Penalty for Companies Without a Contracted Lawyer!

Lawyer Nevin Can from Izmir said that companies and cooperatives that do not have a consultancy contract should take action until September 05, 2022.

Lawyer Nevin Can also stated that after September 05, the Bar Association will file a criminal complaint against the joint stock companies and cooperatives within the scope that do not have a contracted lawyer.

Giving information about the regulation, Can said, “Article 1136/35 of the Attorneyship Law No. 3; ” Joint stock companies with five times or more of the basic capital stipulated in Article 332 of the Turkish Commercial Code and building cooperatives with one hundred or more members must have a contracted lawyer. In accordance with the provision of …”, a criminal complaint will be filed against joint stock companies and cooperatives within the scope that do not have a contracted lawyer. In order to determine the joint stock companies and cooperatives that do not have a lawyer; In accordance with Article 73/A of the Attorneyship Law Regulation, 35/3 of the Attorneyship Law. Until 05 September 2022, joint stock companies and cooperatives within the scope of which you work on a contractual basis within the framework of the article; Your salary agreement for 2022 (including the agreements made in previous years and ongoing), along with the receipts of your payment and the self-employment receipts you have issued, must be notified to the Presidency of the Bar Association, via the address company Bildirimi@izmirbarosu.org.tr.

Lawyer Nevin Can continued her words as follows: “If the requested documents are not submitted to the Presidency of the Bar Association until this date, a criminal complaint will be filed with the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor for the said joint stock companies and cooperatives in accordance with Article 1136/35 of the Attorneyship Law No. 3.”