Staff Profiles
Mr Melih Sonmez
Contact Mr Melih Sonmez (email at melih.sonmez@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Melih Sonmez has a BA in Business Administration from Gazi University in Turkey (2007) and LLM in International Commercial Law at University of Leicester in the UK (2010). He is currently a PhD candidate at Durham University under the supervision of Professor Mathias M. Siems and Professor Christian Witting.
Current Research
Under the supervision of Prof Mathias Siems and Christian Witting, Melih's current research examines recent developments in corporate governance in terms of transparency and financial disclosure. His research will be a comparative analysis between the EU and Turkey. The research shall basically evaluate the significance of transparency and public disclosure in financial markets, examine well-known corporate governance models regarding their effects on the level of transparency and assess the recent developments in enhancing transparency and financial disclosure both in the EU and Turkey.
Research Interests
- Company Law
- Corporate Governance
- European Law
- Turkish Commercial Law