Disputes drain capital, distract leadership and derail momentum, often arriving without warning and on someone else’s timetable. We treat dispute resolution as a strategic business risk function. Commercial objectives are mapped first, then forum, strategy and enforcement plan are built to get there. Every matter is designed to protect enterprise value, optionality and pace across jurisdictions.
Not every dispute should reach a courtroom, and not every dispute can be avoided. We engage at the preliminary stage to assess the merits, shape the evidential record and pursue settlement, expert determination or other resolution while the commercial relationship can still be preserved. Where Turkish law requires mandatory mediation before a claim can proceed, as it does for employment and certain commercial matters, we treat that stage as a strategic opportunity rather than a procedural formality, using it to test the opposing position, narrow the issues and secure favourable settlements before cost and exposure escalate. When resolution is not possible, we move into formal proceedings with the record already built.
STG Partners advises on complex commercial litigation and dispute management involving shareholders, boards and counterparties. We act in shareholder conflicts, pre or post-M&A disputes, warranty claims as well as disputes arising from failures in governance or deal mechanics. We also handle distribution, agency or franchise terminations, unfair competition, and matters that concern protection of confidential information and trade secrets. We assess exposure early, weigh the economic cost of a dispute against its strategic value, and pursue resolution through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or the courts as each matter demands, always with an eye to protecting our client’s position, relationships and reputation.
Disputes with the state and its regulators follow different rules and reward different strategies. We represent clients in administrative and regulatory litigation, including challenges to regulatory decisions, administrative sanctions and licensing measures, and in tax disputes before the tax courts. We combine litigation discipline with an understanding of how the relevant authority reasons and what it needs to see, so that a challenge is framed to succeed rather than merely to object. For clients in regulated sectors, we coordinate this contentious work with their wider compliance position, ensuring that a dispute in one forum does not unsettle their standing with the same authority elsewhere.
Arbitration creates value only if our client can enforce an award. We approach international arbitration with enforcement as a priority from the outset. Acting under ICC and LCIA rules and before CAS where relevant, we design strategies around asset location, interim relief and jurisdiction sequencing. STG Partners designs and challenges arbitration clauses with the same discipline applied to the merits of a dispute, assessing their enforceability and scope. We coordinate cross-border steps and expert witness input so that procedural wins translate into recoveries. The result is arbitration that delivers control, certainty and practical outcomes for our clients across jurisdictions.
A judgment or award is only as good as its enforcement. We handle the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards before the Turkish courts and defends against recognition where a client’s interest lies in resisting it. We secure interim and conservatory measures to hold value in place while enforcement proceeds, and we anticipate set-aside and enforcement challenges from the outset, so that the route from paper outcome to actual recovery is mapped before the first filing. For clients enforcing abroad, we coordinate with local counsel around a single strategy.
We assess litigation and arbitration funding with the same rigour as we do merits, providing clients with a clear view of downside risk, cost exposure and recovery prospects. Funder engagement is managed without allowing funding terms to drive dispute strategy. We ensure settlement authority remains clear so that funding supports outcomes rather than prolongs conflict.
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