Emre Burak Onat
He is a lawyer specializing in tax and commercial law, mediates as an expert mediator and serves on the board of directors of a listed company.
ContactIn 2011, after starting his career, he worked in the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency law, labor law, commercial law, law of obligations, law of contracts, and then turned to tax law and gained experience in this field.
Since 2017, he has been practicing law independently and has been working mainly in the field of tax law and commercial law at Ankalex Attorney Partnership, where he is a partner, providing solutions to disputes between taxpayers and tax authorities and providing preventive consultancy services for companies.
Ankalex Attorney Partnership
In addition to practicing as a lawyer, he has been working as a mediator since 2019. He is an expert mediator in five areas (commercial law, labor law, consumer law, insurance law, banking and finance law). As of 2024, he has conducted mediation activities in more than 1000 disputes and continues his mediation activities within Anka Mediation Center, where he is a partner and chairman of the board of directors.
Emre Burak Onat has been an Independent Board Member since 2022 at Gimat Mağazacılık İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., which was established in 2015 and later became a “Publicly Traded Company”. He was proposed by the management and approved by the CMB and elected as an independent member of the Board of Directors at the General Assembly of the Company. Within the scope of his responsibilities in the company, he continues to serve as the chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Remuneration Committee.
- Supervises the Implementation of Corporate Governance Principles
- Makes Corporate Governance Recommendations
- Reviews Reports
- Evaluates the Board of Directors
- Evaluates Independent Member Candidates
- Determines the Principles of Remuneration
- Creates Performance Appraisal and Career Planning Approaches
- Prepares Remuneration Policy
- Determine Performance Based Remuneration Criteria
- Provides Fee Recommendations
Founded in 1946, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law, one of the most well-established and successful law faculties in Turkey, as the 742nd in Turkey and graduated from the faculty in 2011.
In 2016, he was accepted to the Master's Program in Public Law. He gave the Master's courses he chose in the field of tax law but could not complete his thesis, then continued his education in 2022 and graduated from the master's program.
In 2020, he won the Public Law Master's Program exam and took graduate courses at Hacettepe University between 2020-2022. Later, he transferred to Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and continued his master's education there.
He studied Russian Language at the Minsk State Language University in Minsk, Belarus, one of the best language universities in the country, in 2011-2012. He continues to work on legal Russian and provides services to his clients in Russian.
Some of his published articles are as follows:
- “Participate of Tax Evasion Offenses”, peer-reviewed article, published on Turkey Bar Association Review, July-August 2018, No:137, p. 311.
- “The Concept of the Repetition of Tax Evasion Offences” published on Yaklaşım Review, April 2018, No: 304, p. 258-262.
- “The Transition of e-Bookkeeping Liability for Lawyers, from Paper-based Bookkepping to e-Bookkeeping”, published Ustad Review No.4, 2018, p. 74-77.
- “A Comparative Analysis of Tax Crimes and Penalties in OECD Countries” published on Yaklaşım Review, June 2016, No:282, p.253-258.
- ‘The Transition of Tax Evasion Penalties, from “Fines and Imprisonment” to “Fines or Imprisonment” published on Yaklaşım Review, May 2016, No:281, s. 254-263
Within the Administrative and Tax Law Commission of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, it contributes to the work of the TBB Bulletin. He works to support the publication of the bulletin prepared for the needs of lawyers in the field of administrative and tax law and to contribute to the development of lawyers in the field of tax law.
Ankara Bar Association Tax and Administrative Law Board is a platform that provides information sharing, professional development and legal support for lawyers who aim to specialize in tax and administrative law. Emre Burak Onat supports the Ankara Bar Association Tax and Administrative Law Board as a member.
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Foundation (TÜSİAV) is a non-governmental organization that has been pioneering the development of Turkish industry, strengthening university-industry cooperation and contributing to the national economy as an effective representative of civil society since 1995.
Emre Burak Onat is the Vice President of the Legal Platform at the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Foundation (TÜSAİV). In 2020, TÜSİAV organized the Panel on Current Problems and Future of Mediation in cooperation with Ankara University. Within the scope of his duty, he develops activities and projects in cooperation with other NGOs in order to increase legal awareness in the society and the development of law.
JCI is a non-governmental organization that supports the personal and professional development of young people, has an international network and stands out with its social responsibility projects.
Emre Burak Onat has held various positions in the Junior Chamber International over time.
- 2012 JCI Ankara Membership
- 2013 JCI Ankara Education Director
- 2014 JCI Ankara Treasurer - 2015-2017 JCI Ankara Vice President
- 2018 JCl Ankara Secretary
- 2019 JCI Ankara Vice President
- 2021-2022 JCI Ankara President
- 2022-2023 JCI Turkey Board of Directors
The Sales and Business Development Association (SIGD) is a non-governmental organization founded in Ankara in 2016. The association brings together professionals from various fields to discuss common problems in the business world and find solutions.
Emre Burak Onat has been a member of the Sales and Business Development Association since 2023.
Russian Speaking Youth Association is an association established to contribute to the development of young people and carries out activities in this direction. Emre Burak Onat has been a member of the Russian Speaking Youth Association since 2013. In 2014, as a member of the association, he attended the Interseliger International Youth Forum in Russia and represented the association.
Address Ankara, Türkiye
E-mail emreburakonat@gmail.com
Phone +90 532 171 55 31