Ferda Nur Güvenalp graduated from Galatasaray University Faculty of Law in 2013. Following her registration with Istanbul Bar Association in 2014, she focused especially on national and international arbitration, contract law, construction law, commercial lawsuits and law of corporations. In 2016 she obtained her LL.M. degree, having completed Galatasaray University Private Law Masters Program. Her master’s thesis entitled “Milletlerarası Tahkimde İddia ve Savunma Hakkının İhlali” (Violation of the Right to Present One’s Case in International Arbitration) was published as a book in 2018. She also authored numerous articles and participated to several conferences as a speaker in the area of arbitration. She completed  her Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) studies on Private International Law at Galatasaray University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2023 with her doctoral thesis entitled “Subcontractor Agreements in Private International Law”.

Practice Areas

Ferda Nur Güvenalp works in the areas of national and international arbitration, law of obligations, contract law, construction law, commercial lawsuits and law of corporations.

E-mail: ferdaguvenalp@altayhukuk.com

Languages

Turkish, English, French

Memberships

• Istanbul Bar Association – 2014
• Galatasaray Alumni Association
• Young Practitioners of Istanbul Arbitration Centre (Young ISTAC)
• Galatasaray Sports Club

Publications and Conferences

1. Milletlerarası Özel Hukukta Alt Yüklenicilik Sözleşmeleri (Subcontractor Agreements in Private International Law), Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Galatasaray University Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul, 2023.
2. “Tahkimde Tarafların Eşitliği ve Hukuki Dinlenilme Hakkı” (Equal Treatment of the Parties in Arbitration and the Right to Be Heard), Istanbul Tahkim Merkezi (ISTAC) Yayınları-V, Ed. Ziya Akıncı/Yasin Ekmen, İstanbul: On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2022, p. 103-137.
3. “Genel İşlem Şartları İçinde Tahkim Anlaşmasına Yer Verilmesi ve Sonuçları” (Including Arbitration Clauses in General Terms and Conditions and Its Consequences), Tahkim Anlaşması-Tahkim Okulu Paneller Serisi Cilt 1, Ed. Mustafa Erkan/Candan Yasan Tepetaş, İstanbul: On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2020, p. 207-234.
4. Milletlerarası Tahkimde İddia ve Savunma Hakkının İhlali (Violation of the Right to Present One’s Case in International Arbitration), İstanbul: On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2018.
5. “İş Uyuşmazlıklarında Zorunlu Arabuluculuk Sistemi ve Sistemin İşverene Sağlayacakları Açısından Hukuki Bir Değerlendirme” (Compulsory Mediation System in Labor Disputes and a Legal Assessment in Terms of What the System Will Provide to the Employer), İnşaat Sanayi Dergisi/İNTES, Sayı: 165, 2018, p. 54-59.
6. Avrupa Vatandaşlık Sözleşmesi Işığında Türk Hukuku Bakımından Çok Vatandaşlık Halinde Askerlik Yükümlülüğünün Yerine Getirilmesi (Fulfilment of Military Service Obligation in Cases of Multiple Nationality in Turkish Law, in the Light of the European Convention on Nationality), Galatasaray Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 14, Sayı: 2, 2015, p. 231-265.
7. Speaker at “ELSA Ankara Summer Law School on International Law and Arbitration”, 2022.
8. Speaker at “Arbitration School” having been organized by Marmara University Faculty of Law, Department of Private International Law and Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC), 2021.
9. Speaker at the Conference on “Right to be Heard in Arbitration” organized by Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC), 2021.
10. Speaker at “Arbitration School” having been organized by Marmara University Faculty of Law, Department of Private International Law and Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC), 2019.
11. Speaker at ICC YAF Conference on “Arbitrating from different perspectives”, 2018.
12. Speaker at ICC YAF Conference on “In-house perspective in international arbitration”, 2018.