About Recep Altun

Recep Altun is a corporate and compliance lawyer (advocaat) based in Amsterdam. He specialises in all aspects of corporate law, including corporate governance, joint ventures and commercial contracts. Recep also advises on anti-bribery and corruption matters.

In December 2016, Recep founded his own law firm. He assists major mining, construction, retail and technology companies; financial institutions and law firms on an interim and project basis.

Prior to starting his own business Recep worked for Norton Rose Fulbright (a leading international law firm) and Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn (a leading Dutch law firm).

Much of Recep’s experience has an international angle. He has assisted a major bank and a major insurance company with the execution of their global corporate compliance program covering more than 50 entity types in almost 30 jurisdictions. Another international project Recep worked on involved the roll out of distribution and agency agreements in 6 jurisdictions.

Recep has also been involved in two cross-border investigations into bribery and corruption allegations against two multinationals. For the purpose of one of these investigations he reviewed and assessed commercial contracts with suppliers, agents and distributors from a bribery and corruption perspective.

In the compliance sphere, Recep has furthermore advised large and small companies from a range of industries on their anti-corruption programmes. He has drafted policies and procedures, carried out M&A due diligence, provided training, and conducted third party due diligence on high risk agents.

In 2013 and 2014 Recep was seconded to a major company in the mining and construction sector for a period of six months. During his secondment he advised on various matters relating to commercial contracts.

Recep is both a Dutch and Turkish native speaker. He has basic knowledge of Azerbaijani and German. He is fluent in English.