- Academic Member
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Can Pehlivanoğlu
Biography
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Can PEHLİVANOĞLU is Associate Professor of Commercial Law, attorney at law, and author. Dr. Pehlivanoğlu graduated from San Francisco Golden Gate University School of Law (S.J.D. (2018)), İstanbul Bilgi University (LL.M. (2015), LL.B. (2013)) and V.K.V. Koç High School (2009). Pehlivanoğlu is a former student at University of San Francisco School of Law (2016) and London School of Economics and Political Science School of Law (2011), and a former researcher at City University of Hong Kong (2016), Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf (2017) and University of Warwick Coventry (2024). He holds several administrative positions in universities, and received grants for his research.
Dr. Pehlivanoglu has published widely on commercial law, focusing primarily on shareholder disputes, commercial fraud, corporate finance and beneficial ownership. His leading monographs are Paravan Şirket (Shell Company) (On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2023) and Non- Pecuniary Private Benefits in Publicly Traded Corporations: How Involuntary Dissolution Statute May Be the Solution (Brill Nijhoff, 2024). Pehlivanoğlu's academic articles have been published in leading peer- reviewed journals in Turkish and English. He teaches international corporate law, commercial law, European Union law and American law courses at several universities, including Istanbul Kent University and MEF University Faculty of Law since 2018. Pehlivanoğlu demonstrates academic leadership with an international, entrepreneurial and socially responsible approach.
Murat Can Pehlivanoğlu is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, and is hosted by media and various institutions, including Dubai Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of Society of Legal Scholars (United Kingdom) and Law and Society Association (United States) professional associations, and university representative at European Law Faculties Association (Belgium). Pehlivanoğlu is admitted to Istanbul Bar Association and Union of Turkish Bar Associations.
Research Interests
Dr. Pehlivanoglu has published widely on commercial law, focusing primarily on shareholder disputes, commercial fraud, corporate finance and beneficial ownership. His leading monographs are Paravan Şirket (Shell Company) (On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2023) and Non- Pecuniary Private Benefits in Publicly Traded Corporations: How Involuntary Dissolution Statute May Be the Solution (Brill Nijhoff, 2024). Pehlivanoğlu's academic articles have been published in leading peer- reviewed journals in Turkish and English. He teaches international corporate law, commercial law, European Union law and American law courses at several universities, including Istanbul Kent University and MEF University Faculty of Law. Pehlivanoğlu demonstrates academic leadership with an international, entrepreneurial and socially responsible approach.
Murat Can Pehlivanoğlu is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, and is hosted by Turkish media and various institutions, including Dubai Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of Society of Legal Scholars (United Kingdom) and Law and Society Association (United States) professional associations, and university representative at European Law Faculties Association (Belgium). Pehlivanoğlu is admitted to Istanbul Bar Association and Union of Turkish Bar Associations.