The small but agile team at Penezoglu Law Firm provides a one-stop-shop service to domestic and international clients on both the legal and tax considerations of structuring M&A transactions. Appreciated for her ‘deep know-how’ and ability to ’forsee future risks’, Ozlem Bulut Penezoglu handles the corporate law side of the work, while co-founding partner Yusuf Gokhan Penezoglu provides the tax structuring input.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The very capable team is very detail-oriented and is flexible to accommodate the specific needs of the deal, counterparty and/or client.'
  • ‘Özlem Gökhan Penezoğlu has very deep know-how, can see the client's point of view very easily and can also foresee future risks and build preventive measures which are in the client's favour but also realistic and in line with real-life implementations.’

Key clients

  • Intera Investments Limited
  • Zephlex Bilgi Teknolojileri Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Anonim Şirketi
  • Lanxess Kimya Ticaret Limited Şirketi
  • Dinçer Lojistik Anonim Şirketi
  • Uyumsoft Bilgi Sistemleri ve Teknolojileri Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
  • Mackolik Internet Hizmetleri Anonim Şirketi
  • Mediazz Yeni Medya ve Teknoloji Yatırımları A.Ş.

Work highlights

  • Advised Mega Merchant UK (SPV of Intera Investment) which was planning to acquire 50% of the shares of Propars - a leading global e-commerce software company based in Turkey.
  • Advised Mediazz Yeni Medya ve Teknoloji Yatırımları A.Ş, which is affiliated with İstanbul Portföy, Turkey's largest independent portfolio management firm on the acquisition of 100% of Mynet, Turkey's leading internet company with over 45 million users.
  • Advised Dinçer Lolistik which is planning to sign a Shareholder and Share Subscription agreement with the founders and also two other investors who are Arz Gayrimenkul ve Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. and VINCI B.V.  to acquire a 25% shareholding in Octovan Mobil Teknoloji Anonim Şirketi.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Özlem Bulut Penezoğlu, Yusuf Gökhan Penezoğlu

Other key lawyers

Ece Sara Tari, Cagdas Ozaltinkol