Nora Busra Turan

Nora Busra Turan helps entrepreneurs, foreign investors and growing companies structure their businesses, protect their interests and navigate the legal complexities of doing business in the United States. As a Partner at Merit Law LLP, she brings U.S. and international legal training to every client relationship, which helps her anticipate issues early and deliver solutions that are both legally sound and commercially practical.

Nora’s practice centers on business law, contracts and cross-border transactions. She regularly drafts and negotiates operating agreements, commercial contracts, service agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other corporate documents designed to support long-term growth and reduce legal risk. She also assists businesses with trademark registration and protection, helping clients safeguard their brands as they grow.

She advises clients on OFAC compliance and international regulatory matters affecting companies with cross-border operations or foreign ownership, and assists entrepreneurs, investors and international clients with U.S. immigration matters related to business, investment and international mobility. In addition to her transactional practice, Nora assists clients with estate planning, including wills and probate-related planning instruments.

Before joining the U.S. bar, Nora began practicing law in Istanbul, Türkiye, in 2016 and has remained active in legal practice since then. In Türkiye she also worked on human rights matters, providing pro bono legal counsel and advocacy to individuals affected by human rights violations. Her experience across the Turkish and U.S. legal systems gives her a practical understanding of the legal and cultural expectations that foreign investors and international businesses bring when entering the U.S. market.

Nora earned her LL.B. from Marmara University Faculty of Law and her LL.M. in American Law, with distinction, from Boston University School of Law, where she received the LLM Scholar Award for academic excellence.