Levent Yetkil
ASC Law Office‘Swift, responsive and easily accessible’, ASC Law Office’s project finance and infrastructure investments group specialises in representing debtors, sponsors and lenders across all core energy and infrastructure sectors. The team’s robust position in the area was recently evidenced by its takeover of Istanbul Grand Airport’s entire legal portfolio. Co-founding partner Okan Beygo steers the practice with strong support from increasingly prominent banking and finance specialist Levent Yetkil and finance partner Fulya Sert Topçu.
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‘ASC stands out for its prompt, responsive, and accessible services, providing tailored solutions aligned with clients' commercial interests. Our experience with ASC's services has been extraordinarily satisfactory in banking finance, project finance, energy, and more in Turkey.’
‘ASC's core competencies are backed with its team's specialisation in banking and finance with a best-in-class offering of unique insights and solutions. ASC handles complex legal challenges quite successfully as they are adaptive to changing legal landscapes.’
‘Our collaboration with ASC has been with Levent Yetkil and Fulya Sert Topçu. They both stand out for their robust experience, quick feedback, and strong negotiation and legal drafting skills. ASC is exceptionally dedicated to providing advice with a problem-solving mindset at any time of the project.’
‘ASC is renowned for its swift, responsive and easily accessible services, offering customised solutions that align perfectly with the commercial interests of clients. Our first-hand experience reaffirms ASC's unparalleled expertise in areas such as banking, finance, project finance and energy in Turkey.’
‘Working alongside ASC has been a distinct privilege, especially in collaboration with Levent Yetkil and Fulya Sert Topçu, who stand out for their remarkable expertise, responsiveness, outstanding negotiation and drafting abilities, and commitment to delivering efficient and business-oriented advice.’
‘Levent Yetkil is easily accessible and up-to-date about the recent developments both in law and industry practices. He seemed to be well supported by qualified associates.’
‘The team is very experienced and collaborative. Fulya Sert Topçu and Levent Yetkil are very experienced and friendly.’
‘We value the group for its collaboration, expertise and can-do attitude. Lawyers stand out for their impeccable follow up, availability and effective work.’
Key clients
- T.C. Ziraat Bankası
- Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
- İGA Havalimanı İşletmesi
Work highlights
- Advising İGA Havalimanı İşletmesi on various matters, including issues related to the airport’s €5.6bn facility agreement.
- Advising a Turkish bank on securing an additional €33.5m financing for an airport project in Mersin, which follows a build-operate-transfer model with a complex concession agreement.
- Advising a prominent German bank on an ECA finance facility transaction in the wind power industry, valued at approximately €17m, for the construction of a wind power plant in Turkey.
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Okan Beygo, Levent Yetkil