Founding Partner | Attorney-at-Law | Arbitrator
Dr. Cansu ISTE-ARLANOGLU, Ph.D.
Dr. Cansu Iste-Arlanoglu is a founding partner of İste & İste Law Firm. With 18 years of legal experience, she advises domestic and international companies on corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, dispute resolution and arbitration, and regulatory matters, and represents clients in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Her practice focuses particularly on strategic legal matters facing businesses, complex commercial disputes and highly regulated industries. She works closely with management and legal teams across a broad range of matters, from day-to-day operations, investments and corporate restructurings to commercial contracts and emerging legal and regulatory issues arising from data protection, technology and artificial intelligence.
She approaches legal matters in the context of her clients’ business models, industries, operations and commercial objectives, combining legal analysis with an understanding of the broader business environment. She advises companies operating across technology, automotive, energy and mobility, healthcare and medical devices, infrastructure and other regulated sectors.
A significant part of her dispute resolution practice is dedicated to domestic and international arbitration. In addition to acting as counsel, she serves as an arbitrator and is included on the arbitrator lists of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM). Commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and cross-border disputes also form a central part of her academic work.
In transactions and disputes involving more than one legal system, she works with law firms and specialists in different jurisdictions to coordinate cross-border matters. Where disputes require both legal and technical expertise, she adopts a multidisciplinary approach, working alongside industry professionals and technical experts.
Areas of Focus
- Corporate, Commercial & M&A
- Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration
- Commercial Contracts
- Technology, Data Protection & Artificial Intelligence
- Regulatory, Compliance & Corporate Governance
- Cross-Border Transactions & Disputes
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Dr İste Arlanoğlu acts as counsel in commercial disputes before state courts and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. She also serves as an arbitrator in private law disputes.
Her dispute resolution practice encompasses complex commercial and contractual disputes as well as matters involving cross-border elements. She combines litigation and arbitration strategy with an understanding of the commercial considerations underlying the dispute.
She has also developed her dispute resolution practice through work in mediation and alternative dispute resolution and completed dispute resolution and mediation training at the Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution in the United States.
Education & Academic Work
Dr İste-Arlanoğlu continues her academic work alongside her legal practice and is a member of the academic staff of the Department of Private International Law, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law at Ada Kent University.
She graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2008 and completed both her LL.M. and Ph.D. studies at Istanbul University, Department of Private Law.
Her LL.M. thesis focused on “Investment Disputes Arising from Legislative Changes by the Host State in ICSID Arbitration.” She conducted part of her thesis research as a scholarship recipient at the Faculty of Law of Sapienza University of Rome, where she also participated in the activities of an Italian arbitration centre.
She completed her doctoral research on “International Jurisdiction of Turkish Courts and the Law Applicable to the Merits in Disputes Arising from International Employment Contracts,” earning her Ph.D. in Private Law.
In the United States, she pursued studies in arbitration, dispute resolution and U.S. law at South Texas College of Lawand, during the same period, gained professional experience at a U.S. law firm working on arbitration and dispute-related matters. She also completed dispute resolution and mediation training at the Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution.
Selected Publications
Investment Disputes Arising from Legislative Changes by the Host State in ICSID Arbitration
Languages
Turkish · English