International attorney and Of Counsel to Greenspoon Marder Law.   Former founding partner with Lachman, Şimayli & Aykut Legal Consultancy in Istanbul, Turkey.  Attorney licensed in Florida and Colorado specializing in real estate transactional law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial mediations and negotiations, family/divorce mediations. Former private equity fund executive, and real estate professional with experience in throughout the United States, Canada, and over forty other countries around the globe. New Embassy and Consulate Team Leader and International Real Estate Portfolio Manager. Top Secret Security Clearance at the Office of Overseas Buildings Operations at the US Department of State.  Led multi-disciplinary professional teams for the identification, selection, and acquisition of sites for new embassies and consulates around the globe.  Former member of the Practitioner Faculty and adjunct professor of International Real Estate at the Johns Hopkins University teaching a master’s degree course in international real estate investment and development, negotiation, and cross-cultural communication. Former Adjunct Instructor, Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey teaching classes in Business Writing and Communication, Legal writing, and Contracts. Guest lecturer at Georgetown University and Columbia University.  Guest lecturer on negotiation and cross-cultural communication at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland at the Faculty of Law. Instructor of Contracts and Legal Writing, and Business Communication at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.  Contributing journalist for the Turkish (Hurrieyet) Daily News and Economic Report.  International real estate consultant to foreign governments. Author; Real Estate Investment, Development, and Law in Emerging Markets (PEI Media Publications, 2010).