Why digital businesses need law and operations to connect
Product design, data use, ownership and commercial terms are linked. We help frame the legal work around how the service is sold and delivered, so founders and operators can identify contract gaps and implementation responsibilities rather than rely on disconnected policy templates.
Businesses, investors and relevant individuals
Software developers, SaaS providers, platform operators, e-commerce businesses, technology investors and corporate customers procuring digital services. Founders, creators and rights holders can also seek advice on ownership, licensing or a particular dispute.
Tell us whether you are planning a new project, reviewing a transaction, managing an existing relationship or responding to a dispute. Where parties have competing interests, the lawyer must check conflicts before advice is accepted. The engagement identifies the client, responsible lawyer and work to be undertaken, with separate scopes for different parties or projects where appropriate.
Legal issues in technology & digital business
Development, licensing and support
Specify deliverables, milestones, acceptance, support and the rights being granted. A software agreement should distinguish ownership from a licence and identify third-party materials. Payment or access to source files should not be assumed to settle every intellectual-property question.
Data protection in actual operations
Identify the personal data processed, purposes, service providers and sharing arrangements. Policies should be assessed alongside the real activity and relevant contracts. Technical security work and legal assessment are connected but distinct; neither should be presented as universal compliance assurance.
E-commerce and platform documents
Review who sells, who supplies, how payment is collected and what the customer sees before committing. Registration questions, terms, cancellation arrangements and privacy documents should be considered against the actual business model. A single registration is not a complete legal review.
Digital rights and disputes
Ownership records, licences and dated evidence of the disputed use are central to an intellectual-property complaint or defence. Account incidents and alleged cybercrime may involve separate legal and technical work. Content removal, identification of a user and account recovery cannot be promised.
From market entry to operations, investment and exit
Launch or establish the business
Define the entity, founder arrangements, product rights, customer model and key suppliers. Review development and platform agreements before commitment, and identify the legal questions relevant to launch. Regulated activities require an additional assessment rather than an assumption from the word technology.
Support products and customers in operation
Review customer and supplier terms, proposed product changes, data responsibilities and contract escalations. Ongoing advice can support a coordinated approach to procurement, licensing and complaints, with technical and security questions assigned to appropriate specialists.
Prepare for investment or exit
Assess ownership of software and content, founder arrangements, material contracts and known disputes within a defined due-diligence scope. A review should identify missing assignments, restrictions or dependencies without claiming to certify the code or guarantee an acquisition's value.
Individuals, owners and partners with a specific problem
A founder, developer, creator or user may need a defined contract or rights assessment. An account incident, payment complaint and intellectual-property dispute can require different work. Conflicts are checked before advice is accepted for a person whose interests differ from the business.
Tell us who the client would be and whose interests the advice should protect. A company, its shareholders and its customers can have different legal positions; a common business connection does not remove a conflict of interest.
A software business preparing for investment can ask for a review of contributor agreements, licences, customer commitments and data-provider terms. The example describes a possible scope, not a completed transaction.
Connect the sector issue to the right legal service
Use the service pages below to explore the proposed work, documents and next steps. Your engagement should identify which parts of the project are included, which require additional expertise and which remain your business decisions.
Technology Contracts & Software Licensing
Review development, SaaS, licensing, acceptance, service levels and exit terms.
Data Protection & Privacy Compliance
Assess processing roles, notices, provider agreements and implementation questions within scope.
E-Commerce & ETBİS Compliance
Review the sales model, relevant registration questions and consumer-facing legal documents.
Copyright & Intellectual Property Disputes
Assess ownership evidence, disputed use, contractual rights and possible responses.
Cybercrime & Digital Offences
Consider complaint or defence work separately from technical incident response.
Ongoing Corporate Legal Counsel
Agree a recurring scope for contracts, corporate decisions, legal follow-up and dispute escalation.
Company Formation & Market Entry
Assess the business setup and identify separate sector-specific permissions and professional responsibilities.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Define investment or acquisition due diligence, transaction documents and specialist workstreams.
