ALJ Holding Head of Legal Affairs selected to The Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Türkiye 2022

Miraç Ucankale Yuce, Head of Legal Affairs, ALJ Holding has been selected among her peers to join The Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Türkiye 2022, a prestigious collection of legal minds delivering the very best standards of work in the country.

In her role, Miraç oversees all legal work for ALJ Holding’s automotive businesses, including Toyota Türkiye, Lexus Türkiye, and Otoshops, as well as handling all legal aspects of transactional and regulatory matters of business and new investments related to the business. In addition to her responsibilities in Türkiye, she now has Associates from all North African countries within Abdul Latif Jameel report to her for non-litigation matters. With more than 15 years’ experience, Miraç completed her law degree from the University of Marmara in Istanbul and joined ALJ Holding in February 2015.

When asked by The Legal 500 how she recommends in-house lawyers build strong relationships with business partners, Miraç said:

“In-house counsel should follow two key kaizen elements— know your client, in order to provide the business partners with a better legal service and experience. Clear communication with business partners can smooth the relationship with them and help build a stronger partnership.”

Melissa Yebisi, research analyst, GC Powerlist Series, said in her Editor’s Message accompanying the report:

“The Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Türkiye 2022 demonstrates an astounding level of legal ability against an arduous, transforming economic background.  Driven by resilience, general counsel in Türkiye have assumed a leading role in their companies and navigated unparalleled challenges. It does not come as a surprise that the in-house legal profession is burgeoning in Türkiye, attributable to the taxing undertakings they typically face in their organizations.”

For more than three decades, The Legal 500 has been analyzing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research program revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market.  The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions and highlights the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.

Read Miraç’s interview with The Legal 500 here.