Ercem joined the firm in January 2021. During his legal clerkship, he worked for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, as well as for a leading international law firm in the area of private equity/M&A, and a law firm specializing in the area of regulatory affairs. He had already worked there as a research assistant. Ercem studied law at the Freie Universität Berlin with a focus on corporate, business, and tax law.