Chief legal counsel for Turkey’s third largest private bank and fourth largest bank overall, Hasan Esen is a passionate in-house lawyer, known in the region for his excellent work across the country within the financial sector. In this role he oversees all legal counsel to take charge of the bank’s project financing and treasury transactions, including the bank’s own financing matters and large loans in addition to non-law related law suits including criminal matters. In addition to these activities, Esen has been central to the bank’s recent transition period and also played an important role in its recent signing of a $1.2bn multicurrency and dual tranche syndicated loan facility in 2017 which will primarily be utilised for Akbank’s trade finance and general corporate purposes.