DURUKAN+PARTNERS is recognised as a leading adviser on the restructuring of secured and unsecured financings, bankruptcy, insolvency, and contentious debt matters on behalf of both lenders and borrowers. Finance and corporate specialist Begüm Durukan Özaydin and Hikmet Fadillioğlu, whose work encompasses corporate transactions, real estate and labour law, are the key contacts. Ozaydin is currently assisting a borrower with the restructuring of $500m in project finance and commercial loans.
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Key clients
- Emaar Properties PJSC
- Letterone Group and IMTIS Holdings
- Europe Arab Bank
- Ansaldo Energia S.p.A
- FTX
- Mage
Work highlights
- Advising FTX in connection with Turkish law in the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange abroad and the FTX exchange in Turkey, and insolvency proceedings under Chapter 11 and the Turkish subsidiaries.
- Advising Ansaldo Energia SpA in connection with bankruptcy and concordato proceedings, and default matters against lending banks, by Yeni Elektrik, the project company operating the 865 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Gebze Turkiye, in which Ansaldo is a 40% shareholder.
- Advice to LetterOne, an indirect shareholder in Turkcell, in certain corporate restructuring and shareholding issues and concepts of capital markets laws as they may apply to Turkcell.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Begum Durukan Ozaydin, Hikmet Fadillioglu