Ms Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner > Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile
Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli Offices
Maslak Link Plaza
Eski Büyükdere Cad. No. 3-5, Kat 11
34398 Sariyer
Turkey
Ms Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner
Work Department
Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial
Position
Partner
Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner has significant experience in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, with an emphasis on private equity transactions, and advises various sector leader clients in various industries/ sectors, retail, software development, financial institutions and private equity funds, such as Turkven Private Equity, Mediterra Capital, True Value Capital Partners, Clonera Bilişim, BMS Group, Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, Boyner Group, Tavuk Dünyası and Glasshouse.
Gökçe has represented various domestic and international clients and private equity funds in connection with the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of transaction agreements, including share purchase, option, pledge, escrow and shareholders agreements. Her M&A experience includes a variety of transaction types involving joint ventures and private companies active in different sectors, such as food production, manufacturing and technology.
In recent years, Gökçe advised Mediterra Capital, one of Turkey’s prominent private equity firms, on its exit from Söke Değirmencilik, a leading flour producing company, to the strategic buyer, Ulusoy Un; Turkven, one of Turkey’s leading private equity funds, on its acquisition of a minority stake in Alterna Gıda, a fast-growing healthy snack manufacturer; BMS Group on its entry into the Turkish markets, including the acquisition of BMS Insurance Brokerage; and Boyner Holding, Turkey’s leading retail group, on Param’s investment in and strategic partnership with Hopi, its loyalty and consumer platform.
Career
Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2012. She became one of the Firm’s partners in 2024.
She is a co-author of “Getting the Deal Through: Real Estate M&A,” Chapter Turkey, the Law Business Research (2018-2020), “Shareholders’ Rights in Private and Public Companies in Turkey,” Practical Law, Global Guide, Thomson Reuters, (2015, 2017, 2019), “The Energy Regulation and Markets Review,” Turkey Chapter, 6th-7th editions, the Law Reviews, (2017-2018) and “The European Energy Handbook,” Turkey Chapter, Herbert Smith Freehills (2014).
Languages
English, French, Turkish
Education
Galatasaray University School of Law (LL.B., 2012)
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘very diligent and commercially-minded’ team at Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli acts for clients in highly regulated sectors across a range of transactional work, where clients benefit from the firm’s ‘second to none’ knowledge of the M&A process. As well as regularly handling work on behalf of high-profile blue-chip corporates on their inbound transactional activity, the firm has gained a market-leading reputation advising on funds-related M&A matters. Here, under the guidance of Umut Kolcuoğlu, the practice regularly advises core client Turkven Private Equity on its downstream investment activity, as well as handling a considerable amount of work for Middle Eastern investors, including UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala. ‘Organized, detail-oriented and informative’, Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner is increasingly key to the firm’s success on the private equity front, and alongside the ‘exceptional’ Bihter Bozbay Inan, who also has niche expertise at handling bank M&A, is recognised as a rising force in the team. Serhan Koçaklı co-heads the team with Kolcuoğlu and as part of his advisory offering, has a focus on establishing/improving corporate governance structure for family-owned businesses.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Turkey
- Next Generation Partners Turkey > Commercial, corporate and M&A