Çakmak Attorney Partnership

Çakmak Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“Çakmak”) is a respected top-tier corporate law firm with offices in Ankara and Istanbul.

Çakmak understands and has experience in local and international markets, and has represented international and Turkish clients on a wide range of private and public matters and transactions since its establishment in 1993.

Çakmak has an experienced and knowledgeable team of lawyers with an extensive track record demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of local law and international practice, and it provides legal services with respect to a wide assortment of matters in various practice areas and sectors, to local and international clients doing business in Turkey.

Most recently, Gökhan Okan joined our project finance and banking and finance teams as a partner in February 2023. Gökhan has 20 years of experience in his field and has represented domestic and international clients in complicated project finance, PPP, banking and finance, and M&A transactions.

Çakmak has an outstanding reputation for its high-quality service to clients from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States of America, as well as within Turkey. Çakmak’s clients are public and privately held commercial businesses and financial institutions involved in sophisticated corporate and financial transactions and dispute resolution proceedings. In this context, we have had leading roles in many of the major energy projects, projects financed by the project finance model, and privatization projects in Turkey and have represented clients in the completed projects as the project company counsel.

Our Firm is recognized and ranked by reputable legal directories, in several practice areas and sectors:

• Ranked Band One: Projects & Energy (11th consecutive year), Chambers & Partners 2024
• Ranked Band One: Projects & Energy (10th consecutive year), Chambers & Partners 2023
• First Tier for Project Finance/Projects (10th consecutive year), Legal 500 EMEA 2022
• First Tier for Project Development: Infrastructure, Project Development: Power and Project Finance (10th consecutive year), IFLR 2022