Pelin graduated from the Istanbul Bilgi University Law Faculty with a first class honors degree in 2010 and was admitted to the Istanbul Bar in 2011. She also attended the LLM programme of Queen Mary University of London in insurance law and graduated with a distinction degree. In 2013, she spent two months as a secondment plan at one of the leading shipping and insurance law firms in London.

 

Since joining EBB in 2010, she gained vast experience in (re)insurance law, by focusing on multiple coverage disputes arising from liability policies, D&O policies, BBB policies, construction all risks, fire policies, property damage policies, product recall and now earthquake damages. She assists various insurers and reinsurers in Turkey and abroad as well as major London law firms on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Pelin has both arbitration and mediation experience. Her insurance practice also contains regulatory matters as well as assisting underwriters in drafting policies and compliance with laws.

 

She also works on aviation cases related both to cargo losses and personal injury. On shipping side, she has been assisting one of the biggest shipyards in Turkey for many years, particularly in drafting and negotiating shipbuilding & ship repair contracts and various contractual disputes.

 

Pelin has been recognised as a Rising Star in insurance in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Legal500. Pelin is a Partner of the firm as of 1 June 2023.