The ‘well-connected and knowledgeable’ group at Çakmak Attorney Partnership keeps busy advising on an array of financing transactions, capital markets offerings and regulatory matters. The firm significantly augmented its corporate finance and projects expertise during 2023 through the hire of Gökhan Okan from Verdi Hukuk Bürosu. Okan now jointly heads the department together with banking, finance and debt capital markets partner Devrim Ergun. High-profile projects partners Mustafa Durakoğlu and Mesut Çakmak also have significant banking and finance dimensions to their practices.
Testimonials
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‘The team is has been one of our company's best business partners since 2012. We are very pleased to work with Ayşe Eda Biçer Özen. She is always kind and patient with us.’
‘The team is very experienced and collaborative.’
‘Gökhan Okan is very experienced, friendly, and experienced.’
‘The team is very strong, well-connected and knowledgeable. Lawyers know the industry and regulations very well and can always create tailor-made, quality legal advice for us, particularly Gülşen Engin and Mustafa Durakoğlu.’
Key clients
- Bank Julius Baer
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
- Emirates NBD Bank
- Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB)
- Bank of America entities
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- ERG Group
- T. Garanti Bankası (Garanti BBVA)
- Visa Europe
- Western Union
- China Citic Bank
- Çayeli Bakır İşletmeleri
Work highlights
- Advising Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, and a syndicate of banks, on an unsecured syndicated social term loan facility to Akbank for general corporate purposes and for the financing of the reconstruction of cities in Southeastern Turkey that were impacted by the earthquakes in February 2023.
- Advising Garanti BBVA on the Turkish law aspects of the 2023 update of its global medium-term note programme.
- Advising EBRD on financings provided to Bursa Water and Sewage Administration in connection with the construction of a water transmission line and a water treatment plant, to be secured by a guarantee from the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Devrim Ergun, Gökhan Okan