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Mehmet Komurcu is one of the founders of Suntech. In addition to supporting the company on legal, regulatory, and compliance-related matters, he plays a pivotal role in identifying and securing investment and business opportunities by leveraging his global business network and strategic investment acumen.
As a n experienced investor with a deep interest in emerging technologies and high-growth ventures, Mehmet actively backs innovative companies at various stages of development. His track record includes investments across sectors such as technology, clean energy, fertilizers, telecommunications, and education—often combining capital with mentorship, legal insight, and access to international markets.
Mehmet is a partner in Dentons’ Toronto office and a member of the Firm’s Corporate group. He advises Canadian and international clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and reorganizations, business immigration, and general corporate and commercial issues.
He has assisted clients in a wide variety of industry sectors, with a particular focus on technology (including startups), energy, education, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and hospitality. Mehmet has worked extensively with multinational companies looking to expand into Türkiye, offering strategic guidance on M&A, investment management, IP matters, litigation, dispute resolution, privatization, and IPOs. Notably, he served as general counsel to Turk Telekom during its privatization, international expansion, and subsequent IPO—then the largest in Turkey’s history.
Earlier in his career, Mehmet worked at an international law firm in Istanbul and with the Legal and Claims Department of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group in Washington, DC.
He holds three master’s degrees from American and Canadian law schools and a PhD in public international law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mehmet is a frequent speaker at professional and academic conferences and has been widely published. He is licensed to practice law in Ontario, Istanbul, and New York.