Combining ‘a unique blend of technical precision and personalized service’, Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership regularly takes the role as trusted adviser to domestic and international corporates/funds on their Turkey-related transactional work, where as well as having core M&A strength, is also able to handle ancillary matters including competition and data privacy. A ’cornerstone of the Turkish M&A world’, Baran Gen is able to draw from her deep well of institutional expertise to provide bespoke solutions to clients across a myriad of transactional mandates encountered by both strategic and financial investors. The ‘reliable, hardworking and responsive’ Ebru Temizer also has a diverse M&A offering which frequently sees her involved in cross-border transactions involving tech, IT and energy companies. Dila Topuz is a ’smart deal lawyer’, both on M&A and equity capital markets matters, while Irmak Seymen Varat is pivotal to the firm’s highly successful corporate retainer service taken up by many international companies seeking advice on their ongoing business operations in Turkey.
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Work Department
M&A, Corporate & Commercial, Energy & Natural Resources, ESG
Position
Founding Partner
Career
Baran Gen is the head of M&A, Corporate & Commercial and Energy & Natural Resources practices. She has experience for over 20 years handling the full range of corporate/M&A transactions. She has represented clients in a wide range of sectors, in particular in the oil & gas, industrials, media, real estate, retail, banking and energy sectors. Baran has acted on various M&A transactions for both domestic and international investors, ranging from small and mid-cap to big-ticket transactions, including on leveraged buy-outs and leveraged recaps.
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Education
Université de Paris I Sorbonne, Faculty of Law, Paris, LL.M.
(Recipient of Bourse d’Excellence from French Government)
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, LL.B.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is very responsive and client friendly and a pleasure to work with. They are on top of their practice.'
- 'Compared to other firms, it offers a unique blend of technical precision and personalized service, making it a trusted legal partner.'
- 'They were always available and were excellent in balancing difficult local law issues with pragmatic, solutions-oriented advice.'
- 'Baran Gen has business acumen coupled with impeccable knowledge of law.'
- 'Baran Gen is a cornerstone of the Turkish M&A world. She’s known as a partner who can deal with all sorts of M&A issues. You can ask any question and she has a perfect answer with a vast array of examples from her past deals and she definitely is a solution finder.'
- 'Ebru Temizer is reliable, hard-working and responsive.'
- 'Dila Topuz is a smart deal lawyer and a pleasure to deal with.'
Key clients
- British Petroleum (bp)
- Malaysian Airlines Berhad (MAHB)
- EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development)
- Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding
- TSKB (Turkish Industrial and Development Bank)
- Murka Games Limited (a Blackstone company)
- Ticimax (leading e-commerce software company)
- Aman Group
- Majorel / Teleperformance
- Marriott International Group
- Evren Üçok (high net worth individual)
- Earlybird Venture Capital
- British American Tobacco
- Vestas (leading wind turbine producer)
- Siemens Turkey
- Murat Kablo (leading automotive company owned by Volex)
- Limak Doğu Anadolu Çimento
- Castrol Lubricants Turkey
- Volkswagen Doğuş Finance
- Summa Construction (Forbes 500 company)
- Namet Food (Forbes 500 company)
Work highlights
Advised British Petroleum in the sale of its midstream and downstream assets involving 770 oil stations and a significant stake in the oil terminal Ataş to Petrol Ofisi owned by Dutch Vitol.
Acted for Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAHB) in the sale of shares of its Turkish subsidiaries operating Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport and the formation of a JV in this respect.