About

Leading Turkish food and beverages conglomerate Yıldız Holding has been operating in Turkey for the last 70 years. Chief legal counsel, Barış Öner manages the legal department which handles the legal affairs of some 65 companies within the company. The team has been behind a series of key global acquisitions including its 2014 purchase of United Biscuits, a British company and the world’s sixth largest biscuits producer, which made Yıldız Holding the third largest cookie company in the world. The legal function has also been largely involved in the company’s reorganisation of its global brands – De Met’s Godiva, United Biscuits and Ülker – under the Pladis umbrella, forming a new global giant with an annual revenue of over US$5bn.