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 : 14.08.1970 4. NATIONALITY : TURKISH 5. ADDRESS : Bilgi University Faculty Of, Kurtuluşderesi Cad. No. 47 Dolapdere 6. PHONE/FAX : + 90 212 311 52 44 / + 90 212 361 50 21 7. E-MAIL : gul.okutan@bilgi.edu.tr 8. PRESENT POSITION : DIRECTOR, ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RESEARCH CENTER (BILFIM) 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 : 1995 2001 University Institute of Social Sciences - Ph.D. 1992 1993 Amsterdam School of International Relations - LL.M. 1988 1992 - LL.B 1981 1988 İstanbul Robert College Highschool - Highschool diploma
11. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Date from - Date to Fall 2006 Present 04/2017- Present Location Institution Position Description 2010-2017 2010-2017 October 2013 Nashville TN, US 2003-2005 2004-2005 2003-2004 İstanbul Bilgi University Bilgi Bilgi Bilgi Vanderbilt University School İstanbul Bilgi İstanbul Bilgi İstanbul Bilgi Director of Intellectual Property Research Center (BILFIM) Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Guest Lecturer Director of LL.M. Programs Faculty Erasmus Coordinator Member of the International Student Exchange Committee Responsible for developing research projects, education programs and organising seminars and conferences. BILFIM is the only Turkish NGO accredited as Observer for WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright. Courses currently taught: Undergraduate: Corporate, Copyright (in English), Graduate: Copyright In Theory and Practice, Restructuring of Companies, of Corporate Groups Courses previously taught: Shareholders Agreements in Joint Stock Companies, Foundations of European (in English) Course taught: EU Company Director of LL.M. programs. 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 2
02/1995 09/2002 University Faculty of Research Assistant Research assistant in the commercial law department. Conducted research, assisted teaching, gave tutorials. 01/1994-01/1995 09/1993-12/1993 03/1992-06/1992 09/1990-06/1991 1991-1993 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 5 5 5 English 5 5 5 German 4 3 2 French 4 3 2 3
13. AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS - FELLOWSHIPS AWARDS: - British Embassy Harborne Award (2005) - Award of the Çağa Foundation (2001) (for the book on Shareholders Agreements in Joint Stock Corporations) SCHOLARSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS - London School of Economics Visiting Fellow (October 2015 January 2016) - 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 (1999-2000) - 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 (1992-1993) 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. RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS: Books - Sermaye Piyasası Hukukunda Birleşme Amaçlı Ortaklık (SPACS) İstanbul 2016 XII Levha Yayınları - Görsel İşitsel Sektörde Toplu Hak Yönetimi, (Collective Licensing in the Audiovisual Sector) Together with Yalçın Tosun and Eda Çataklar, İstanbul 2014 XII Levha Yayınları - Türk Ticaret Kanunu Tasarısına Göre Şirketler Topluluğu Hukuku, İstanbul 2009, XII Levha Yayınları (The of Groups of Companies Under the Draft Turkish Commercial Code) - Anonim Ortaklıklarda Paysahipleri Sözleşmeleri, İstanbul 2004, Çağa Hukuk Vakfı (Shareholders Agreements in Joint Stock Corporations) Book Chapters and Articles: - Chapter on: Corporate Governance in Turkey, in: Ngwu/Osuji/Stephen, Corporate Governance In Developing And Emerging Markets, Routledge, 2017, 183-196. - "Türk Ticaret Kanunu'nun 198. Maddesi Uyarınca Bildirim Yapılmamasının Anonim Şirketteki Oy Haklarına Etkisi" Prof. Dr. Hamdi Yasaman'a Armağan, İstanbul 2017 (771-790) (Together with Prof. Dr. Veliye Yanlı). (The effects on voting rights of failure to disclose under article 198 TCC) 4
