Esin Attorney Partnership, Member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein

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Mehmetcan Atasoy

Mehmetcan Atasoy focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and domestic and international trade and commerce. He advises companies on structuring, drafting and the negotiations of M&A transactions. He represents strategic buyers and sellers as well as private equity funds in the acquisition and sale of both public and private targets. He participates in legal due diligence exercises and drafts legal due diligence reports, particularly for companies listed in the capital markets. Mehmetcan Atasoy also advises companies on consumer protection, intellectual property and information technologies and communications law. His industrial focus is on financial services, media, online business and consumer goods.

İpek Beril Bozoğlu

Zeki Nizam Cebe

Ali Selim Demirel

Ali Selim Demirel focuses his practice on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and energy and concessions. He drafts and negotiates corporate transaction documents, including share purchase, asset purchase, merger and shareholders’ agreements. In addition, he advises companies on general corporate, business and energy law matters and assists companies in the coordination and implementation of multi-jurisdictional restructuring transactions. He also focuses his practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly regarding post-M&A disputes and particularly through arbitration. He represents clients before arbitral tribunals and before all levels of domestic courts, including the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Erdal Ekinci leads the tax practice in the Istanbul office. He focuses his practice on taxation matters across various sectors, and has led restructuring, international taxation, tax planning, transfer pricing and indirect tax projects. He offers tailor-made advice for his clients and combines his technical capabilities with his teaching experience. Before joining the firm, he worked for several years at a tax consulting firm based in Istanbul. Dr. Ekinci lectures on “Tax Legislation and the Turkish Tax System” and “Financial Management and Accounting” in various universities. He also lectured on financial accounting and cost accounting through the Executive Development Unit (EDU) of Sabanci University.

Dr. Ismail G. Esin has more than 20 years of experience advising clients in arbitration, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and real estate matters. He is listed in The International Who’s Who for mergers and acquisitions, commercial arbitration and commercial litigation and in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for Corporate/M&A and Dispute Resolution. He lectures on real estate law, law of obligations and mergers and acquisitions law at Marmara, Galatasaray, Yeditepe and Bilgi universities in Istanbul, and writes extensively on these topics. Dr. Ismail G. Esin advises banks, multinational companies, governments and private equity funds on investments and major projects in Turkey, the Middle East and CIS. His work focuses primarily on the energy, infrastructure, construction, telecom and healthcare industries.

Demet Kaşarcıoğlu

Demet Kasarcioglu focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international trade and commerce. She advises companies on structuring, drafting and the negotiations of M&A transactions. She represents strategic buyers and sellers as well as private equity funds in the acquisition and sale of private targets. In addition, she also focuses her practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly through arbitration. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals and before all levels of domestic courts, including the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Ozan Kesim

Muhsin Keskin leads the Istanbul office’s Banking and Finance and Capital Markets Practices. Muhsin also advises clients on various aspects of mergers and acquisitions including private equity investments. He currently specializes in banking and finance and capital markets law in various areas including acquisition finance, project finance, loans and credit facilities, securitization and structured finance, asset finance, Islamic finance, financial services and regulatory advice, equity offerings, debt offerings, derivatives, investment funds, compliance and corporate governance advice, and public company mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, Muhsin Keskin spent six years at an international law firm’s Istanbul office and a major local Turkish law firm.

Eren Kurşun's activities focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. Eren currently specializes in structuring complex M&A transactions, drafting and negotiating transactional contracts. Eren has worked on some of the most groundbreaking transactions in Turkey and has experience in public company acquisitions. His experience in the field of capital markets includes sales through auctions, delistings and agreements with publicly traded companies, as well as transactions for the issuance of securities and licenses. Eren Kurşun teaches Mergers & Acquisitions at Boğaziçi University, the Turkish Capital Markets Association (TSKB) and the European Law Students' Association (ELSA).

Berfu Öztoprak

Orhan Pala

Gökçe Serez is a senior associate in Investigations, Compliance & Ethics team at Esin Attorney Partnership. Gökçe focuses on internal investigations, trade sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption and anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and counter terror financing, gifts and hospitality expenses and white-collar crimes. She establishes tailored compliance programs for her clients, provides compliance training on various topics and prepares various compliance policies. She also carries out compliance due diligence during M&A projects and third-party compliance due diligence to identify and mitigate any compliance related risks. She coordinates and leads cross-border and complex investigations stemming from different potential breach of law from the beginning to the end by advising on multiple disciplines and ensure the establishment of adequate and efficient corrective measures. She has a wide range of experience on compliance in various sectors such as defense, pharmaceuticals, automotive, construction, retail, banking and finance, and technology.

Orçun Solak

Can Sozer focuses his practice on domestic and international trade and commerce. He advises companies on Turkish laws applicable to the launch and operation of companies’ activities, goods and services in Turkey, both physical and online. He also advises companies on intellectual property and information technologies and communications. His industrial focus is on media, online business, consumer goods and luxury and fashion.

Elif Nur Çakır Vurgun

Elif Nur Çakır's activities focus on the field of labor law. From November 2013 to May 2014, he was assigned to work at Citibank A.Ş. on a temporary basis (secondment). Elif Nur Çakır advises national and multinational clients on labor law issues (individual/collective labor relations), migration law and legal disputes (litigation). Elif Nur Çakır represents national and multinational companies before courts at all levels in Turkey.