Ömer Gökhan Özmen
ÖzmenYalçinThe increasingly prominent team at ÖzmenYalçin has made significant inroads into the market since its establishment in March 2022. Acting for a mix of financial institutions and borrowers on project finance matters, the group has notched up a particularly strong run of involvement in energy projects. The team is led jointly by Ömer Gökhan Özmen, who specialises in banking, finance and corporate work, and Güneş Yalçın, who has an emphasis on banking, finance and capital markets law. Next-generation partner Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu is also recommended.
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‘ÖzmenYalçın is remarkably good at being client-oriented. From a glimpse of a situation, lawyers can easily detect what a client needs to do. Whenever our company needed the team, it was accessible. The team always maintains a good attitude, and this reflects on its approach to negotiations.’
- ‘The team's billing policy is super-transparent and very easy to understand, there has not been an issue about any expense or billed time. We have not faced anything we have not expected. The diversity among the team is very deep and luckily, it helps you to communicate with the team.’
‘We worked with Güneş Yalçın and Utku Aydın. They offer unique expertise in each area. We did not face any problem in terms of legal knowledge. Also, we were satisfied with their soft skills which play a key role during projects. Güneş Yalçın did an amazing job when negotiations stuck between parties.’
‘The team is very experienced and collaborative.’
‘Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu is very experienced and friendly.’
- ‘The firm was collaborative and, compared to other firms, its billing was quite fair.’
- ‘Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu and Utku Aydın were active during the entire process. They communicated rapidly and on-time. When necessary, they were able to explain the articles one by one to the company. They were quite reachable and collaborative from the very beginning of the process.’
Key clients
- Adnan Polat Enerji Yatırımı
- Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
- Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
- T. Halk Bankası
- T. İş Bankası
- Denizbank
- T. Garanti Bankası
- T. Vakıflar Bankası TAO
- T.C. Ziraat Bankası
- Odeabank
- Biotrend Çevre ve Enerji Yatırımları
- Kıvanç Tekstil
- Bali Rüzgar
- Knot Enerji Elektrik Üretim
- Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
- Bay Temiz Enerji Elektrik Üretim
- Karayel Elektrik Üretim
- Simay Elektrik Üretim
- Yıldırım Holding
Work highlights
- Advising Adnan Polat Enerji Yatırımı as borrower on a refinancing by a syndication of banks of project financings of four SPVs of Polat Enerji.
- Advising Biotrend Çevre ve Enerji Yatırımları on project agreements with UOP, including a process licence agreement, and a major equipment supply agreement for its planned waste plastics recycling facility, among other issues.
- Advising Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası on a €50m project financing provided to support the capacity increase of Kartal WPP.
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Damla Keskin Şerbetcioğlu
ÖzmenYalçinPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ömer Gökhan Özmen, Güneş Yalçın