Burcu Boso > Balcioglu Selçuk Ardiyok Keki > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Balcioglu Selçuk Ardiyok Keki
BÜYÜKDERE CAD, BAHAR SOK NO 13
RIVER PLAZA KAT 11-12, LEVENT, SISLI
34394 ISTANBUL
Turkey
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Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Burcu Boso is a partner who specialises in banking and finance transactions, in particular project and acquisition finance, refinancing, real estate and corporate financing, commodity finance, ship finance, restructurings and syndicated lending. Having worked at White & Case as a senior associate, at YazıcıLegal as a partner and then at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang as a partner, Burcu has extensive experience in representing banks, financial institutions, sponsors and other transaction parties in local and international banking and finance transactions.

Burcu has a particular focus on Turkish foreign exchange regulations, structuring of funding methods, bank regulatory matters and PPPs. Burcu participated to the Public Private Partnership Working Group of the 11th Development Plan of the Republic of Turkey covering the period of 2019-2023.

Burcu has more than 17 years of experience and a deep know-how in restructuring methods as well as private sale of the assets of the borrowers under default. She also has a remarkable experience on advising banks and financial institutions in connection with potential defaults and remedies thereof.

Languages

English, Turkish

Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association, 2004

Education

Galatasaray University, 2006, LL.M., Private Law

Galatasaray University, 2003, LLB, Faculty of Law

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > Banking, finance and capital markets

The full-spectrum banking, finance and capital markets group at Balcioglu Selçuk Ardiyok Keki is recognised for its strength in unsecured interbank loan facilities (syndicated and bilateral), where it draws on complementary expertise in foreign exchange rules, tax and dispute resolution. Among its other key attributes, the wider firm’s association with the Dentons international network is also a significant draw, particularly for multinational clients. Barlas Balcioğlu co-heads the group and maintains a broad banking and finance practice with a focus on project finance transactions, where he primarily acts for lenders. The department is additionally co-led by Günhan Yalçın and Burcu Boso, both of whom bring to bear over 20 years of experience in representing lenders and borrowers on an array of banking and finance matters. Counsel Ceyda Aydın and senior associate Ceren Akkur Bayram provide specialist support.

Turkey > Project finance/projects

Balcioglu Selçuk Ardiyok Keki‘s projects practice leverages the wider firm’s top-tier banking and finance offering to specialise in representing lenders in project finance matters – though it also acts for borrowers. A trio of lawyers jointly steer the practice: Barlas Balcioğlu, who anchors the real estate, energy, and banking and finance teams; Günhan Yalçın, who specialises in debt finance; and Burcu Boso, who handles project finance, acquisition finance and ship finance, among other areas. Counsel Ceyda Aydın and senior associate Ceren Akkur Bayram provide support.