Commercial, corporate and M&A

Akol Law

Akol Law continues to lead in the corporate and M&A arena, leveraging the bench strength of its team to advise insurers, domestic and multinational corporates involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The firm’s expansive client roster spans such sectors as tech, pharmaceuticals, financial services, fintech, e-commerce, life sciences, energy, manufacturing and transport. The practice is headed by managing partner Meltem Akol, who brings over three decades of experience to M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions; and Tuğçe Tatari, who brings expertise to major transactions and day-to-day corporate matters. Other key figures include counsel and regulatory specialist Başak Belet, and senior associate Pınar Babaoğlu.

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Testimonials

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‘Tuğçe Tatari is one of the most experienced lawyers, with an immense knowledge of the market and the law practice. She always has the right answer to the most complex issues and structures, and has an extremely positive attitude. Pınar Babaoğlu is the rising star of M&A in Turkey and is on her way to become one of the leading lawyers in her area in a couple of years. Extremely knowledgeble, experienced and very easy to work with.’
‘Tuğçe Tatari is very responsive, accessible and very practical. She is a good negotiator and good communicator.’
‘Very qualified, very experienced team.’’
‘The Corporate Law Team at Akol can readily adjust to our company's fast-paced corporate environment. They possess institutional knowledge of our expectations and strategies, allowing them to align with our business requirements effectively.’
'Very responsive, solution-oriented, great team to work with, with high integrity and solid technical know-how and professionalism.'
‘Akol is one of the market leaders in terms of M&A. Meltem has been practicing M&A for over 28 years and Tugce has been in the market for more than 15 years. Their combined expertise is comparably above many of their peers in the market.'
‘Tugce Tatari is hands on, reliable and to the point in her advice. She knows all procedural issues by heart, and she can give practical insight on all procedural issues. She is an active listener in negotiations, she is good in managing expectations and persuasive. Tugce is one of the busiest M&A partners in the market.'

Key clients

Moon Active Ltd.
Eczacıbası Holding
Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding A.Ş.; Dx Technology Services and Investment BV (DxBV)
Türkiye Wealth Fund
Öncü Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı
Kontrolmatik Teknoloji Enerji ve Mühendislik A.Ş.
Pomega Energy Storage Technologies
EBRD
Turk Elektronik Para A.Ş. (Param)

Work highlights

Advised EIS Eczacıbaşı Ilac Sinai ve Finansal Yatirimlar Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, a subsidiary of Eczacıbaşı Holding A.S. in the acquisition of 99.96% of Gensenta Ilac Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. from Amgen Ilac Ticaret Ltd. Sti., a Turkish subsidiary of Amgen Inc.
Advised Moon Active Ltd, the Israel based software-gaming platforms company engaged in the acquisition of Zen Match, from Good Job Games Bilisim Yazilim ve Pazarlama AS, the Turkey based game company.
Advised Turk Elektronik Para (Param), a fintech, in relation to the acquisition of Paycore, the Flagship Global Fintech and Payments Services company, and its subsidiaries.