Selin Balkır Erçin
Selin Balkır Erçin
Senior Associate

Admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association

Selin Balkır Erçin joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2014. She is a member of the Firm’s Employment Law team with particular expertise in labor disputes and white-collar crimes. She advises domestic and multinational companies on the full breadth of employment law-related matters, including internal disciplinary proceedings, internal investigations, termination and redundancy proceedings, human resources planning, tailor-made employment contracts, implementation of global policies, as well as collective labor law-related matters. Selin assists and represents clients in settlement and mediation negotiations with current or former executives, negotiations of collective bargaining agreements with unions and represents clients before governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations.

Selin is experienced in all aspects of Turkish and global anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations. In 2016 and 2017, she was a senior member of the KDK team that advised a major professional services firm on one of the largest compliance investigations in the Turkish audit sector’s history. Working with a team of US lawyers, Selin and the team examined more than 3.5 million documents and interviewed 18 individuals, multiple times, within the scope of a multi-jurisdictional regulatory violation allegation raised by a whistleblower.

Throughout her career, Selin has represented domestic and international clients acting in various sectors, including automotive, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, banking, manufacturing, advertisement and media, in a wide range of litigation matters, including commercial disputes and administrative disputes. She has also extensive experience in the full range of debt-collection proceedings, including execution, bankruptcy and foreclosure related to various securities.

Practice Areas

Employment
Dispute Resolution
Ethics and Compliance

Education

Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law (2010)
Antalya Anatolian High School (2006)

Foreign Language

English