Simel Sarıalioğlu

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Telecommunications, Media and Technology

Career

Simel Sarıalioğlu specialises in commercial arbitration, arbitration-related court proceedings and commercial litigation.

She has experience in representing clients before tribunals constituted under the arbitration rules of the ICC, ICSID, ISTAC, LCIA, SMA, UNCITRAL, VIAC and WIPO. She also acts as arbitrator in commercial arbitration proceedings. She has experience in disputes in various sectors such as telecommunication, media, technology, construction, insurance, customs, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and retail.

Ms Sarıalioğlu is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (FCIArb) (2010). She is giving lectures on international arbitration as a visiting speaker at law faculties of reputable universities in Istanbul. Ms Sarıalioğlu acted as the ICC YAF Türkiye, Middle East & Africa Chapter Representative for 2017-2019 mandate. She regularly speaks in domestic and international conferences on international arbitration and she is author of a number of publications on international arbitration. Who’s Who Legal: Litigation and Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration Listings have been naming Ms Sarıalioğlu as a “future leader” since 2019.

Ms Sarıalioğlu is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association, ArbitralWomen, ICC YAF, Queen Mary School of International Arbitration Alumni Association and American Collegiate Institute of Izmir Alumni Association. She also serves as a member of the steering committee of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center Young Professionals group. She is also on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) list of neutrals.

Professional Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association

International Bar Association

ArbitralWomen

YIAG

Young ICCA

ICC YAF

Queen Mary School of International Arbitration Alumni Association

ELSA the European Law Students' Association