HASAN HÜSNÜ GÜZELÖZ

Date of Birth: 09.09.1965

Graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Law, the term of 1982-1986

Started practicing as a Lawyer in 1987.

Mr. Hasan Husnu Guzeloz, owner of the Hasan Husnu Guzeloz HHG Law and Consultancy.

HHG Law & Consultancy provides consultancy services for legal aspects of all matters involving domestic and international banking, finance and capital market law, international finance (individual financial transactions, securitization and settlement operations, securities, futures and options regulations, derivative products, public offering and capital market transactions).

Our knowledge of the Corporate and Commercial sectors enables us to provide results-driven commercial advice across the broad spectrum of institutional business including takeovers, joint ventures, commercial disposals and corporate restructurings, as well as general commercial, competition law, antitrust and corporate governance, mergers and acquisition issues. We are also to provide with seamless full-range of services on protecting intellectual property rights.

Our competition and antirust practice is distinguished with its substantial scope and depth. We have handled antitrust problems in various sectors. Accordingly, we assist complex defenses against investigations, complicated litigation for related disputes. We provide counseling and legal services to corporations and their boards of directors on matters, such as board resolutions, shareholders meetings and commercial contracts.

We specialized in also properties and urbanism Law, arbitration, media law and automotive sector regulations.

We assist our foreign investor clients for incorporation of corporate entities in Turkey. Our wide range of legal services for incorporation purposes contain joint stock and limited liable company formations, opening branches, liaison and representative offices. We also help our clients to establish businesses in free trade zones, establish joint ventures with local and international partners and obtain necessary licenses and permissions for regulated fields of activities. We act as a guide for investors assisting them to understand the legal and economic environment of Turkey.

Detail İnformation of Experience

Worked as the Legal Counsel for AGF Garanti Insurance, Garanti Securities, Garanti Bank and Garanti Asset Management between 1994 and 1995; following that year in 1996, he joined the Doğuş Group.

Became the Legal Counsel for multiple public offerings realized by Garanti Investment Bank and Garanti Securities; increased his expertise in the field of Capital Markets Law. In 1996, he worked in the incorporation of Garanti Investment Trust and following its establishment, got assigned as the Legal Counsel. He currently serves as a Board Member, Legal Counsel and member of the Committees founded as per the Capital Markets legislation.

In 1997 June, he realized the establishment of Garanti Asset Management. Garanti Asset Management is the first asset management company in Turkey. In addition to Garanti Securities and Garanti Investment Trust, following its foundation, he has undertaken the duty of Legal Counsel at Garanti Asset Management. In 2015 July, aside of his Legal Counsel duty, got elected as a Board Member, until end of 2015

He advised the public offerings, privatizations and Institutional Investment projects carried on or advised by Garanti Securities as a consortium member/leader. He currently continues to provide consultancy in these matters.

In 1998, he got elected as the Board Member at NTV, Star and the other media companies of Doğuş Group. He also got elected as the Vice President at the Doğuş Media Companies until end of November 2018.

In addition, he served as a Board Member at Tansaş Food Retailing company in 1999, the year when it was acquired by Doğuş Group, and continued his duty as a Legal Adviser and Board Member until 2005, when it has been sold out.

He has been elected as the Board Member in Doğuş Otomotiv in 2005, following its initial public offering. In 2013 March, he got elected as the Chief Legal Counsel and the Consultant of the Board of Directors President. He got elected as the members of Early Detection of Risk Committee and Corporate Governance Committee, committees that are mandatory to be established as per the Capital Markets legislation. He continues to serve as a Board Member at Doğuş Oto Pazarlama A.Ş., a subsidiary of Doğuş Otomotiv. He is also the President of the Discipline Committee and the member at Doğuş Otomotiv Group.

He served as a Board member at D_Auto Mısr LLC, Egypt since its foundation till its winding up. He has concluded the incorporation transactions of D_Auto Mısr in the city of Erbil, and got elected as the Board member. He currently continues to serve with this duty.

Additionally, he serves as the Board of Directors member and Legal Counsel at Doğuş Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly held joint stock company. He also holds memberships at the committees founded as per the Capital Markets legislation.

Under multiple Doğuş Holding A.Ş. subsidiaries, he gives consultancy in public offering and privatizations and directs Project Management and Company Management. He also served as the President of Board of Directors in Asset Management Companies that were founded in accordance with the Capital Markets legislation until their winding up.

He has got two licenses of Capital Market Board. In 2006, he received the license of “Capital Markets Advance Level” and in 2009, the license of “Corporate Governance” given by the Capital Markets Board. He led projects on family-owned businesses and corporate governance.

After lecturing in Galatasaray University on Capital Markets legislation in Master Program, he taught Capital Markets Law in İstanbul Aydın University. Thereafter, as offered by the Dean of Kadir Has University and he has started lecturing on Capital Markets Law and Competition Law to senior year students of the Law Faculty. He continues with his teachings at Kadir Has University. And also in 2016 he started lecturing in MEF University.

In April 2015, he was elected as a member of Bologna Process Advisory Committee, which has been formed to create a common higher education platform in Europe to be consisted of 47 countries, including European Union countries and Turkey.

He has served as a founding Board Member at the Institutional Investment Managers’ Association and FODER (Financial Literacy and Access Association) and currently serves as the President of Discipline Committee. In the aim of supporting and Institutional Investment Managers’ Association, provided legal consultancy and member of Legislation Committee; and multiple articles have been published in the periodicals of the association.

In the General Assembly meeting of Turkish Capital Markets Association held in July 8, 2014, has been elected as a member of the Discipline Committee. Since June 2015, he serves as the president of the Discipline Committee. At 27.05.2017 He elected same in the Turkish Capital Markets Association.

Hasan Hüsnü Güzelöz is married and has two children.