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Vardar Şanlı

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The ‘young and motivated’ team at Vardar Şanlı, which was founded in 2019, has quickly earned a reputation among clients for its ability to provide ’strategic and solutions-oriented advice’ to corporates, high-net-worth individuals and funds across a range of corporate matters. ‘Smart and pragmatic’ team head Çağdaş Umut Vardar is pivotal to the firm’s success on the M&A front, in particular, where he is noted for his ability to communicate  ’complex legal issues in a clear manner’. İsmail Mert Şanlı  is the co-founder along with Vardar and excels at handling energy-related corporate matters.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Their ability to simplify complex legal matters for non-legal professionals is highly impressive, making even the most intricate issues easy to understand.'
  • 'They provide strategic and solutions-oriented advice.'
  • 'The team stands out for its client-focused approach and personalized service.'
  • 'It is a young and motivated team.'
  • 'Çağdaş Umut Vardar is a smart and pragmatic professional, who listens carefully and also understands the needs of the client.'
  • 'Cagdas Umut Vardar communicates complex legal issues in a clear manner and provides quick solutions.'
  • 'Fırat Can Keskin's client-centred approach, smart legal contributions to the corporate structure of our firm has been extremely valuable.'

Key clients

  • Kıraça Holding
  • İnan Kıraç
  • Palsgaard
  • Seraphim
  • Aizona Technology
  • Delta-Solar Energy
  • Uniboron
  • Kök Enerji
  • Heksagon Katı Atık Yönetimi
  • Emin Hakan Eminsoy
  • Ermes Trading
  • Türkiye İş Bankası
  • İş Enerji
  • Arbel Group
  • Groupa RAJA
  • Penti
  • CityPay
  • Schmalz Vakum

Work highlights

  • Advised İş Bankası on the structuring of partnership in a recently acquired subsidiary valued at $260m.
  • Advising Kıraça Holding on the sale of its group companies active in renewables.
  • Advising Delta-Solar Energy, an energy company specializing in developing and selling solar power plant projects, on M&A and corporate law aspects of solar power plant project developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with an installed capacity of 1 GWp and an estimate amount of investment up to $800m.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Çağdaş Umut Vardar

Other key lawyers

İsmail Mert Şanlı, Melih Kara, Fırat Can Keskin