About

Built for founders shaping what's next.

Igniters Tech Law is a cross-border technology law firm advising founders, investors, and innovation teams building ambitious companies across Turkey, the United States, and MENA.

Who We Are

A technology law firm built around venture, innovation, and cross-border execution.

We work with startups, venture investors, and technology-led businesses that need legal counsel aligned with how ambitious companies actually grow. Our work spans formation, fundraising, governance, intellectual property, regulatory strategy, commercial transactions, and exits.

What makes Igniters distinct is the combination of startup sensibility and cross-border depth. We regularly advise on matters that sit between jurisdictions, investor expectations, and fast-moving product teams.

We are headquartered in Istanbul and operate with a global view. Clients come to us when they need legal clarity without losing speed, commercial judgment without losing precision, and counsel that understands both venture logic and operational reality.

How We Work

The kind of partner we aim to be.

We are practical, founder-aware, and commercially grounded. We like hard problems, unconventional paths, and teams building something real.

Innovative

We work at the edge of technology, venture finance, and cross-border growth. That means being comfortable with new business models, new markets, and legal questions without standard answers.

Brave

We are built for founders, funds, and leadership teams making high-conviction moves. We do our best work where there is real complexity, real momentum, and real commercial pressure.

Diverse

We bring a broad, internationally minded perspective to startup law. Different backgrounds, legal systems, and business cultures are part of the work, not an exception to it.

Supportive

We care about backing ambitious women founders and minority founders with the same seriousness, speed, and strategic clarity that the strongest companies deserve.

Client Fit

We do our best work with ambitious teams moving through real inflection points.

Not every company needs the same kind of legal partner. We are most useful where growth, complexity, and cross-border judgment intersect.

Founders Building Across Borders

Startups navigating incorporation, fundraising, IP ownership, hiring, and expansion between Turkey, the US, and the wider MENA ecosystem.

Funds and Investors Backing Tech

Venture funds, angels, and strategic investors that need sharp execution on venture deals, governance, diligence, and portfolio-company support.

Scaling Teams at Inflection Points

Technology companies preparing for growth rounds, major commercial deals, market entry, restructuring, or acquisitions.

Operators Who Want a Real Partner

Clients who want practical legal judgment, commercial clarity, and a team that understands how fast-moving companies actually operate.

Founder's Note

Aylin Şahin LL.M., PhD.

We built Igniters for founders, funds, and innovation teams doing consequential work across borders — where legal advice has to be both precise and commercially alive.

Aylin Şahin LL.M., PhD.

Managing Partner

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A firm built from the realities of venture and technology.

Igniters was built around a simple idea: the most ambitious companies need legal counsel that understands both innovation and execution. That means being commercially sharp, internationally minded, and close to the realities founders and investors face when companies are scaling fast.

Contact

If the work is ambitious, we should talk.

Whether you are building, investing, expanding, or preparing for a transaction, we can help you move with more clarity.