners Law Firm