Founding Partner
ASC Law Office is a strong performer in representing Turkish and foreign lenders and borrowers on local law matters, as evidenced by the addition of eight new clients to the practice over the past year, including Turgut Aydın Holding and Eczacıbaşı Holding. Firm co-founding partner Okan Beygo anchors the team and is a 35-year veteran in the field; notably, he brings to bear significant in-house experience gained during stints at Citibank, Garanti Bank and Doğuş Holding. The three-partner department also includes Levent Yetkil and Ela Sarı, who are both well versed across a broad range of banking, finance and capital markets matters.
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‘Our company operates in many diversified sectors, which means we deal with a great number of banking, finance and capital markets issues. To keep things in proper order, we need a strong and reliable solution partner who not only takes the burden, but also works in coherence with us. That is ASC Law Office.’
- ‘What impresses us most about ASC Law Office is its extensive knowledge of financing restructuring, facility agreements and banking operations.’
‘Levent Yetkil’s qualifications, education, background and client-friendly attitude are the specific attributes that impress us. Mr Yetkil and his team (consisting of very competent, highly skilled, constructive and cooperative members) have represented us on several banking and finance deals.’
- ‘Levent Yetkil is always available for any question at any time of the day, provides comprehensive legal advice and assistance on all aspects of the deal, prepares, drafts, negotiates and reviews all kinds of facility-related agreements and transactions.’
‘ASC stands out for its prompt, responsive, and accessible services, providing tailored solutions aligned with clients' commercial interests. Its core strength lies in its specialised banking and finance team, offering unique insights and solutions.’
‘Levent Yetkil and Fulya Sert Topçu’s remarkable expertise, rapid responsiveness, outstanding negotiation and drafting abilities, and commitment to delivering efficient and business-oriented advice have made a significant impact on our collaboration.’
‘I have had the chance to work with two different partners on two different projects. Both partners, and their teams, provided outstanding work on their respective projects. It clearly shows that ASC Law Office consistently provides excellent services across the board.’
‘Levent Yetkil and Ela Sarı are easily accessible and up-to-date about the recent developments both in law and industry practices. Also both partners seemed to be well supported by qualified associates.’
Key clients
- T.C. Ziraat Bankası
- Türkiye İş Bankası
- Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
- Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
- Türkiye Garanti Bankası
- Türkiye Halk Bankası
- Osmanlı Yatırım Menkul Değerler
- İGA Havalimanı İşletmesi
- Boyabat Elektrik Üretim ve Ticaret
- Aslancık Elektrik Üretim
- Doğuş Enerji Üretim ve Ticaret
- Eczacıbaşı Holding
- AG Anadolu Grubu Holding
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
- Turgut Aydın Holding
- Asce Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı
- Büyük Şefler Gıda Turizm Tekstil Danışmanlık Organizasyon Eğitim Sanayi ve Ticaret
Work highlights
- Represented TC Ziraat Bankası, Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası TAO and Türkiye Halk Bankası in an acquisition finance transaction facilitating Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret’s €170m acquisition of a majority stake in Doğuş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı from Doğuş Holding.
- Acted as Turkish law counsel to TC Ziraat Bankası on a two-tranche syndicated term loan facility extended by a consortium of 52 financial institutions across 25 countries, valued at at $418m and €708m.
- Advised Asce Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı, an affiliate of Sanko Group, on its planned IPO by facilitating its conversion into a real estate investment company.
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Okan Beygo, Levent Yetkil, Ela Sarı