Melissa Gulcimen

Senior Associate, Shoosmiths

Melissa Gulcimen

Melissa is a Senior Associate in our Commercial team; she has worked as in-house Legal Counsel within the retail industry for several years.


Melissa has extensive experience advising a leading fast-fashion retailer and advising clients in the retail, beauty and nutrition industry on their promotional terms, marketing and social media strategies, influencer and ambassador collaborations, e-commerce and IT projects, website compliance, ASA investigations, logistical operations and wholesale partnerships.


Melissa brings a wealth of in-house experience and having a genuine appreciation of the challenges faced by business stakeholders and in-house legal teams. She is driven by the need to offer clients creative and practical solutions and is experienced in implementing processes and procedures in order to maximise efficiency for in-house legal teams (including the implementation of Legal Tech for contract management and template creation, the development of training manuals and the delivery of technical training workshops).

Melissa Gulcimen

Appearing at the following session

Sofa Session 2 | Tech

Shoosmiths’ specialist technology and digital team can help you navigate the legal issues relating to AI, FinTech, Web3, and the Metaverse.

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