In data center and digital infrastructure investments, it is critical to structure the project in a manner that is legally feasible, bankable, regulatory-compliant and operationally efficient – from site selection and energy infrastructure to incentives, project financing, construction, cybersecurity, customer contracts and dispute management.
Hansu Attorney Partnership brings together its experience in project development, construction and real estate, energy, public law, commercial contracts, personal data protection, cybersecurity, banking and finance, and tax law under one integrated legal service offering for data center projects.
In this respect, we act as a legal solution partner for data center developers, operators, investors, investment funds, technology companies, service providers and corporate data center users.
Drawing on our experience in regulatory and legislative development processes, we also provide strategic legal advice on the preparation of comments on draft legislation, development of sector position papers, management of applications and consultation processes before public authorities regarding legislative amendments, preparation of proposals for incentive and support mechanisms, and the establishment of a more applicable, predictable and investor-friendly legal framework for data center investments in Türkiye.
Our objective is to establish a legal structure that protects our client’s commercial objectives, anticipates legal risks, supports financing requirements and secures the long-term value of data center projects.
Our services include:
- Legal structuring of market entry strategies into Türkiye, including incorporation, SPV structures, joint ventures and similar investment models for international investors
- Legal advice on project finance, security packages, loan agreements, investment incentives, share or asset transfers, fund investments and exit strategies
- Legal structuring of investment and fund models in connection with the Turkish Wealth Fund, Türkiye Technology Fund, infrastructure funds, venture capital funds and strategic investors
- Legal advice on Istanbul Financial Center participation certificate applications, participant status, lease and office structuring, financial services exports, international trade, tax deductions, stamp tax and fee exemptions, keeping statutory books in foreign currency, and applicable incentive and exemption regimes
- Legal due diligence on site selection for data center projects, including energy capacity, fiber infrastructure, water and cooling requirements, environmental permits, disaster risk, neighboring rights, administrative permits and public infrastructure risks
- Legal assessment of data center investments under incentive and support mechanisms, including the HIT-30 program, project-based incentives, regional incentives and strategic investment incentives
- Legal assessment of real estate acquisition, superficies rights, lease structures and similar site-control models
- Legal assessment of investment location alternatives such as organized industrial zones, free zones and technoparks
- Legal advice on renewable energy use, energy storage, ESG targets and green data center strategies.
- Legal advice on fiber access, rights of way, electronic communications infrastructure and operator agreements
- Legal advice on processes before the Information and Communication Technologies Authority and all other competent independent administrative authorities
- Review, drafting and negotiation of data center-specific construction, subcontractor, supplier, EPC, maintenance and operation agreements
- Legal advice on personal data protection, data controller/data processor relationships, data processing agreements, cross-border data transfers, data localization and procedures before competent authorities
- Legal advice on cybersecurity matters