Sentries Defence
“Vigilance is a legal discipline.”
The defence unit of Aquila: contracting, compliance and counsel for parties operating in or entering the Turkish defence and security supply chain.
What we do
Sentries Defence advises prime contractors, subcontractors, foreign suppliers and investors on the legal architecture of defence-industry work in Turkey: procurement and subcontracting, offset and industrial participation, export control, facility and personnel security clearances, and the confidentiality regimes that govern the sector.
Services
Procurement & contracting
- Prime and subcontract agreements with Turkish defence procurement bodies and primes
- Teaming, consortium and joint-venture agreements
- Technology transfer, licensing and local-content arrangements
- Pricing, milestone and acceptance regimes
Offset & industrial participation
- Structuring and administration of offset obligations
- Industrial participation and local supplier programmes
- Reporting and credit-recognition disputes
Compliance
- Export-control and end-user compliance (Turkish, EU, US regimes)
- Facility security clearances and personnel vetting procedures
- Confidentiality, classified-information and data-handling frameworks
- Anti-corruption and sanctions screening
Disputes
- Contract and warranty disputes under defence procurement rules
- Arbitration and litigation subject to security constraints
- Termination, liquidated damages and performance-bond claims
Experience
- Counsel to foreign suppliers entering the Turkish defence supply chain through subcontracting and local-partnership structures
- Drafting and negotiation of teaming and technology-transfer agreements in defence and dual-use programmes
- Advisory work on export-control classification and end-user undertakings for cross-border deliveries
- Representation in high-value contractual disputes conducted under confidentiality and security restrictions
Approach
Defence work is governed by secrecy as much as by contract. We operate within security rules as a matter of course — compartmented files, cleared channels, no publication of client or programme names — and we move at the pace that procurement calendars demand.
Geography
Turkey; Europe and NATO-member jurisdictions; the Gulf and Central Asia on a matter-by-matter basis; China through Aquila’s correspondent network.
Articles & Insights
Commentary, case notes and sector updates from this unit are published under Insights.