Alptuğ (Alp) Tokeşer (LL.M.), admitted to Istanbul Bar since 2011, is an arbitration expert, involved in numerous international investment and commercial arbitrations.

After working in cross-border litigation disputes at the start of his career, Alp has decided to focus on arbitration disputes and attended the Masters in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) Program in Geneva and joined LALIVE’s arbitration team in 2012. Over the last decade, Alp has been involved in numerous high level and complex arbitrations as counsel and tribunal secretary.

He has worked in arbitration cases heard before the most frequently used arbitration institutions, as well UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations, seated in major arbitration hubs such as France, Switzerland, England, Sweden and the Netherlands. Alp’s experience extends to  a wide spectrum of industries, particularly energy and construction, and he has worked under several different applicable laws, including Turkish and Swiss laws. He has also worked on cases involving US, EU and UN sanctions affecting cross-border business transactions.

Alp was also involved in various investment treaty arbitrations, commenced under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. He has successfully represented both States and investors within ICSID and UNCITRAL premises.

For more information about Alp’s experience, please visit our credentials page

SELECTED CASES

Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against a Middle-Eastern seller;

Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European seller;

Representation of a South-East European gas seller in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European buyer;

Advising a Western European gas buyer in a gas pricing dispute against a North African seller;

Representing a designer in high stakes parallel arbitrations against the contractors in a dispute emerging from an infrastructure project in the Middle East;

WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 - Alp Arbitration Founder
2013 - 2023 Lalive Associate
2012 - 2013 Lalive Intern in the Arbitration Department
2011 - 2011 Herguner Bilgen Ozeke Attorney Partnership Associate
2009 - 2011 Herguner Bilgen Ozeke Attorney Partnership Legal Intern
2011 - 2012 Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) Master of Laws (LLM), Dispute resolution
2004 - 2009 Istanbul Bilgi University Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law
2000 - 2004 Ankara Ataturk High School High School Graduate