Mr Çağdaş Umut Vardar is Managing Partner at Vardar Şanlı, specialising in cross-border asset recovery, enforcement, white-collar crime, and commercial arbitration. He advises leading financial institutions and high-net-worth clients on compliance, internal investigations, and complex financial crimes, drawing on his background in banking and finance law. Recognized as a Rising Star by The Legal 500 in 2022 and 2023, he regularly lectures at universities, publishes on compliance and enforcement, and trains clients. A registered mediator and trilingual in English, French, and Turkish, he also serves as the National Representative of the International Association of Young Lawyers.