Canan Unal

Senior Legal Counsel at Denizbank AS

Canan Unal is a seasoned legal professional with extensive experience in various legal roles across multiple organizations. Currently serving as Senior Legal Counsel at DenizBank since August 2023, previous positions include Legal Counsel at Ford Otosan and Senior Legal Counsel & Data Protection Officer at Aras Kargo, where Canan implemented a privacy governance framework in compliance with KVKK. Canan's background also includes a significant tenure at DenizBank as Legal Counsel, focusing on data protection compliance and commercial contract management. Additional experience encompasses legal internships and positions at CoMotion at the University of Washington and Tekir Law Firm, contributing to legal research and bankruptcy cases. Canan holds an LL.M. from the University of Washington School of Law and a PhD in Law from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, along with additional law degrees from Istanbul University.

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Denizbank AS

Denizbank AS (Denizbank) is a Turkey-based commercial bank. It provides retail banking, private banking, business banking, commercial banking and corporate banking services. Denizbank's subsidiaries contain banks in Austria and Russia, an off-shore banking subsidiary in Northern Cyprus, as well as factoring, leasing, investment and asset management companies. The Bank provides services, such as ship financing and agricultural loans, and supports foreign construction projects and tourism, medical care and education sectors in addition to issuing credit and debit cards, mortgage services, personal, business, commercial and corporate loans, various insurance instruments, investment consulting, portfolio management and cash management services. On September 28, 2012, Dexia SA sold its 99.85% stake in the Company. On July 1, 2013, it acquired the retail banking division of Citibank in Turkey.


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Istanbul, Turkey

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10,000+

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