Berk Guler is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and National Security practice. Mr. Guler’s practice focuses anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions and financial crime compliance issues.
Prior to rejoining the firm in 2026, Mr. Guler worked at the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency’s Operations Policy Unit, where he advised on public procurement, anti-corruption and multilateral development bank sanctions policy matters. Previously, he worked at the World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment and at an international accounting firm’s transfer pricing practice.
Mr. Guler is a co-author of “Key compliance considerations for companies navigating an aggressive US enforcement landscape,” Global Investigations Review (August, 2024); “US Compliance Enforcement,” Global Investigations Review (October, 2023) and “Insider Trading Disclosure Update: Rulemaking Activity,” Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance (June, 2023).
Mr. Guler received a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2021, where he was an articles editor for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 2014. He is a native Turkish speaker.