Legal Education & Training Services

Bıçak Law Firm delivers high-impact legal education and training programmes for companies, institutions, professionals, and international communities. We design learning that is practical, current, and directly connected to real legal risk. Our aim is simple: to equip decision-makers and teams with the legal knowledge and compliance skills they need to operate confidently in Türkiye and across borders. We provide training through flexible formats – live webinars, in-person workshops, tailored in-house programmes, and study tours – so that each client can choose the method (or combination of methods) that best fits their objectives. Alongside our open-course programme, we regularly build bespoke training packages for corporate departments, public authorities, foreign missions, and international delegations. 

Why training matters

Legal rules shape every operational decision: contracts, hiring, marketing, payments, cross-border trade, data processing, and dispute management. Yet most compliance failures, disputes, and regulatory penalties are not caused by genuine bad faith; they happen because teams act on incomplete or outdated legal information. A well-built training programme reduces this risk dramatically. It helps professionals spot legal issues early, ask the right questions, and take action before a problem becomes a claim, sanction, or criminal investigation.

Our training is neither abstract nor theoretical. It is designed to be used the next day at work, in court strategy meetings, or in compliance planning.

Training formats

We deliver training in multiple formats, and we can combine them into a single programme if you need layered learning.

• Live webinars (global access): Ideal for international teams, foreign missions, and time-sensitive regulatory updates.
• In-person seminars and workshops: Delivered at your headquarters, at our offices, or at a location you choose in Türkiye or abroad.
• Tailored in-house training for departments: Special sessions for board members, senior management, legal teams, compliance/AML units, HR, finance, sales, procurement, and operational staff.
• On-demand training library: Recordings and reading packs that allow your team to revisit the material when needed.
• Study tours and international delegations: Structured legal learning programmes for visiting professional groups, combining training with institutional engagement in Türkiye.

Our academies and core modules

To make learning systematic and scalable, we deliver our services under topic-based “academies” and modular programmes. Each academy can be offered as a single session, a multi-day course, or a quarterly series.

Anti-Bribery, Corruption & Corporate Ethics Academy

This academy supports companies operating under Turkish, US, UK, and international compliance expectations. It is especially suitable for multinational groups, public-facing industries, energy and infrastructure projects, procurement-heavy organisations, and any company exposed to third-party risk. Typical modules include:

• Turkish Criminal Code provisions on bribery and corruption
• Liability of legal entities and executives
• UN Convention against Corruption, OECD principles, and Transparency International standards
• FCPA (US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act): scope, intent, foreign public official concept, books-and-records risks
• UK Bribery Act: corporate offence, adequate procedures, risk-based compliance
• Internal investigations and interview techniques
• Corporate anti-corruption policies, gifts/hospitality rules, third-party controls
• Practical case studies and judicial trends

Proven track record: We have delivered anti-bribery and corruption training to senior executives within major corporate projects, including a dedicated training for TANAP-related corporate leadership on anti-bribery policies and business ethics. 

AML, Financial Crime & Sanctions Compliance Academy

Designed for compliance officers, fintechs, e-money and payment institutions, banks, export-oriented corporates, and advisors working with high-risk cross-border flows. Modules can include:

• MASAK framework and Turkish AML/CTF obligations
• Risk-based compliance, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring
• Corporate AML governance and audit readiness
• Red-flag mapping for fintech and payments
• EU/US/UK sanctions architecture and Türkiye exposure
• Export-control risk, dual-use items, and screening
• Practical implementation and enforcement trends

We often deliver this academy under the Chatham House Rule to encourage frank discussion and real-world problem-solving.

