Established in 2021, the team at Okat Law has gone from strength-to-strength, demonstrating expertise at the intersection of capital markets, crypto assets and government affairs with banking and finance mandates. Practice leader Özge Okat retains a leading reputation in both domestic and cross-border transactions, advising a client base of multinational banks, financial institutions, private equity firms, hedge funds and corporations. Drawing on former experience at the Capital Markets Board, Okat steers the group through regulatory and transactional issues, as well as covering equity and debt securities offerings, Islamic finance, derivatives, issuer-side IPOs and private placements.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- 'Mr Ozge Okat helped us close a very important deal with his extraordinary negotiation skills.'
- 'Okat has a diverse team, with members having capability in many areas. Such as due diligence expertise, tax recommendations, corporate law regulations etc.'
Key clients
- Seğmen Kardeşler Food Production and Packaging Industry A.Ş.
- Gedik Investment Securities A.Ş.
- Ak Portfolio Management A.Ş.
- Amicorp Switzerland AG
- Dinamik Investment Securities A.Ş.
- Gelecek Asset Management A.Ş.
- FT Real Estate and Venture Capital Portfolio Management A.Ş.
- Nurol Portfolio Management A.Ş.
- Başkent Securities A.Ş.
Work highlights
Acted as the initial public offering (IPO) counsel of the issuer, Seğmen Food, providing legal services for the IPO of the Company shares.
Provided Amicorp Switzerland AG with legal services on restructuring, conversion to a regional administration centre, and time extension of the Client’s liaison office in Istanbul.
Provided Gedik Investment Securities A.Ş., which is a major brokerage company in Türkiye with a wide global and local client base, with legal services regarding revision of client agreements.
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Practice head
Yalçın Özge Okat