Prof. Dr. Cemile Demir Gökyayla
PARTNER / ARBITRATION/ADR
ABOUT
Prof. Dr. Cemile Demir Gökyayla acts as Partner, Head of Arbitration/ADR at KP Law. She is a specialist in international commercial and investment arbitration with 20+ years of experience. She is particularly experienced in disputes arising from construction contracts (eg, infrastructure, building, road, and energy projects) in Europe, Gulf countries, the Middle East, Africa, and CIS countries financed by the European Union, the European Investment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, JBIC and the World Bank.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prof. Gökyayla has acted as counsel and arbitrator in numerous ad hoc and administered international arbitral proceedings under the UNCITRAL, ICC, DIAC, ICSID, TOBB and ITOTAM arbitration rules governed by many countries’ laws (including Swiss, German, Turkish, Yemeni, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Qatari, United Arab Emirates, Iraqi, Ethiopian and Romanian law).
She is particularly experienced in disputes arising from construction contracts (eg, infrastructure, building, road and energy projects) in Europe, Gulf countries, the Middle East, Africa and CIS countries financed by the European Union, the European Investment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, JBIC and the World Bank.
Prof. Gökyayla advises contractors and employers in international construction projects in Turkey and abroad. She also represents parties in Turkish court proceedings related to the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and board judgments.
Prof. Gökyayla was a member of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre National Court and Advising Committee, and worked on the drafting of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre Arbitration Rules. She was acted as member of the subcommittee reviewing the articles regulating domestic arbitration in the Turkish Civil Code. She is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and National Committee. She is also the Head of Department of the International Private Law Department of the Faculty of Law at Istanbul Bilgi University, where she has recently risen to the rank of professor and teaches international arbitration law, international commercial law, foreign investment law and international private law.
Prof. Gökyayla contributes as speaker or moderator in conferences on international arbitration law or international construction law. She is the author of the following books: Document Production in International Arbitration (2014), International Distribution Agreements (2nd Edition 2013), International Family Law (with Professor Ziya Akinci 2010) and Public Order in Enforcement of Foreign Judgements (2000). She has also published several articles in the field of international private law.
