Saltzman & Evinch, P.C. provides a variety of legal services to foreign and domestic clients in the private and public sectors. The firm concentrates on matters relating to Turkey and the surrounding region, providing an in-depth understanding of the area, its people and cultures; talent and experience in domestic and foreign legal system; and, an extensive network of professionals and support staff.

In addition to legal counseling, Saltzman & Evinch conducts litigation, negotiation, legal research and drafting, business and security intelligence, and project development and management services.

We are enthusiastic practitioners of the law and place special importance on understanding our clients' interests and goals. We pride ourselves on the speed with which we complete client assignments, as well as in being cost-effective by not overstaffing matters and by not "reinventing the wheel" with each successive matter.

Günay Evinch, Principal

Günay Evinch is a second generation Turkish American of Ottoman Macedonian heritage. His concentration is public international law, and issues involving international treaties, international organizations, international and federal jurisdiction, foreign affairs law, state sovereignty, military prerogatives, anti-terrorism and human rights, the law of war, and the law of the sea.

>From 1991 and 1993, Günay was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in International

>Law and a Japanese Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellow in International Relations in Turkey. Günay received his Juris Doctor from Washington & Lee University School of Law, Virginia (1991), completed an EU Legal Studies Program at the University of Madrid (1989), and double majored in Economics and Political Science-Public Service at the University of California, Davis (UCD) (1986). He interned with the San Francisco District Attorney, Sacramento Federal Public Defender, and San Mateo office of Congressman Tom Lantos.

Günay served as President of his law school, President of the American International Law Society W&L Chapter, and Chairman of the Student Programs Board of his college. At UCD, he served as advisor to international and upper-division students, for which he received the UC Regents Outstanding Senior Award.

Günay¹s expertise has been utilized by the departments of state of the U.S., Netherlands, Turkey, and North Cyprus, as well as by various authors as Robert Kaplan. He has consulted for or written in the Barrister Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic Magazine, Time International, The Christian Science Monitor, and various Turkish dailies.

Gunay was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. He is a native English speaker and fluent in Turkish. He is married and has one child.

David Saltzman, Principal

David Saltzman is licensed to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. Though equally involved as Gunay in the firm's extensive public international law practice, David's primary concentration is private international corporate and commercial law, private and public law litigation, arbitration, and WTO issues.

>From 1991 to 1993, David was an associate in the Commercial Litigation

>Group at Chadbourne & Parke, LLP in New York. There, he worked on a wide variety of complex matters, ranging from occupational safety and health to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. David received his Juris Doctor from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1991. David conducted his Bachelor¹s studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia and the Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France.

David has traveled extensively in Turkey and other European countries and has authored several academic papers and media articles concerning trade and non-trade issues that effect U.S.-Turkish relations. He has spoken before large audiences on international affairs issues on numerous occasions and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution regarding the illicit trade in Turkish cultural property. David speaks French fluently and Turkish passably, and has a working knowledge of Spanish and Hebrew.

Tayga Ak, Foreign Associate

Tayga Ak is licensed to practice in Turkey. He concentrates on private international corporate and commercial law, as well as arbitration matters.

From 1999 to 2004, Tayga was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Banking & Finance Groups at White & Case, LLP in Istanbul, Turkey. He gained experience in diverse areas of corporate law, including project finance, mergers and acquisitions, privatization and banking and finance. Tayga has been actively involved in various transactions with major foreign investors and leading Turkish companies.

Tayga received his LL.B. from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2000. He received an LL.M. degree in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005. His coursework at Georgetown focused on Corporations, Arbitration, Multi-party Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Telecommunications laws. Tayga has authored several academic papers and published article regarding the Cyprus conflict, competition law regime in Turkey, and the new labor law in Turkey.

Tayga is a member of Istanbul Bar Association, Istanbul University School of Law Alumni Association, Georgetown Alumni Association, American Bar Association (International Associate), and the American Society of International Law. Tayga speaks English and Turkish fluently.