Member of Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, Department of Corporate Law

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1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. GÜL OKUTAN NILSSON Member of Bilgi, Department of Corporate Director of Bilgi University Intellectual Property Research Center 1. FAMILY NAME : OKUTAN NILSSON 2. FIRST NAMES : GÜL 3. DATE OF BIRTH : NATIONALITY : TURKISH 5. ADDRESS : Bilgi University Faculty Of, Kurtuluşderesi Cad. No. 47 Dolapdere 6. PHONE/FAX : / gul.okutan@bilgi.edu.tr 8. PRESENT POSITION : DIRECTOR, ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RESEARCH CENTER (BILFIM) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW 9. KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND RESEARCH AREAS: CORPORATE LAW, GROUPS OF COMPANIES, COPYRIGHT LAW 10. EDUCATION : Date from - Date to Institution & Degree or Diploma Obtained : University Institute of Social Sciences - Ph.D Amsterdam School of International Relations - LL.M LL.B İstanbul Robert College Highschool - Highschool diploma

2 11. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Date from - Date to Fall 2006 Present Location Institution Position Description /2002 to present 02/ /2002 University University Faculty of Director of Intellectual Property Research Center (BILFIM) Director of LL.M. Programs Faculty Erasmus Coordinator Member of the International Student Exchange Committee Assistant Professor Research Assistant Responsible for developing research and education programs and organising seminars and conferences. BILFIM is the only Turkish NGO accredited as Observer for WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright Director of LL.M. programs in Business and Human Rights law. Responsible for setting up curriculum, arranging teaching staff, interviewing applicants, following admission, scholarship distribution, responsible for all affairs of the program. Coordinator for the Erasmus Exchange Program. Signing new agreements, setting up relations, sending and receiving students and staff. Working on the establishment of a system for international student exchanges Courses taught: Undergraduate: Commercial, Copyright (in English), Foundations of European law (in English) Graduate: Copyright In Theory and Practice, Shareholders Agreements in Corporations, Foundations of European (in English) Research assistant in the commercial law department. Conducted research, assisted teaching, gave tutorials.

3 01/ / / / / / / / Tekinalp Firm Trainee yer Worked at the lawfirm of Prof. Unal Tekinalp as trainee lawyer. Reviewed and drafted contracts, was responsible for certain clients, directed client communication, worked on cases relating to company law, intellectual property law. Toulouse, France Airbus Industrie Trainee yer Trainee in the central legal department of Airbus manufacturer company, worked especially on matters of EU and international trade law and subsidies, prepared reports, reviewed contracts Yasaman Firm Student Trainee Worked at the lawfirm of Prof. Hamdi Yasaman as legal clerk in law firm, translation of documents, visits to the court house, help in preparation of files Turkey Professional Tour Guide Guided tours for foreign tourists in Turkey as tour guide licenced by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism. 12. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - basic; 5 - excellent) Language Reading Speaking Writing Turkish English German French AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDS: - British Embassy Harborne Award (2005) - Award of the Çağa Foundation (2001) (for the book on Shareholders Agreements in Joint Stock Corporations)