International Dispute Resolution Academy

This academy strengthens dispute prevention and dispute strategy for legal teams, executives, contract managers, and professionals who negotiate cross-border deals. Modules include:

• Arbitration and mediation practice in Türkiye and internationally
• Drafting dispute-resolution clauses in international contracts
• Negotiation skills for complex settlements
• Enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments
• Court vs mediation vs arbitration: choosing the right path
• Evidence strategy and burden of proof in Turkish practice

International Contract Drafting & Deal Risk Academy

An applied programme for companies and counsel involved in commercial contracts, joint ventures, procurement, licensing, and cross-border supply chains. Modules include:

• Drafting and interpreting international contracts
• Allocation of risk: limitation of liability, indemnities, guarantees
• Governing law and jurisdiction strategy
• Termination, force majeure, hardship, and price adjustment clauses
• Practical contract dispute case studies from Turkish courts and arbitration

Technology, Data Protection & AI Academy

Built for digital businesses, employers, platforms, SaaS providers, and any organisation handling personal data in Türkiye or the EU. Modules can include:

• KVKK and GDPR compliance foundations
• Cross-border data transfers and localisation expectations
• Data-breach response and administrative enforcement practice
• Cybercrime exposure and internal controls
• AI systems, liability risks, and emerging regulatory trends
• Digital platform duty-of-care and content risks

Occupational Health, Safety & Public-Risk Prevention Academy

This academy is relevant to industrial employers, public authorities, infrastructure bodies, and safety-sensitive sectors. Modules include:

• Turkish labour legislation and OHS obligations
• Employer and employee liability after workplace accidents
• Criminal and administrative exposure
• Preventive compliance systems and internal reporting
• Incident investigation and evidence preservation

Proven track record: Our team has also supported public-sector training and safety-focused legal work, including programmes connected to public institutions on preventive measures for water-structure safety and risk reduction. 

Rights Awareness & Consular Community Training

We routinely provide rights-based training for foreign communities and consular missions in Türkiye. These programmes focus on practical legal rights and remedies, dispute channels, criminal-procedure safeguards, family and child protection mechanisms, residence and immigration rules, and emergency response processes.

Proven track record: At the request of the Thai Embassy in Ankara, we delivered training to Thai citizens residing in Türkiye on their legal rights and available protections, tailored to the needs of the community and the Embassy’s consular priorities.

Who our training serves

We design programmes for different audiences, because each group faces different risks and decisions:

• Boards of directors and senior executives
• In-house legal departments
• Compliance, AML and risk teams
• HR, procurement, finance, sales and operational departments
• Foreign companies entering the Turkish market
• International law firms seeking Turkish-law training for their clients
• Embassies, consulates, NGOs and international delegations
• Citizens and community groups requiring rights-awareness training

How we build your programme

Our training projects follow a structured methodology:

• Scoping and objectives. We clarify the real risk or performance goal behind the request, your sector, the relevant jurisdictions, and the audience profile.
• Custom design. We build content around your legal framework and operational reality, using current legislation, case law, regulatory practice, and sector-specific scenarios.
• Practical delivery. We use interactive methods – case studies, scenario labs, compliance mapping, Q&A, and problem-solving workshops – to make the learning stick.
• Partner-level review. Every programme is supervised and quality-checked at senior level to ensure accuracy, clarity, and strategic relevance.
• Post-training support. Where requested, we provide written guidance, reading packs, certificates of attendance, and follow-up sessions.

Why Bıçak Law Firm

• Academic depth with practical authority:  Our training is led and reviewed by Prof. Dr. Vahit Bıçak and an experienced team with deep litigation, compliance, and comparative-law backgrounds.
• International compliance fluency: e regularly teach programmes aligned with Turkish law, EU rules, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and other global standards.
• Sector-specific precision: We understand how legal rules operate in real industries – fintech, gaming, energy, infrastructure, technology, and international trade.
• Clear, decision-ready language: We teach law in a way executives and operational teams can use immediately.
• Confidential, risk-aware learning: Sensitive programmes can be delivered under confidentiality protocols and Chatham House Rule formats.

Request a tailored training

If you would like a customised programme, please contact us with:

• your sector and location,
• the target audience and size,
• the issue you want to address,
• preferred format (webinar / in-person / hybrid),
• and your timeline.

We will respond with a proposed training plan, agenda, and fee structure.

Upcoming sessions and open courses

We run open programmes throughout the year in selected practice areas. For upcoming sessions or to request an invitation, please contact us by email.

Bıçak Law Firm is ready to support your organisation, your legal team, or your community with training that is current, practical, and built to protect you from real-world legal risk.