- Eser, İcra, Yapım ve Yayınların Umuma Açık Mahallerde Kullanımı Bağlamında Uluslararası Hukuk ve AB Hukukunda Temsil ve İletim Kavramları Legal Fikri ve Sınai Haklar Dergisi, C. XII, S. 46 (2016) 459-489 (Communication to the Public of Works in International and EU ) - Anonim ve Limited Şirketlerde Sınırlı Yetkili Temsilci Tayini (Together with Veliye Yanlı) Batider, XXX /4, 2014, 5-42 (Appointment of Representatives with Limited Powers in Joint Stock and Limited Liability Companies) - Chapters on: Unfair Trade and Intellectual Property, in: Ansay/Wallace, Turkish Business, 111-120, 141-160, Kluwer International, 2014 - Halka Açık Olmayan Anonim Şirketlerin Genel Kurullarında Birikimli Oy Kullanımı, (Cumulative Voting in Closed Companies) Türk Ticaret Kanunu na İlişkin İkincil Mevzuatın Değerlendirilmesi, Sempozyum,, 2014, 53-70. - Para Alacaklısının Geç Ödemelere Karşı Korunmasına İlişkin Yeni TK m. 1530 Düzenlemesi ve Uygulama Alanı (The New Art. 1530 of the TCC on Protection Against Late Payments) (Together with Yeşim M. Atamer) Batider, XXIX / 3, 2013, 31-82. - Şirketler Topluluğunda Karşılıklı İştirak, Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Hukuk Araştırmaları Dergisi Özel Sayı, Türk Ticaret Kanununu Beklerken, (Cross-shareholding in Company ), Volume 18, Issue 2, 2012 (date of publication: April 2013). - Turkey in: Hilty/Nerisson, Balancing Copyright A Survey of National Approaches, Springer, 2012, 1029-1046 - Şirketin Kendi Paylarını İktisabına İlişkin 10.08 2011 Tarih ve 26/767 Sayılı SPK İlke Kararının 6762 Sayılı TTK Çerçevesinde Değerlendirilmesi, Halil Arslanlı Bilim Arşivi (www.arslanlibilimarsivi.com), 10.02.2012 (The Assessment Of the Capital Market Board Decision No. 26/767 of 10.08.2011 Regarding The Acquisition of Treasury Shares Under The Scope Turkish Commercial Code Numbered 6762) - Anonim Şirketin Kendi Paylarını İktisabı Yasağı Bağlamında Finansal Yardım Yasağı, Anonim Şirketler ve Sermaye Piyasası Hukukunda Güncel Gelişmeler Türk-Alman Uluslararası Sempozyumu (25-26 Haziran 2010) İMKB Yayınları, Ağustos 2011, 90-101 (The Prohibition of Financial Assistance Within the Context of the Prohibition of Acquisition of Treasury Shares) - Fikir ve Sanat Eserlerinin Bireyler Arası Ağlar Üzerinden Paylaşımı (P2P) Konusunda Uluslararası Gelişmeler; Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku Yıllığı, 2011, 379-394. (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. (3177-3198) - Türk Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukukunda Tüzel Kişilerin Eser Sahipliği Sorunu, Uğur Alacakaptan a Armağan, Bilgi Yayınları, İstanbul 2008 (469-500) (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: 195-236 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, (179-207) - AB de Şirket Gruplarına İlişkin Düzenleme Önerileri, Hukuki Perspektifler Dergisi Sayı 3 2005, 209-212. (Proposals Regarding Corporate Groups in EU) - Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukukunda Gelişmeler, Hukuki Perspektifler Dergisi Sayı 1 Yaz 2004, 63-66 (Developments in Copyright ) - Halka Açık Anonim Ortaklıklarda Birikimli Oy Kullanımı, Bilgi Toplumunda Hukuk, Ünal Tekinalp e Armağan, İstanbul 2003 C I., 563-601 (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 1-2 2003 sayfa 579-598 (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 : 587-616) (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 (560-595)] (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 (199-250) (Intellectual Property in Turkish International Private ) - 40. yılında Türk Ticaret Kanunu, İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Ticaret Hukuku Anabilim Dalı ile Deniz Hukuku Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyeleri ve Araştırma Görevlilerinin Değerlendirmeleri, İstanbul 1997. [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 (110-130) - 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 (204-233) Selected conferences and other presentations: - Şirketler Topluluğu Hukukunda Davalar, (Types of Cases in Corporate Group ) TTK Çalıştayı Organized jointly by the Turkish Court of Appeals and İstanbul Bilgi University - 17-18 February 2017, Ankara - The Turkish Approach to Groups of Companies 80. Yaş Gününde Prof. Dr. Ünal Tekinalp e Saygı Konferansı Karşılaştırmalı Şirketler Topluluğu Hukuku - Organized by İstanbul Bilgi University, 9 October 2015 6
