​Name: 
Murat Metin Hakki FCIArb, FPD

Location:  
Cyprus/Turkey 
Contact details: 
+90 392 22 72668
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 

Qualifications: 
Master of Arts (A.M.), Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; Master of Laws (LLM), Cornell Law School; Master of Laws (LLM) in Commercial & Corporate Law, London School of Economics; Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Southampton; Barrister-at-Law; Bar of England & Wales (Gray’s Inn); Δικηγόρος; Bar of the Republic of Cyprus; Advocate; Bar of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; Attorney & Counsellor at Law; New York State Bar; FCIArb; FPD

Specialisation: 
Arbitration (International Commercial); Corporate law; Human rights, Investment/Treaty & Dispute Resolution
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Languages:
English (native), Turkish (native), French (intermediate), Greek and Arabic (basic)

Regions served: 
Cyprus, United Kingdom, United States, Republic of Turkey and further international regions as requested
Industry Sectors:*​​​
  • Banking
  • Construction
  • Insurance
  • ​Real property
  • Contract law

Practice Areas: *​​​
  • Arbitration​
Articles & Publications:
  • Property Wars in Cyprus: Turkish Position According to International Law, Ankara Bar Review, January 2010.
  • Turkey into the EU: Past Challenges and Future Prospects, Turkish Studies, September 2006.
  • Does the Transatlantic Alliance Have a Future? Atlantic Affairs Journal, Fall 2006.
  • Turkey, Water and the Middle East: Some Issues Lying Ahead, Chinese Journal of International Law, (July 2006), vol.5, no.2
  • The Turkish-Israeli Alliance Ten Years On: Achievements and Future Challenges, La Revue Politique Etrangere, 2/2006 (summer).
  • Surviving the Pressure of the Superpowers: An Analysis of the Turkish Neutrality during the Second World War, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, (winter 2005).
  • The Europeans Consented to Negotiations, but Will They Allow Turkey in? American Foreign Policy Interests, (October 2005), vol 27, no.5.
  • The Second Iraq War One Year On: Can George W. Bush and Tony Blair be Tried for War Crimes? Human Rights Review (October 2004), vol 5, no. 2
  • Choice of Law, Contracts and the EC-s 1980 Rome Convention: A Re-Evaluation in the 21st Century, [2003] Australian International Law Journal
  • Legal Interpretations of Statehood in Cyprus: An Objective View and Implications for the EU, Tilburg Foreign Law Review (November 2002), vol 10, no. 3
  • The Silver Anniversary of the UN Human Rights Committee: Anything to Celebrate? International Journal of Human Rights (Autumn 2002), vol 6, no.3.
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​Books​
  • 2018: Yargıtay Kararları Işığında Kıbrıs Hukuku (1966-2017) [Digest of Cypriot Appeal Cases  1966-2017], (Nicosia: Işık Kitabevi Publications). *Volume 1 (1966-1991), 664 pages (January 2018). [ISBN: 978- 9963- 267- 13- 2]; *Volume II (1992-2007), 328 pages (August 2018). [ISBN: 978- 9963- 267- 15- 6]; *Volume III (2008-2017), under preparation.
  • 2007: The Cyprus Issue: A Documentary History (1878-2007), (London: I.B. Tauris Publications), 664 pages, [ISBN: 978-1845113926]
  • ​2007: Türkiye, Ortadoğu ve Avrasya’yı Neler Bekliyor? [What is in Store for Turkey, the Middle East and Eurasia?], (Istanbul: Ötüken Publications), 278 pages. [ISBN: 9789754376654]
  • 2006: Kıbrıs Çıkmazı [The Cyprus Imbroglio], (Istanbul: Emre Publishing), 238 pages, [ISBN: 978-9944334082]
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Background information: 
Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Cyprus, Murat Hakki is an advocate practising in Cyprus. Murat completed his higher education at the University of Southampton in England. Thereafter, he pursued and completed postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics, Cornell Law School and Harvard University. Murat got admitted to the Bars of the New York State and England & Wales as well. 

ADR/Litigation Experience: 
  • Key legal adviser to the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Commerce in the effort to establish a joint arbitral tribunal with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce [KEBE]. Project sponsor: USAID.
  • Acted for a local bank in a dispute involving the scope of vicarious liability for the fraudulent acts of an employee.
  • Acted for a Greek Cypriot construction company in a dispute on the national law to be applied to assess the discharge of a pre-1974 debt.
  • Acted for a local bank in a dispute involving the scope of bank liability for wire transfers done based on the oral instructions of a customer.
  • Counsel for a major Greek Cypriot real estate company in a certiorari application to quash a 2005 Famagusta District Court judgement declaring all land in Varosha as the property of Abdullah Pasha Vaqf, a pious foundation established in the 18th century.
  • Counsel for a major local tourism company in its certiorari application to quash a judgement obtained earlier by consent.
  • Counsel before the European Court of Human Rights for a major Turkish Cypriot pious foundation against the government of the Republic of Cyprus in a dispute involving the foundation properties in the possession of the latter in Nicosia.
  • Counsel for a Turkish Cypriot vaqf mutevelli (trustee) against the government of the Republic of Cyprus in a dispute on the validity of her appointment as a trustee.
  • Acted for a Greek Cypriot refugee in a dispute with the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus involving the amount of damages due and the return of her properties.
  • Counsel for a Turkish company that sought and secured an injunction against the presentment or indorsement of its cheque valued at 1 Million GBP.
  • Counsel for two Turkish Cypriot individuals against the government of the Republic of Cyprus in a dispute involving the personal properties in the possession of the latter in Larnaca. ​​
  • Counsel for two Greek Cypriot brothers in a claim against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus authorities for interest for late payment of expropriation compensation.
  • Counsel before the European Court of Human Rights in more than 20 applications for major Greek Cypriot individuals, construction and real estate companies having multi-million GBP claims against the Republic of Turkey for delays in the enforcement of their compensation awards rendered by the Immovable Property Commission in Nicosia.
  • Counsel for the biggest local bank in its challenge of the constitutionality of a law on the re-structuring of debts and non-performing loans.
  • Acted for a major Greek Cypriot real estate company claiming compensation in excess of €100 m from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus authorities for its buildings located in Varosha.
  • Counsel for a major co-operative bank in a dispute challenging its refusal to honor a high profile customer’s cheque following which the latter received public ban on issuing further cheques.
  • Counsel for a Greek Cypriot individual in his sequestration of the government Ministers’ official vehicles after the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus authorities failed to promptly pay the compensation judged to be due to him.   
  • Counsel for a well-known Turkish Cypriot family against the government of the Republic of Cyprus in a dispute involving the family properties in the possession of the latter in Limassol worth in excess of €20 Million.
  • Counsel for a Greek Cypriot individual who sought a recognition of his locus standi before the courts of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to apply for the cancellation of a pre-1974 mortgage registered over the property for which he claimed compensation from the local authorities.
  • Counsel for a well-known Turkish Cypriot family against the government of the Republic of Cyprus in a dispute involving the family properties in the possession of the latter in Paphos worth in excess of €10 Million.
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 
PANELS
​Our ★★★★★ represent the following: 
  • Agreed to abide by 'Criteria for inclusion on  Prime Dispute's Panels';
  • Applications for both senior 'Fellowship' and 'Panels' approved;
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Administration Process of Cases Note' & 'Schedule of Fees for all Cases';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'User Agreement for FPD (Fellow Prime Dispute) Members'';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Business Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy' - Including 'Section 6' on 'Business Ethics for Dispute Resolver'. 
MURAT METIN HAKKI / FPD PANEL MEMBER
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