Event Report
The Legal 500 launched its 2023 events calendar in Türkiye with a half day conference at Raffles İstanbul on 11 May. The GC Summit Türkiye hosted over 70 senior legal counsel together with law firm sponsors ACTECON, Kılınç Law & Consulting and Liner Law.
The conference offered a diverse platform of topics across Corporate M&A, Competition Law and Dispute Resolution. A drinks reception was followed by the panel discussions to close the hugely successful event.
Panel One – sponsored by Liner Law
Sağlam İletişim, Sağlam Sözleşme, Sağlam İlişki: Yatırım Sürecini Kolaylaştıran Kilit Çözümler / Strong Communication, Strong Contract, Strong Relationship: Key Solutions to Facilitate the Investment Process.
Speakers
- Gizem Zeynep Bölükbaşı, Vice President-Attorney at Law, Turkiye Wealth Fund
- Yalçın Nak, Managing Partner at Taxim Capital
- Yegan Liaje, Partner at Liner Law
- Zeynep Şener Bıçak, Partner at Liner Law
Panel Two – sponsored by ACTECON
Öncesi ve Sonrası ile Bir M&A İşleminin Rekabet Hikayesi / Competition Story of an M&A Deal from a Before-and-After Perspective.
Speakers
- Fevzi Toksoy, Managing Partner, ACTECON
- Bahadır Balkı, Managing Partners, ACTECON
- Tuna Tanık, Principal Associate of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Panel Three – sponsored by Kılınç Law & Consulting
M&A İşlemlerinde Pay Devirlerinin Kısıtlanması ve Ortaklık Payı ile Ayrılma Akçesinden Kaynaklanan Uyuşmazlıklar / Restriction of Share Transfers in M&A Transactions and Disputes Arising from Shareholding and Separation Funds.
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Gül Okutan Nilsson, Professor at Bilgi University, Department of Commercial Law
- Av. Melisa KÖKSEL, SOCAR Türkiye Hukuk Koordinatörü / Legal Coordinator at SOCAR Türkiye
- Av. Gülenay ÇAPKINOĞLU Kılınç, Senior Associate at Kılınç Law & Consulting