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Prof. Dr. Şebnem Akipek Öcal

Advises on civil law, the law of obligations, consumer law and international arbitration; serves as arbitrator and mediator.

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Prof. Dr. Şebnem Akipek Öcal
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Following her education at TED Ankara College in 1985, she graduated first in her class from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1989. She completed her master's degree at the University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and obtained her doctorate from Ankara University's Institute of Social Sciences.

She served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at Ankara University Faculty of Law. During this time she also held positions including Director of the Ankara University Vocational School of Justice, Legal Advisor at Middle East Technical University, and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Kadir Has University.

She has been a guest lecturer at various universities including Middle East Technical University, Hacettepe University, Bilkent University, Anadolu University, Koç University, Eastern Mediterranean University and Ufuk University.

She retired from Ankara University in October 2018 and served as Vice Rector at TED University for approximately one year. She continues to work as a faculty member at the same university.

She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in civil law, the law of obligations, consumer law, real estate law, banking law, energy law, health law, international arbitration and the sale of goods. In addition to providing legal opinions on disputes — particularly in contract drafting, the law of obligations and family law — she has served as arbitrator in numerous national and international arbitration cases and works as a mediator.

She has authored national and international books, book chapters and articles in Turkish, English and German across various areas of civil law, and has presented papers as an invited speaker at many congresses, conferences, symposiums and panels. She is fluent in English and German and has a good command of French and Latin.

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