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Akin Alcitepe

Akin Alcitepe
1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20004

+1 202.383.6970
+1 202.383.6610 (Fax)



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Counsel

Akin Alcitepe is counsel in Howrey's Construction practice. His practice focuses on complex commercial, surety and construction litigation matters in both state and federal courts as well as arbitrations in domestic and international dispute resolution forums.

Representative Highlights

  • Turkiye Is Bankasi ICSID Counseling. Providing legal advice to a large Turkish bank in conjunction with an international arbitration dispute for the protection of a $90 million guarantee it had provided for the construction of a highway in Pakistan.
  • GCJV Kahdahar to Herat Highway Project. Pursuing the $20 million claim of a Turkish subcontractor against a US contractor in a USAID project utilizing a FIDIC contract for the construction of a highway in Afghanistan.
  • Gurur v. Con-Teks. Negotiating a settlement for the largest importer of parallel footwear in Turkey with the U.S. footwear manufacturing company through the initiation of a discovery action in the United States in conjuction with ongoing Turkish litigation.
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Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2003
  • Virginia, 1999

Courts & Adjudicative Bodies

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School (JD, 1999), with honors
  • The George Washington University (BAPolitical Science, 1994), cum laude, Dean's List, Presidential Honor Scholarship

Languages

  • Turkish