Network / TR / kaan-ozdamar
N/A
Tilburg & Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Qualified lawyer and Legal Counsel with 8 years of international in-house and private-practice experience across commercial contracts, corporate governance, M&A, compliance, data protection, IP&IT, and legal operations. I help businesses turn complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear decisions, workable contracts and scalable processes. My work combines hands-on legal ownership, from risk assessment and drafting to negotiation, approvals, execution and implementation, with a practical focus on templates, workflows, training, document control and continuous improvement. Recently, at Acıbadem Healthcare Group (IHH Healthcare), I spent three years as Corporate Legal Counsel, managing a broad legal portfolio across 20+ group entities (including Dutch entities). I advised senior management on commercial, corporate, technology, privacy, compliance and healthcare matters; led supplier, procurement, services, technology, SaaS, software-licensing, data-related, research, sector-spesific agreements; governance, M&A and international investment projects, entity management, insurance-related contracting and EU/university projects. I also developed legal workflows, SOPs, templates, approval processes and a tailored CLM/matter-management system. Most recently, at Henkel Global Supply Chain in Amsterdam, I gained Dutch in-house legal experience supporting commercial, supplier, manufacturing and SaaS contracts; GDPR and DPO-related work; KYC; legal-tech and document-automation initiatives; corporate-governance projects; and EUDR regulatory implementation across a global supply-chain environment. I'm based in the Netherlands.
AI Act actor context
- Provider
- Authorised Representative
- Distributor
- Deployer
- Importer
- Operator
Practice areas (FOLIO)
- Privacy Law
- Artificial Intelligence Law / Regulation
- Technology Law
- Cybersecurity Law
- E-Commerce Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Law
Legal services (FOLIO)
- Advisory Service
- Regulatory Compliance
- Transactional Practice
- dpo-service
- ai-gov-service
- Investigation Practice
Legal competences
- Data Protection Law (applied)·Expertclaimed
- AI Act Compliance·Expertclaimed
- AI & Data Risk Assessment (DPIA/FRIA)·Expertclaimed
- Technology & Data Contract Drafting·Expertclaimed
- Regulatory Engagement & Enforcement·Expertclaimed
Credentials
- Languages
- en·native
- tr·native
- de·intermediate
- nl·basic
- es·basic
Recognition
IHH Compliance Award - 2024
Experience
Corporate Legal Counsel · Acibadem Healthcare Group (IHH Healthcare)
2022 – 2025 · Healthcare
• Held primary in-house legal responsibility for a multi-company healthcare group, advising senior management and business stakeholders on commercial, corporate, technology, privacy, IP, regulatory and compliance matters in a highly regulated environment. • Independently managed legal matters end to end, from business intake and risk assessment through drafting, negotiation, internal approvals, execution, implementation, amendments, renewals, dispute support and termination. • Managed legal processes and contract-management colleagues within the area of responsibility, including review standards, prioritisation, workflow coordination and external-counsel management. • Drafted, reviewed and negotiated customer, supplier, procurement, supply, services, maintenance, technology, SaaS, softwarelicensing, confidentiality, data-processing, data-transfer, partnership, joint-venture, employment, IP-related and research agreements. • Led corporate-governance, M&A and strategic transaction workstreams, including incorporations, restructurings, board and generalassembly documentation, signature and authority matters, MOUs, LOIs, SPAs, SHAs, venture-capital and investment documentation. • Led GDPR implementation across the Group, including privacy notices, cookie policies, information and consent documentation, international data-transfer arrangements and training with IHH Healthcare’s global compliance team. • Independently led clinical-research and clinical-trial contracting, managing 500+ agreements with pharmaceutical companies, CROs, investigators and research partners. • Developed clinical-research SOPs, mandatory clauses and risk-based approval criteria, and served as lawyer member of Acıbadem University’s Clinical Research Ethics Committee. • Developed templates, clause libraries, approval workflows and a tailored CLM and matter-management system, improving legalprocess consistency, contract governance, risk visibility and business usability. • Managed legal work for Acıbadem University research collaborations and EU-funded projects
Legal Team - Student Intern · Henkel Global Supply Chain B.V.
2025 – 2026 · fmcg
• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated commercial agreements in a global supply-chain environment, including supply, manufacturing, confidentiality, IP, SaaS and technology contracts. • Supported a global SaaS transition with headquarters, including termination of an existing solution, replacement-provider contracting, implementation documentation and a practical contracting checklist for business stakeholders. • Supported GDPR-related work with the DPO, EUDR implementation and contractual EU AI Act alignment, translating evolving regulatory requirements into practical business and contractual guidance. • Contributed to legal operations through contract workflows, approval and signature processes, templates, internal guidance, contract documentation and knowledge-management materials. • Assisted with corporate-housekeeping and company-secretarial projects, including preparation and management of corporate resolutions. • Supported assessment of legal-tech and AI-enabled tools for CLM, document automation and knowledge management. • Completed a full-time, English-language in-house legal role alongside the LL.M., contributing independently to live commercial, regulatory, governance and cross-functional matters.
Education
Tilburg Univerity · LL.M. in International Business Law: Digital Innovation in Commerce and Finance
2025 - 2026
I.D. Bilkent University · LL.B., Law
2013 - 2018
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