Çigdemtekin Aranci Günes advises clients such as multinational corproations, private equity firms, financial institutions, and strategic investors on a broad range of M&A and corporate matters. With experience in sectors such as energy, retail, finance, tech, and manufacturing, the group has notable capabilities in capital markets and public M&A. The practice is co-led by seasoned M&A and capital markets specialist Gamze Çiğdemtekin, and Ayça Arancı, who is an expert in energy law, regulatory compliance, and high-stakes transactions. Başak Güneş Kaplan is a key name for corporate, IP, and IT matters. Tuna Çakırca Engür left the group for EGE ÇAKIRCA in December 2024.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Cevher Jant A.Ş
- CEECAT Capital Limited
- EGESIM Group
- Aabar Investments PSJ
- Templeton Asset Management
- Görener Family
- Bulls Yatırım Holding A.Ş
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- Barakatech Yazılım Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş
- Lydia Holding A.Ş
- International Development Ireland (IDI) Ltd
- D-TECH4ENT- Deep Technology Incubator for Entrepreneurs
Work highlights
Advised Lydia Holding A.Ş. and other minority shareholders in the acquisition of a majority stake in Ufuk Yatırım Yönetim ve Gayrimenkul A.Ş. from Yıldız Holding, in a public M&A transaction governed by Turkish capital markets law.
Advising Ünye Maden, an industrial mineral exporter, on complex cross-border transactions, corporate structuring, and market expansion across the EU, UK, and Middle East.
Advised Rafinera and its shareholders on a complex, three-phase majority investment by EFK (Cookshop), a subsidiary of Kazancı Holding, involving strategic structuring, minority protection, and founder value-alignment mechanisms.
Practice head
Gamze Çiğdemtekin; Ayça Arancı
Other key lawyers
Başak Güneş Kaplan