Born in Kahramanmaraş/Afşin in 1966, Prof. Dr. Vural Seven graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1989. He was appointed as a Research Assistant to Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law in 1990 and completed his internship at Izmir Bar Association in the same year. Seven, who completed his master's degree at Istanbul University the Institute of Social Sciences - Department of Private Law in 1993, started his doctorate education at Dokuz Eylul University the Institute of Social Sciences - Department of Private Law in 1994. Seven, who worked on his doctoral thesis at Münster-Westfälische Wilhelms University, Germany between June 1997 and August 1998, earned the title of "Doctor of Law" in 2001 with his doctoral thesis on "The Responsibility of the Carrier from the Violation of the Duty of Care for the Cargo". In the same year, he started to work as an Assistant Professor and the head of the Maritime Law Department at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law. In 2013, Seven received the title of "Commercial Law Associate Professor" with his thesis on "The Legal Position of the Consignee in Transportation Law". Due to his expertise, Prof. Dr. Vural Seven gave his services at many conflicts and conducted conferences in various places. He gave lectures in the training activities organized for judges by The Council of Judges And Prosecutors and the Justice Academy, especially within the scope of the efforts to introduce the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102. Since its establishment, Seven has taken part in many disputes as an appeal arbitrator at the Insurance Arbitration Commission and still works as an appeal arbitrator at this Commission. Apart from being an appeal arbitrator at the Insurance Arbitration Commission, he also acts as an arbitrator in other institutional arbitration and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Prof. Dr. Vural Seven has works published in all areas of Commercial Law, including Commercial Enterprise Law, Corporate Law, Transportation Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, Maritime Law, and Insurance Law. His main areas of work are; within the scope of Commercial Law, especially Maritime Law, Transportation Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, and Insurance Law. In addition to these areas, Seven is also closely involved in Cooperatives Law, Capital Market Law, and Stock Exchange Law. Moreover, "Insurance Law" lectures prepared by him for Anadolu University Faculty of Open Education were broadcasted on TRT 4 TV channel. Seven has been working as a faculty member at the Turkish-German University Faculty of Law since the 2016-2017 academic year. Prof. Dr. Vural Seven has seven published books, and more than thirty articles on different subjects, mainly in different fields of Commercial Law. He speaks German. Detailed Information: http://ozekesseven.com/dt_team/vural-seven/