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Burcu Tuzcu Ersin

Burcu is a trusted advisor to Turkish conglomerates, multinational corporations and international investors on high‑stakes compliance, internal investigations, regulatory matters and strategic M&A and transactions. She combines the breadth of a corporate and M&A lawyer with the depth of a financial crime, technology and compliance specialist, built over years of advising on complex cross‑border business and capital markets matters. Burcu is widely recognised for anticipating strategic and enforcement risk early and for designing pragmatic mitigation strategies that integrate seamlessly with business objectives, deal dynamics and crisis situations. Her practice spans anti‑corruption and bribery, fraud and corporate crime, AML/CFT, sanctions and export controls, as well as corporate governance, data privacy and cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, employee misconduct and board‑level investigations. She regularly leads deal‑driven risk assessments, due diligence and remediation planning on domestic and cross‑border M&A, joint ventures and strategic investments, particularly in regulated and technology‑driven sectors. Burcu is consistently ranked by leading directories, including recognition by The Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in Compliance, Corporate/Commercial and M&A and IT & Telecoms in Türkiye, and by Lexology for investigations and data work · STG Partners

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About

Burcu Tuzcu Ersin is a trusted advisor to Turkish conglomerates, multinational corporations and international investors on high‑stakes compliance, internal investigations, regulatory matters and strategic M&A and transactions. She combines corporate and M&A capability with specialist expertise in financial crime, technology and compliance, and is consistently ranked by directories including The Legal 500 (Leading Individual) and Lexology for investigations and data work.

Practice areas

ComplianceInvestigationsCorporate / M&AFinancial CrimeRegulatoryData Privacy & CybersecurityCapital Markets

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Expertise

TechnologyRegulated IndustriesCross-border TransactionsCapital MarketsM&A Due Diligence

Education

  • MACS – Master in Anti-Corruption Studies (Ongoing), International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) (Pending)
  • LL.M., Business Law, Istanbul Bilgi University
  • LL.B., Law, Ankara University