Practice Areas

Mesav Partners’ work involves domestic and international arbitrations in our fields of specialisation. Arbitration, rather than immediate and direct court proceedings, is a recognised and preferred method of resolving disputes within the sport, shipping, construction, engineering and allied industries as well as in general commercial transactions. Our team members have experience in resolving complex disputes in both domestic and international arbitrations concerning matters in investment, construction, commercial transactions and shipping.

In commercial and business matters, arbitration has equally long since been recognised as an efficient, cost-effective and certain means of resolving disputes without the increased expense and anxieties of litigation. Multinational companies trading in different jurisdictions value the particular benefits of resolving their commercial disputes in Arbitration.

Team members of Mesav Partners are often called upon by clients to provide clear and pragmatic advice on their strategic and challenging transactions across all the major markets often with multi-jurisdictional dimensions. To facilitate this, we work with our international networks to ensure seamless delivery of service on cross-border projects. We advise businesses of all sizes including shareholders, management teams, investors and lenders on transactions across the globe – from initial start up to growth and development transactions, takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, outsourcing, reorganisation or restructuring and buyouts. Our experience extends beyond transactional work and we also look after our clients through every stage of the company life-cycle. Our advice also covers all aspects of governance and administration of companies, including directors’ duties, board and shareholder issues and company secretarial services.

We specialise in technically complex aviation litigation, which often involves aviation laws in different countries. We help pilots, crew, passengers, and their families, involved in aviation accidents and disasters worldwide. We frequently represent pilots and small aircraft operators, often in conjunction with our Employment or Commercial Litigation departments, in relation to a variety of commercial issues.

We regularly advise lessors on English law lease provisions for default and termination, including issues arising as to the appropriation of payments towards outstanding principal and interest in aviation area especially lease contracts.

We deal with all types of shipping issues ranging from disputes to commercial and contractual issues. Mesav Partners’ work involves internal and international shipping matters in our fields of specialisation especially ship collisions, employment disputes, ship insurance, P&I and charter contracts. Aside from disputes, we have experience of shipbuilding, ship financing and sale and purchase matters. We have helping our clients to build ships, finance ships and sell ships including dealing with all regulatory and registration issues that have arisen. In aditionally we are helping to our clients in terms of technical management and ship brokarege.

Team members of Mesav Partners are multi-lingual and we maintain strong relationships with financial institutions throughout Europe, the Middle East and America, allowing us to involve ourselves in cross-border transactions and agreements. We specialise in making the highly complex, jargon loaded field of banking and financial law simple and easy to understand, so you are not wasting precious resources wading through endless documents and drafting convoluted agreements.

Mesav Partners assists operators, co-ordinators, haulage & air freight businesses and customers, freight forwarders, liner agents and warehouses with: Logistics and Transport issues involving the movement of goods, equipment and materials across international borders by road, rail, river or air; CMR; Sanctions; Tariffs; Multi/inter-modal transportation; Chain agreements; Insurance and risk management; Regulatory compliance; Hazardous materials compliance; related services and issues.

Major ongoing involvement with preparing, reviewing and amending business contracts of all manner and description, including agreements covering myriad areas of trading and commerce, including Advertising and Marketing, Agency, Bailment and Leasing, Competition, Confidentiality, Consumer, Employment Agreements, Data Protection, Distribution, E-commerce, EU-law, Exclusion of Liability, Franchising, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Media, Outsourcing, Preliminary Agreements, Supply of Goods and Services, Telecoms, Terms of Trading and Trade Finance.

Mesav Partners is provides a full range of tax advisory, tax planning and tax dispute resolution services to companies and high net worth individuals. A significant part of the work provided involves international tax planning and assists corporate and private clients coming to Turkey, moving overseas or carrying out any cross-border transaction. We can help you take advantage of all the planning arrangements available. Whether in their business or personal lives, our Tax team offers guidance to clients to help them navigate their way through the complicated web of the internal and international tax systems.

Our employment team has years of experience in dealing with human resources issues that arise between employers and their employees. We advise on all forms of discrimination and dismissals from employment and will advise you and guide you every step of the way until the dispute is resolved to your satisfaction even if it means going all the way to the employment tribunal.

Employment contracts can be complex and confusing. Our employment team will define and break down the terms of a contract whether you are negotiating a contract, seeking a way out of the contract or advise you if you or your employer are in breach of that contract.

Mesav Partners understand that disputes can be stressful, time consuming and damaging to your business. However, many issues can be resolved without the need for any court proceedings. We provide a full dispute resolution offering that assists clients with a speedy conclusion to their commercial disputes. Our experienced dispute resolution lawyers have a proven track record of winning high profile cases and achieving fair and just results for our clients. We will assess your case carefully and provide any alternatives to a formal procedure, including alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as mediation. Ultimately litigation is a means to an end for our clients we will achieve that as effectively as possible. We will discuss the likely costs involved in managing your case at each stage.

Team members of Mesav Partners are commercially attuned to our clients’ needs. The business objectives of our clients drive the pace of our transactions. Our Property Lawyers are made up of experts covering the full scope of commercial work and includes litigators experienced in handling property disputes. The Commercial Property team has the resources and the project management experience to deliver portfolio acquisitions and disposals and large scale lending projects on time and in budget.

In the modern world where intellectual property can be worth more than the businesses they represent, it is vital for the success of any business the ability to protect their intellectual property and extract maximum value from it. At the cutting edge of intellectual property law developments, we can provide innovative advice across the full range including Trademarks, Copyright, Designs and Confidential Information.