istlegal Attorneys at Law provides litigation, crisis management and compliance advisory in IT and technology law, product liability and certification, medical devices and health law.
Founding Attorney: Attorney Abdurrahman Ali Yıldırım
Abdurrahman Ali Yıldırım is the founder of istlegal Attorneys at Law. A member of the Istanbul Bar Association and in practice since 2015, he works at the intersection of IT and technology law, product liability and certification, medical devices and health law.
Academic credentials
LL.M. · 2019
LL.M. – Medical Law
İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi
Thesis: “Human Enhancement Biotechnology Applications in the Context of Medical Law”
Ph.D. · Thesis in progress
Ph.D. – Product Liability & IT Law
Türk Alman Üniversitesi
Thesis: “Cybersecurity in Product Liability Law”
His academic work focuses on the link between the legal responsibility of products and digital systems and the regulation of health technologies, and this knowledge feeds directly into litigation, crisis management and compliance advisory.
Focus areas
- IT and technology law: cyber incident response, personal data, AI compliance
- Product liability and certification: defective products, recalls, CE and conformity processes
- Medical devices and health technologies: regulation, software as a medical device (SaMD), vigilance
- Health law: medical malpractice and compensation claims
Professional experience
- 2015 – present: Attorney, Istanbul Bar Association – istlegal Attorneys at Law
- 2019 – 2020: Attorney, Ministry of National Defence ASFAT A.Ş. (Ankara)
- 2014 – 2015: Trainee attorney, Pekin & Bayar Law Firm (Litigation Department)
- 2012: Intern, AXA Insurance Headquarters Legal Department
Publications
- “Cybersecurity in Product Liability Law” (in Turkish) – Ph.D. thesis (in progress), Turkish-German University, Institute of Social Sciences
- “Fundamental Issues of Biotechnology Law” (in Turkish) – Journal of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, ISSN 1304-2408, Vol. 33, No. 151, November 2020, pp. 303–327
- “Human Enhancement Biotechnology Applications in the Context of Medical Law” (in Turkish) – LL.M. thesis, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Institute of Social Sciences, 2019
Education
- Ph.D. – Turkish-German University (thesis in progress)
- LL.M. – Istanbul Medeniyet University (2019)
- Bachelor’s degree – Bahçeşehir University, full scholarship (2014)
- Erasmus – Université Jean Monnet, France (2012); summer exchange programme – Kyungsung University, South Korea (2013)
Languages
English (advanced), French (intermediate), Turkish