- Şirketler Topluluğu ve Finansal Yardım Yasağı (Corporate Group and Financial Assistance) İstanbul Bilgi University International Association Conference December 2015 - Public Communication Rights in Music under International Ankara University Conference on Collective Licensing in Music November 2015 - SPACs under Turkish - Ankara University 90 th Anniversary International Congress November 2015 - Incentive Structures of SPACs - Vanderbilt University 18 th Annual and Business Conference Future of International Corporate Governance 3-5 September 2015 - Eser sahibi ile bağlantılı hak sahipleri arasındaki ilişki (Relationship between author s rights and related rights) Ceza Hukukunda Fikri Haklar Çalıştayı (Workshop on IP Rights in Criminal ) Organized by İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Court of Cassation, 6-8 March 2014 - Şirketler Topluluğunda Güvenden Doğan Sorumluluk - (Trust Liability in Corporate Groups) Yeni Türk Ticaret Kanunu nda Anonim Şirketler Prof. Dr. Oğuz İmregün e Saygı Sempozyumu, 23 October 2013 - Anonim Şirketlerde Finansal Yardım Yasağı Ve Şirketler Topluluğu Hukuku İle İlişkisi (Prohibition of Financial Assistance in Corporations and Its Relationship with Corporate Group ), Kemerburgaz Üniversitesi, Yeni Ticaret Kanununun İş Dünyasına Etkileri Konferansı, 8 December 2012 - Halka Açık Olmayan Anonim Şirketlerin Genel Kurullarında Birikimli Oy Kullanılması (Cumulative Voting at Shareholder s Meeting) Türk Ticaret Kanunu na İlişkin İkincil Mevzuatın Değerlendirilmesi Sempozyumu Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 15 December 2012 - Teaching IP in Turkey, European Intellectual Property Teacher s Network Annual Workshop, Milan, 12-13 July 2012 - Yeni TTK da Ticari İşletme, Şirketler Topluluğu, Birleşme ve Bölünmeler, Paysahipliği Hakları ve Azlık Hakları, Yürürlük Kanunu, Türk Borçlar Kanunu ve Türk Ticaret Kanunu Çalıştayı Yargıtay Başkanlığı ve İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İşbirliğiyle Türk Ticaret Kanunu Çalıştayı 9-12 Ocak 2012 (The New Turkish Commercial Code The Commercial Enterprise, Corporate Groups, Mergers & Demergers, Shareholders Rights, Implementation Seminar organized by the Turkish Court of Appeals and Bilgi University, 9-12 January 2012) - Yeni Türk Ticaret Kanunu (The New Turkish Commercial - Selected Topics) Seminar Series organised by the Turkish Businessmen s Association- April-May 2011 - Yeni TTK da Şirketler Topluluğu Bağlamında Yönetim Kurulunun Sorumluluğu (The Liability of Directors in Company Groups), 2 June 2011, Institute of International Research,, Turkey - Anonim Şirketin Kendi Hisselerini İktisabı Bağlamında Finansal Yardım (Financial Asisstance for Purchasing of a Company s Shares) Current Developments in Corporate and 7
Securities s, Turkish-German International Symposium, Turkey 25-26 June 2010 - 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, 14-15 December 2007, Bilgi University. Published in: Kompatibilität des türkischen und europäischen Wirtschaftsrechts - Der neue türkische HGB-Entwurf und benachbarte Rechtsgebiete, Atamer/Hopt (editör), Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 2009 (285-307) - Plagiarism from the Perspective of Copyright, ALLEA Science and Ethics Committee Meeting, İTU 24 May 2008 - Published in: Proceedings of the ALLEA Standing Committee on Science & Ethics meeting and workshop on Current Issues 23-24 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 2009. - Mergers and Takeovers in the Draft Turkish Commercial Code, IOSCO Emerging Markets Committee Working Group 4 Seminar, 11-14 June 2008 - Türk Hukukunda Kişisel Kullanım İstisnası ve Kişisel Kullanım Harcı Conference on Collective Management of Rights in Music, Bilgi University, 23-24 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, 04.07.2007 (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, 19.10.2006 (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, 21-23.09.2006 - Overview of Turkish Company and Corporate Governance Principles, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 14 December 2005 - Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukuku Medyada Hukuk Sorunları Toplantısı Hukuk Sorunları Araştırma Platformu 11-12 May 2003 İstanbul; (Conference on Legal Problems in the Media Legal Problems Research Platform 11-12 May 2003 Presentation: Copyright ) Editorship: - Bilgi Toplumu nda Hukuk Ünal Tekinalp e Armağan (ISSN:975-295-273-9), Beta İstanbul 2003 III Cilt (C.I: LXXVII + 1127; C.II: XLI + 1126; C.III: XLI + 953) Yayın Kurulu Üyesi, proje yürütücüsü ( in the Information Society in Honour of Prof. Dr Ünal Tekinalp (ISSN:975-295-273-9), Beta 2003 V III (C.I: LXXVII + 1127; C.II: XLI + 1126; C.III: XLI + 953) 8
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. 9