4 SCHOLARSHIPS: - Max Planck Gesellschaft Research Scholarship (April June 2006) - Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, Visiting Scholar (October December 2005) - British Council Chevening Research Scholarship (October December 2005) - Swiss Confederation Foreign Language and Research Scholarship ( ) - Max Planck Gesellschaft Research Scholarship (Feb-May 1998) - Columbia University Summer Program Scholarship (July 1996) - DAAD German language scholarship (July 1995) - EU Jean Monnet Research Scholarship ( ) 14. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: - Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku Yıllığı, (Yearbook of Intellectual Property, Published since 2010) - Legal Fikri ve Sınai Haklar Dergisi, (Legal Journal of Intellectual Propety) Published since 2004) 15. COURT EXPERT: Acts as expert in corporate law and intellectual property law for Commercial and Intellectual Property Courts. 16. PUBLICATIONS Books - Türk Ticaret Kanunu Tasarısına Göre Şirketler Topluluğu Hukuku, İstanbul 2009, XII Levha Yayınları (ISBN ) (The of Groups of Companies Under the Draft Turkish Commercial Code) - Anonim Ortaklıklarda Paysahipleri Sözleşmeleri, İstanbul 2004, Çağa Hukuk Vakfı (ISBN ) (Shareholders Agreements in Joint Stock Corporations) Book Chapters and Articles: - Fikir ve Sanat Eserlerinin Bireyler Arası Ağlar Üzerinden Paylaşımı (P2P) Konusunda Uluslararası Gelişmeler; Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku Yıllığı, 2011, (International Developments on P2P Sharing of Copyrighted Works) - The Draft Turkish Commercial Code and Corporate Governance, Festschrift für Klaus J. Hopt zum 70. Geburtstag Unternehmen, Markt und Verantwortung, De Gruyter, 2010, Bd. II. ( ) - Türk Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukukunda Tüzel Kişilerin Eser Sahipliği Sorunu, Uğur Alacakaptan a Armağan, Bilgi Yayınları, İstanbul 2008 ( ) (The Problem of Authorship of Legal Entities in Turkish Copyright ) - Anonim Ortaklık Paysahipleri Sözleşmelerinde Öngörülen Pay Alım ve Satım Opsiyonlarının Hukuki Niteliği ve Cebri İcrası, Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Ülgen e Armağan, Vedat Kitapçılık, İstanbul 2007 (The Legal Nature And Enforcement Of Put And Call Options In Shareholders Agreements,)

5 - Corporate Governance in Turkey, European Business Organization Review (EBOR) (2007), 8: Cambridge University Press - The of Group of Companies Under the Draft Turkish Commercial Code, in: Rezeption und Autonomie: 80 Jahre Türkisches ZGB, Journées Turco-Suisses 2006, Stämpfli Verlag, Bern, ( ) - AB de Şirket Gruplarına İlişkin Düzenleme Önerileri, Hukuki Perspektifler Dergisi Sayı , (Proposals Regarding Corporate Groups in EU) - Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukukunda Gelişmeler, Hukuki Perspektifler Dergisi Sayı 1 Yaz 2004, (Developments in Copyright ) - Halka Açık Anonim Ortaklıklarda Birikimli Oy Kullanımı, Bilgi Toplumunda Hukuk, Ünal Tekinalp e Armağan, İstanbul 2003 C I., (Cumulative Voting in Publicly Held Companies) - Sesler, Renkler ve Kokular Marka Olarak Tescil Edilebilir mi? Avrupa Toplulukları Mahkemesinin Üç Kararı, Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni Yıl 23 Sayı sayfa (Prof. Dr. Gülören Tekinalp'e Armağan) (May Sounds, (Colours and Smells be Registered as a Trade Mark? Three Decisions of European Court of Justice) - Türk Hukukunun Avrupa Birliği Hukukuna Uyumu, İstanbul 2001, İstanbul Üniversitesi (Tek Kişi Ortaklığı : ) (Harmonization of Turkish with European Union - Single Member Company) - Avrupa Birliği Hukuku, Güncelleştirilmiş 2. bası İstanbul 2000, [Topluluğun ve Üye Ülkelerin Yetki Alanlarının Belirlenmesi (77-102) ve Koruma Amaçlı Ticaret Politikası Araçları ( ) ] (European Union, Updated 2 nd Edition) [Chapters on Determination of Competences of the Community and the Member States, and Protective Commercial Policy Instruments] - Türk Milletlerarası Özel Hukukunda Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Prof. Dr. Nihal Uluocak'a Armağan, İstanbul 1999 ( ) (Intellectual Property in Turkish International Private ) yılında Türk Ticaret Kanunu, İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Ticaret Hukuku Anabilim Dalı ile Deniz Hukuku Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyeleri ve Araştırma Görevlilerinin Değerlendirmeleri, İstanbul [Ticaret Sicili, Ticaret Ünvanı ve İşletme Adı (8-24) ve Acenta (30-38) ] (Turkish Commercial Code in its 40 th Year, Evaluations of Commercial and Maritime Professors and Assistants of University, 1997, Chapters on Commercial Registry, Trade Name and Business Name and Agency) - Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights: A Non-Tariff Barrier to International Trade? Annales de la Faculté de Droit d 1996, XXX, No. 46 ( ) - Report Concerning the on Intellectual and Artistic Works - (together with Professor. Dr. Unal tekinalp) Annales de la Faculté de Droit d 1996, XXX, No. 46 ( ) Selected conferences and other presentations: - Harmonisation of Turkish Copyright with EU Conference organized by Bilgi University Faculty and the Max Planck Institute for Private International on the Harmonisation of Turkish Business with EU, December 2007, Bilgi University. Published in: Kompatibilität des türkischen und europäischen

