Dr Ece Gürsoy

Global Ports HoldingChief Legal Officer

Dr Ece Gürsoy is an international Chief Legal Officer with multi-sector experience in growing businesses, private equity and public companies. She is the chief legal officer of Global Ports Holding plc, the world’s largest cruise port operator, since January 2018.

Prior to joining Global Ports Holding, Dr Gürsoy served as the Chief Legal Officer, Company Secretary and Executive Director of Lightsource BP (formerly Lightsource Renewable Energy Holdings), Europe’s largest solar power developer and operator. Before becoming an in-house lawyer, Ece spent a number of years at international law firms Dentons and White & Case specialising in project finance, infrastructure, energy and private equity, working on a wide range of PPP/PFI, infrastructure, concessions and renewable projects.

Dr Gürsoy is admitted to the Law Society of England and Wales and the Istanbul Bar Association.

She holds law degrees both from Turkey and England, an LL.M. degree in Corporate and Commercial law from the University of London and a PhD in European Competition Law from King’s College London.

Her innovative approach to management and team construction has led to the development of a modern in-house lawyer, whose remit extends past traditional legal duties to add value to all facets of the business. This value has recently been recognised: by The Lawyer, as the HoT 100 lawyers in the UK in 2018, by the Legal 500 Awards, who named her the In-house Individual (environmental) of the year, 2017 and winner of Halsbury Legal Awards 2016 In-house team of the year.

Dr Gürsoy is a member of the board of the Turkish – British Chamber of Commerce and Industry where she served as Company Secretary between 2015 and 2017 and now serving as the Vice-Chairman and Company Secretary since 2018. She is also the board member of GPH Antigua Cruise Port Limited and the Company Secretary of Nassau Cruise Port Limited in the Bahamas.