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Guler Hulya Yilmaz

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Deloitte Turkey

Deloitte Values House

Maslak Mahallesi

Eski Büyükdere Cad.

No:1 Maslak No 1 Plaza

34398 Maslak

Sarıyer, Istanbul

Turkey


Tel: +90 212 366 60 72

Mobile: +90 533 275 70 03

Fax: +90 212 366 60 15

Email: hyilmaz@deloitte.com

Website: www.deloitte.com.tr

Guler Hulya Yilmaz, Deloitte Turkey, is a sworn certified financial consultant with more than 26 years of professional experience – three years in audit, and more than 23 years in tax. She leads the cross-border tax service line in the Deloitte Turkish tax practice covering international tax and transfer pricing. She started her career as an independent auditor in the audit department of the former Arthur Andersen Istanbul office in 1989 after her graduation from university. Guler Hulya has specialised in transfer pricing and international tax consultancy services since the start of her tax career in Deloitte in 1993 after her post-graduate studies. She has significant experience in tax consultancy and tax planning projects that involve transfer pricing, legal and international tax aspects. She has been actively involved in tax structuring for certain major merger and acquisition projects in Turkey.

Guler became partner at Deloitte Turkey in June 2006, making her the first female tax partner within the Big 4 firm in Turkey, and is the country leader of the life science and healthcare industry, and tax learning. She has also been appointed as the ethics leader starting from June 2017. She has significant experience in serving multinational firms in consumer/manufacturing business, pharmaceutical industry and energy sector. She advises multinational clients in tax matters related to permanent establishment issues, application of double tax treaties, restructuring, tax and transfer pricing matters related tax audit cases.

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