The SCL Türkiye & SCL Romania Joint Event “From Investment to Dispute Resolution: Türkiye – Romania Conference”
15 April 2026 — Turkish Contractors’ Association Headquarters, Ankara, Türkiye
About the conference
Kindly supported and hosted by the Türkiye Müteahhitler Birliği / Turkish Contractors Association, the event brought together prominent figures of the international construction and arbitration community — Sercan Kulaksızoğulları, Magdalena Ghioca, Serin Geambazu, Florin Niculescu, Turgut Aycan Özcan, Başar Şahin, Petru Nicolae, Giovanni Di Folco, Silviu Munteanu, Alper Sabuncuoğlu, Ekrem Kaya, Matei Purice, Angelica Boca, Bilge Müftüoğlu and İdil Kurt Bozoğlu — who generously shared their experience and insights on topical issues: the opportunities and challenges of bilateral investments and the Bilateral Investment Treaty concluded between Türkiye and Romania; the particularities of joint ventures, public tenders and public contracts under Romanian law; the global impact of recent conflicts on the performance of construction contracts and their economic rebalancing; the lessons learned from the use of AI in preparing expert reports; and the role of Turkish interim injunctions in disputes between contractors and their subcontractors.
The engaging exchange of ideas was complemented by the opening remarks of M. Erdal Eren (President of the Turkish Contractors Association), Doru Liciu (Chargé d’Affaires of the Romanian Embassy), Yasemin Çetinel (President of SCL Türkiye) and Răzvan Rugină (President of SCL Romania).
The conference followed the first joint event of the two societies, held in Bucharest on 11 September 2025.
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