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ÖzmenYalçin
Buyukdere Cad. No: 191
Apa Giz Plaza Kat: 9
Levent, İstanbul 34330
Turkey

Position

Partner

Career

Handan primarily focuses on capital markets, banking and finance, re-financings, restructurings and corporate transactions.

Handan has extensive experience in capital markets. She has been involved in numerous initial public offerings and regularly advises publicly held companies regarding compliance issues in general, including corporate governance. She is also very experienced in regulatory compliance, including derivatives transactions, structuring of capital markets operations of foreign financial institutions in the Turkish market.

She has vast experience in projects, restructurings and loan transactions.  She has also heavily advised investment and financial institutions regarding their investments in Turkey from corporate law and contracts law perspectives.

Languages

Turkish, English, French

Memberships

İstanbul Bar Association, 2012

Education

İstanbul Bilgi University, PhD Candidate in Private Law

King’s College London, LL.M. in International Financial Law, 2012

Koç University, LL.B., 2010

Robert College, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > Banking, finance and capital markets

ÖzmenYalçin has hit the ground running following its establishment in March 2022. In particular, it posted an impressive performance on the equity capital markets side, where it has completed 12 IPOs since its launch. The practice also houses a thriving debt capital markets practice, while on the banking and finance side it has strong experience in representing lenders and borrowers on project and acquisition finance transactions, among other matters. Increasingly prominent sector specialists Ömer Gökhan Özmen and Güneş Yalçın co-lead the department. Younger partners Handan BacıoğluMurat Ayyıldız and Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu are also noted.

Turkey > Restructuring and insolvency

The ‘very experienced and collaborative’ group at ÖzmenYalçin has a focus on refinancings and debt restructurings, where it acts for mix of lenders and borrowers. The team is jointly led by banking and finance specialists Ömer Gökhan Özmen and Güneş Yalçın, both of whom enjoy good relationships with domestic and global financial institutions. The group also includes newly promoted partners Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu and Handan Bacıoğlu, who also focus on banking and finance transactions.

Turkey > Commercial, corporate and M&A

ÖzmenYalçin draws on the experience of its team to advise a roster of financial institutions and domestic and multinational corporates spanning such sectors as transport, building materials, financial services, tech and mining, on transactional and day-to-day corporate matters. The practice is headed by Ömer Gökhan Özmen, a specialist in multi-jurisdictional transactions; and Güneş Yalçın. Experienced M&A partners Handan Bacıoğlu; Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu; and counsel İris Erbil are also of note.