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Turkey
Banking, finance and capital markets
Banking, finance and capital markets - ranked: tier 1
GKC Partners
GKC Partners is noted for its ‘strong industry knowledge, experience and good judgement’. Practice head Güniz Gökçe is ‘the driving force behind the team’, and Derin Altan advises on capital markets matters. The team is active on both the sponsor and lender side and handles project finance, financial restructuring and refinancing. Recent highlights include assisting a group of banks, including Türkiye Garanti Bankası and the EBRD, with the refinancing of existing debts and the financing of new investments in the electricity distribution sector. Borrower-side work includes advising Kazancı Holding and Doğal Gaz Dağıtım on obtaining $800m in refinancing and investment loans. The firm’s client roster also includes Yapı Kredi, Akbank and IFC.
Leading individuals
Güniz Gökçe - GKC Partners
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 1
GKC Partners
Despite the relatively calm M&A market in Turkey, GKC Partners continues to be involved in significant domestic and cross-border transactions. In one recent highlight, the team led advice to Qatar Holding as part of a joint venture acquiring approximately 79.5% of the shares of the country’s largest poultry producer, Banvit. Other key strengths of the practice are day-to-day corporate advice, drafting and review of contracts and agreements, as well as due diligence. Emre Özşar heads the team and Rozita Nigrin-Borden is another key figure. Ceylan Kara was made partner in January 2017 and is particularly experienced in the banking and insurance sectors.
Competition
Competition - ranked: tier 3
GKC Partners
GKC Partners’ competition practice is led by recommended counsel Sezin Elçin-Cengiz and provides ‘proactive, detailed and precise’ advice on contentious and non-contentious matters, including merger filings, compliance and litigation. It also represents clients in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations. Recent work includes representing Société Générale in a preliminary investigation conducted by the Turkish Competition Authority. Other clients include Nestle Waters, IFM Investors and Turkish Banks Association.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 2
GKC Partners
GKC Partners’ dispute resolution practice is led by Yalın Akmenek. The team handles arbitration and litigation and has particular expertise in the energy and construction sectors. The team advises on disputes regarding employment, corporate and tax law and recently led advice to Uni-Mar regarding its tax lawsuits against the Ministry of Finance. Zeynep Çakmak departed to Çakmak Avukatlık Ortaklığı in February 2018.
Employment
Employment - ranked: tier 2
GKC Partners
The ‘excellent’ GKC Partners is recommended for its ‘detailed knowledge in very complex areas’ of employment law. The team is led by Rozita Nigrin-Borden and handles labour-related disputes, collective dismissals and the employment aspects of M&A transactions. The client roster includes Goldman Sachs, TUI, IFM and Boeing.
Energy
Energy - ranked: tier 2
GKC Partners
GKC Partners is particularly experienced in project finance and refinancing matters in the energy industry. The team also advises on transactions and regulatory matters. Recent highlights include advising Kazancı Holding and natural gas distributor Aksa on investment loans and refinancing from a consortium of seven banks. The client base includes energy companies, investors and banks. Güniz Gökçe is the key figure in the department; Zeynep Çakmak departed to Çakmak Avukatlık Ortaklığı in February 2018.
Foreign firms
Foreign firms - ranked: tier 1
White & Case Europe Danışmanlık Hizmetleri Avukatlık Ortaklığı
White & Case Europe Danışmanlık Hizmetleri Avukatlık Ortaklığı maintains its affiliation with GKC Partners in Istanbul, whereas the association with Ankara-based Çakmak Avukatlık Ortaklığı ended in July 2016. The firm is particularly well known for its experience in banking, finance, capital markets, dispute resolution and cross-border M&A. In one recent highlight, the team advised Spanish bank BBVA on the €859m acquisition of an additional 9.95% stake in Garanti Bank. Asli Basgoz is the key contact.
Insurance
Insurance - ranked: tier 2
GKC Partners
GKC Partners advises insurance companies and banks, such as BNP Paribas, on transactions and competition-related matters. Sezin Elçin-Cengiz and Yalın Akmenek are active in the sector.
Project finance/projects
Project finance/projects - ranked: tier 2
GKC Partners
GKC Partners is experienced in advising local banks, lenders and sponsors on the financing and refinancing of projects in the renewable energy, health and infrastructure sectors. The team is led by Güniz Gökçe, after the departure of former practice head Zeynep Çakmak to Çakmak Avukatlık Ortaklığı in February 2018. Recent work saw the team lead advice to Yapı ve Kredi Bankası regarding the financing of solar energy plants by Hanwha Group. Other clients include DenizBank, Ziraat Bankası and Garanti Bankası.
Leading individuals
Güniz Gokce - GKC Partners
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
- Energy and infrastructure
- Islamic finance
Australia
Offices in Melbourne and Sydney
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition : EU and global
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory : Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus : Manufacturing
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Not-for-profit
- Private equity
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Private equity/venture capital: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction: foreign firms
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
Germany
Offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, and Dusseldorf
- Banking and finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Banking and finance : Investment funds
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Banking and finance : Project finance
- Capital markets : Debt capital markets
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
- Compliance
- Compliance : Internal investigations
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (€100m-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Financial services litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Insurance : Insurance litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Private equity
- Public sector : PPP
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- White-collar crime : Advice to companies
Algeria
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
Spain
Offices in Madrid
Finland
Offices in Helsinki
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law
- Aviation : Aviation finance
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Compliance
- Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : LBO
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Shipping : Shipping finance
- Tax
Ghana
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (debt)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Restructuring and insolvency
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
Offices in Milan
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU and competition
- Private equity
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition – International firms and joint ventures
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction – International firms and joint ventures
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency – International firms and joint ventures
Kazakhstan
Offices in Astana
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity and renewables)
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- Transport : Rail
Morocco
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Environment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Competition
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Energy and natural resources
- PPP and infrastructure projects
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Insolvency
- Insurance
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Capital markets – Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- Energy : Energy – Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency – Foreign firms
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
Slovakia
Offices in Bratislava
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
Switzerland
Offices in Geneva
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul and Istanbul
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Foreign firms
- Insurance
- Project finance/projects
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Boston, Houston, and Chicago
- Antitrust : Cartel
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : International trade
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Commercial lending
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus : Energy litigation: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: transactional
- Industry focus : Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious