Prof. Dr. Tekin Memiş
Intellectual Property & Commercial Law Expert / Academic
- Ankara University Faculty of Law (Undergraduate)
- ICC Arbitrator & Istanbul Arbitration Center Commission Member
- Intellectual Property Platform Founding Leader
Highlights
- One of Türkiye’s most respected voices in commercial and intellectual property law, Prof. Dr. Tekin Memiş is a legal authority who combines academic depth with high-level legislative and judicial work.
- As founding leader of the Intellectual Property Platform, he has chaired DPT Intellectual Property Development Plan and Electronic Commerce Law commissions—playing key roles in shaping the country’s digital and creative economy legislation.
- An ICC arbitrator with international standing, he turns legal expertise into strategic partnership.
About
Academic Background
Holding a professorship in commercial law, Tekin Memiş has crowned an academic career rooted in Ankara University with international expertise such as European Union intellectual property law screening processes. Through roles in structural reforms—including membership on the commission for the Istanbul Arbitration Center draft law—he has developed expertise at the highest level in both the theoretical and applied fields of law. Through his editorial work in scientific journals and numerous published academic works, he makes even the most complex areas of law accessible to artists and entrepreneurs.
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He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1990. After completing his master’s and doctorate, Memiş became associate professor in commercial law in 2004 and professor in 2011. Between 1991 and 2004, he served as faculty at Atatürk University Erzincan Faculty of Law, and subsequently worked as faculty at Kadir Has University Faculty of Law and Istanbul Şehir University Faculty of Law. He continues his academic work as faculty at Beykent University Faculty of Law. Throughout his professional life, Memiş has published articles and books and participated in many national and international symposia with presentations. He also plays important roles in judicial and legislative activity. He successfully chaired the State Planning Organization 9th Intellectual Property Development Plan Commission and the Electronic Commerce Law Commission. Continuing his work as an ICC Arbitrator, Memiş served on the commission tasked with preparing the draft law on the Istanbul Arbitration Center. He also participated in screening processes for European Union intellectual property law. Prof. Memiş has held editorial roles in various scientific journals and is a member of the Turkish Insurance Law Association and the Law Biology-Genetics Law Association. He is also the founding leader of the Intellectual Property Platform.
Why Learn From Them?
Prof. Dr. Tekin Memiş sees law not only as a body of rules but as strategic armor protecting creative production and commercial life. In his trainings, he conveys technical topics such as intellectual property, e-commerce, and insurance law through concrete cases drawn from daily commercial life and judicial practice. He offers guidance that is as disciplined as it is instructive, giving students and clients a vision to anticipate legal risks in advance and defend intellectual rights at global standards.
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