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Deniz Çelikkaya

RegulatingAI Expert

Deniz Çelikkaya

Founder, Atka Legal Consultancy Limited

United Kingdom | Speaks English, French

AI Auditing AI Safety Data Security

“Translating frontier AI risk into policy that legislators can actually use.”

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About Deniz

Deniz Çelikkaya is a Technology Lawyer and Compliance Officer specialising in AI governance. As the Director of ATKA Legal and Head of Product Compliance at RevAIsor, she leads the development and implementation of compliance processes, focusing on data privacy, algorithmic accountability, and bias mitigation. Deniz holds an LLM in European Law and is a fellow at For Humanity, and a member of the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors. With extensive experience in developing pioneering compliance frameworks and steering cross-border legal strategies, she empowers startups and established companies through transformative legal counselling.  She actively advocates for ethical AI practices at international forums.

Areas of Expertise

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AI Auditing

Foundation model oversight, licensing regimes, and the design of enforceable regulation across US and EU frameworks.

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AI Safety

Pre-deployment evaluation, red-teaming standards, and accountability structures for high-risk systems.

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Data Security

Governance of autonomous systems, dual-use risk, and export-control implications for national security.

Experience

Research Scientist

Frontier Systems Lab · 2013 to Present


Credentials & Affiliations

  • Advisory committee, international AI safety standards body
  • Advisory committee, international AI safety standards body
  • Advisory committee, international AI safety standards body
  • Advisory committee, international AI safety standards body
  • Advisory committee, international AI safety standards body

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