Agree the boundaries. An initial consultation does not automatically include document drafting, negotiations, filings or proceedings. Technical, accounting, valuation, specialist regulatory and foreign-law work must be identified and expressly agreed where relevant.
A retained legal contact for your technology & digital business business
Businesses can seek a recurring engagement for the legal work they need regularly, alongside separate instructions for major projects. The starting point is your operating model, recurring contracts, decision-makers and current legal concerns. The appointed lawyer confirms the scope, reporting arrangements and professional responsibilities before the engagement begins.
Commercial and operational follow-up
- Review agreed categories of customer, supplier and business contracts.
- Support negotiations, proposed amendments and formal correspondence within scope.
- Assess recurring legal questions and identify matters needing a separate project.
Governance and legal escalation
- Review authority, corporate decisions and relevant internal legal documents.
- Maintain an agreed list of legal actions, documents and outstanding questions.
- Assess notices, complaints and dispute options with appropriate urgency.
Make the working arrangement practical
Identify who can instruct the lawyer, who approves business decisions and how documents will be shared. Agree the covered legal areas, expected document volume, meeting arrangements, reporting and fee basis. A retainer should explain how new tasks are accepted and how additional work is authorised; it does not mean unlimited availability or an automatic response-time promise.
Litigation, arbitration, appeals, acquisitions, specialist regulatory applications and foreign-law work are included only where expressly agreed. Official charges, experts, translation, accounting and other external costs are separately identified. Technical and operational implementation remain with the responsible business team or appropriate specialist.
Explore ongoing corporate legal counsel ↗Experience, confidentiality and service scope
The service descriptions and example instruction explain the proposed legal scope. They are not accounts of completed client engagements, and no anonymised completed-matter case study is presented here.
When discussing a proposed engagement, ask which lawyer would be responsible, whether the relevant capability is available and what additional professional input is required. Any experience information shared must be accurate and respect confidentiality; it should not imply a promised result for another matter.
Private editorial review: completed-matter examples require documentary verification, a confidentiality review and permission where necessary before publication. No client names, results, transaction values or sector credentials have been invented.
Foreign businesses entering or operating in Türkiye
Cloud services, remote teams and international customers can connect several legal systems. Explain where the contracting entities, users and providers are located and where data or intellectual-property rights are relevant. The assessment should identify Turkish-law work and any need for independent advice in another jurisdiction.
Do not assume a foreign-law template or a global provider's terms resolve Turkish obligations. Agree who implements website and system changes, who provides security assurance and which third-party licences are within review. No technical audit, foreign-law coverage or regulatory approval is implied unless expressly included.
Identify the parties
Confirm the legal entities, roles, countries and authority of the people giving instructions or signing documents.
Connect the documents
Review complete versions, schedules and related agreements. Flag inconsistent translations and missing records.
Allocate responsibilities
Agree the Turkish-law scope and who handles foreign advice, official processes and any specialist work.
Questions about technology & digital business legal assistance
Can you review a SaaS or development agreement?
The proposed scope can include licensing, deliverables, acceptance, data responsibilities, support and exit terms. Technical feasibility and code-quality assurance require appropriate specialists.
Will a privacy policy make the platform compliant?
A policy alone is insufficient to assess the actual processing. The lawyer needs the business model, data flows, contracts and implementation arrangements before advising on the agreed questions.
Who owns software created by a contractor?
Ownership should not be assumed from payment alone. Review the agreement, relevant rights and any third-party components before relying on an ownership or licensing position.
Can we retain you as external legal counsel?
A recurring engagement can be considered after the business needs, conflicts and responsible lawyer are confirmed. Agree the covered areas, expected volume, communication and approval process. Major projects, litigation, appeals, foreign-law work and external costs are included only where expressly agreed.
Can an individual or business partner seek separate advice?
Yes, a defined agreement or dispute can be assessed subject to conflicts and capability. Clarify whether the client is the company, a shareholder, investor, owner or individual. The lawyer cannot represent opposing interests in the same matter.
Official reference points
These sources provide a starting point. The applicable rules and procedure depend on the facts and current law.