6 Wirtschaftsrechts - Der neue türkische HGB-Entwurf und benachbarte Rechtsgebiete, Atamer/Hopt (editör), Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 2009 ( ) - Plagiarism from the Perspective of Copyright ALLEA Science and Ethics Committee Meeting, İTU 24 May Published in: Proceedings of the ALLEA Standing Committee on Science & Ethics meeting and workshop on Current Issues May 2008,, Turkey (ALLEA-All European Academies, 2008) (61-74) - TTK Tasarısında Birleşme, Bölünme, Şirketler Topluluğu ve Denetim (Mergers, Demergers, Groups of Companies and Audit in the Draft Commercial Code) Hesap Uzmanları Vakfı Ankara, TTK Tasarısı ve Denetim Paneli Panel organised by the Foundation of Tax Inspectors 29 May 2008, Proceedings published in Mergers and Takeovers in the Draft Turkish Commercial Code, IOSCO Emerging Markets Committee Working Group 4 Seminar, June Türk Hukukunda Kişisel Kullanım İstisnası ve Kişisel Kullanım Harcı Conference on Collective Management of Rights in Music, Bilgi University, November 2007 (The Private Use Exception and the Private Copy Levy in Turkish Conference Organised by BILFIM with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Musical Collecting Societies) - İleride Vücuda Getirilecek Eserler Üzerindeki Hakların Devri Fikri Mülkiyet Atölyesi, BİLFİM, (Transfer of Rights on Intellectual and Artistic Works to be Created in the Future - Intellectual Property Workshop, BİLFİM ) - Kurumsal Yönetim TTK Tasarısı Ne Getiriyor? Kurumsal Yönetim Konferansı, (Corporate Governance What is new in the Draft Commercial Code- Conference organized by the Turkish Corporate Governance Association)) - The of Group of Companies Under the Draft Turkish Commercial Code, Turkish-Swiss Days, Berne, Switzerland, Overview of Turkish Company and Corporate Governance Principles, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 14 December Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukuku Medyada Hukuk Sorunları Toplantısı Hukuk Sorunları Araştırma Platformu May 2003 İstanbul; (Conference on Legal Problems in the Media Legal Problems Research Platform May 2003 Presentation: Copyright ) Editor: - Bilgi Toplumu nda Hukuk Ünal Tekinalp e Armağan (ISSN: ), Beta İstanbul 2003 III Cilt (C.I: LXXVII ; C.II: XLI ; C.III: XLI + 953) Yayın Kurulu Üyesi, proje yürütücüsü ( in the Information Society in Honour of Prof. Dr Ünal Tekinalp (ISSN: ), Beta 2003 V III (C.I: LXXVII ; C.II: XLI ; C.III: XLI + 953) Translation: - The on Intellectual and Artistic Works (Annales de la Faculté de Droit d, 2006 Vol. 38, No. 55) Translation from Turkish to English, together with Asst. Prof. Dr. Feyzan Hayal Şehirali Çelik.

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