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Çelepçi in cooperation with Schoenherr Offices

Çelepçi in cooperation with Schoenherr
Levent Mah. Mektep Sok. No:14
34330 Besiktas
Istanbul
Turkey
Visit website 90 212 324 70 70 90 212 264 21 99

Çelepçi in cooperation with Schoenherr > The Legal 500 Rankings

Turkey > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 5

Led by Levent Çelepçi, Çelepçi in cooperation with Schoenherr is well-versed at advising clients from a range of industries, including manufacturing, life sciences and energy sectors, on corporate compliance and commercial contract drafting related to their Turkish business operations. It also handles transactional work with a nexus to CEE, where the firm can effectively leverage its alliance with Schoenherr.

Practice head(s):

Levent Çelepçi

Other key lawyers:

Murat Kutluğ

Key clients

Wittur Holding GmBH

Tinmar Group

Leoni

ABL-TECHNIC Entlackung GmbH

LA BOTTEGA GROUP

Angst Pfister AG

MT Group

Getinge Group

Microport

Foundever

Greiner Group

Tomra

Aurubis

Mondi Group

Bio-Rad

Thule Sweden AB

Linklaters LLP

Everkem

MediaShop

Notino

Delfin S.a.r.l.

W Group

Ant Group

Alipay

WorkMotion Services GmbH

Work highlights

  • Assisted Wittur Group with a group refinancing as local counsel for the borrower, handling financing document review, security document preparation, and issuing legal opinions.
  • Assisted Leoni Group, a global supplier of wires, cables, and wiring systems, in a group refinancing as local counsel for the borrower.
  • Assisted La Bottega, a global designer and manufacturer of luxury hotel toiletries and amenities with 10 regional head offices and around 7,000 hotel clients, in purchasing 65% of a Turkish joint stock company and continues to advise on corporate matters.

Çelepçi in cooperation with Schoenherr > Firm Profile

The firm: Çelepçi Law is a renowned leading Turkish law firm based in Istanbul. Established in 2005  the firm can boast a host of expert lawyers which focuses on assisting local and international clients on cross-border transactions. In 2009 Çelepçi  Law established a formalised cooperation with Schoenherr and in 2013 the firm was fully integrated into Schoenherr’s regional network. Since then, the Firm has further expanded its central and eastern European presence and in the same regard extended its reach across the Schoenherr network of 14 offices. In the past 18 years, Çelepçi Law has acted on numerous headline transactions that are both in and outbound in nature, including some of the country’s largest privatisations. The firm is particularly experienced in advising on large cross-border transactions in the energy and industry sectors.

Areas of practice: Through the extensive expertise of its lawyers,  Çelepçi Law in cooperation with Schoenherr assists international clients on their investments in Türkiye and advises Turkish clients on their business ventures in central and eastern Europe. The office provides full services to clients from a wide coverage of sectors including construction, energy, financial, food and beverage, infrastructure and transport, insurance, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, private equity, real estate and retail. The firm specialises in corporate and M&A transactions, real estate transactions and financings, energy and infrastructural investment, and commercial litigation, and is particularly experienced in advising on large cross-border transactions. Çelepçi Law in cooperation with Schoenherr also offers legal advice in the areas of banking, finance and capital markets, employment, EU and competition, insolvency and restructuring, insurance and regulatory. With premier industry and legal knowledge, the firm has been able to offer a perfectly tailor-made solution on very complex matters. The Türkiye office constitutes a cornerstone for Schoenherr into tapping into what is the firm’s single largest national market and Europe’s fastest-growing economy.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Banking, finance and capital markets Levent Çelepçi [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Corporate/M&A Murat Kutlug [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Energy Levent Çelepçi [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Privatisation Levent Çelepçi [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Infrastructure investment Levent Çelepçi [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Dispute resolution Sevim Akpinar [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Employment Murat Kutlug [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70
Insolvency and restructuring Murat Kutlug [email protected] +90 (212) 324 70 70

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Levent Çelepçi photo Levent Çelepçi Managing Partner – Türkiye View Profile
Murat Kutluğ photo Murat Kutluğ Partner View Profile
Rosario Sapuppo photo Rosario Sapuppo Head of local Italian Desk View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 13
Worldwide : Over 300

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