Devrim Ergun > Çakmak Attorney Partnership > Ankara, Turkey > Lawyer Profile

Çakmak Attorney Partnership
PIYADE SOKAK, PORTAKAL ÇIÇEGI APT NO. 18
C BLOK, KAT 3
ÇANKAYA, ANKARA
06550
Turkey

Work Department

Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Devrim has substantial experience advising and acting for domestic and international banks, underwriters and other financial institutions, as well as borrowers, issuers and other obligors in all types of banking and finance transactions, including numerous landmark and first-time deals. His practice focuses on debt capital markets, structured finance, debt restructurings, project finance, acquisition finance, capital finance, FI transactions, banking law and regulatory advice, other corporate finance and treasury transactions.

Career

Devrim began his career at Çakmak’s Ankara office while still a university student in 1996 and over the years has held positions at various law firms in Istanbul and New York City. He joined Çakmak in January 2020 as Partner and was previously Partner at another leading law firm in Istanbul.

Languages

Turkish and English

Memberships

İstanbul Bar Association, Turkey, 2010

Turkish Bar Associations Union, 2010

Education

Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, LL.B. (Equivalency) (2007)

Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (2002)

Middle East Technical University, B.S. History (1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > Banking, finance and capital markets

The ‘well-connected and knowledgeable’ group at Çakmak Attorney Partnership keeps busy advising on an array of financing transactions, capital markets offerings and regulatory matters. The firm significantly augmented its corporate finance and projects expertise during 2023 through the hire of Gökhan Okan from Verdi Hukuk Bürosu. Okan now jointly heads the department together with banking, finance and debt capital markets partner Devrim Ergun. High-profile projects partners Mustafa Durakoğlu and Mesut Çakmak also have significant banking and finance dimensions to their practices.