Focus Mergers and Acquisitions The awards, organized by international M&A publication Mergermarket, recognize creative advisory work on complex transactions. Read more BASEAK named “Turkey M&ALegal Adviser of the Year”by Mergermarket Read more Key Contacts Galip M. Selçuk Senior Partner Dr. Selim Keki Senior Partner Doğan Eymirlioğlu Senior Partner Balcioglu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK) has been named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” in the Mergermarket European Awards 2017. The award was presented on 7 December at a gala event at the Banqueting House in London. The awards, organized by international M&A publication Mergermarket, recognize creative advisory work on complex transactions. The rigorous judging process includes an analysis of M&A league tables to identify the top law firms by overall transaction value and deal count, followed by scrutiny by a panel of expert judges. Read more
Focus Event BASEAK and Dentons joined the UK Investment Forum and Invest in Turkey Forum as gold sponsors Read more BASEAK and Dentons sponsored two major investment forums in London Read more Key Contact Barlas Balcıoğlu Managing Partner May 2017 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Dentons joined the UK Investment Forum and Invest in Turkey Forum as gold sponsors, both of which were held at the Conrad St. James Hotel, London on 10 – 11 May 2018. BASEAK and Dentons lawyers provided valued legal outlook both from the Turkish and English law point-of-view on many important sectors attracting investors. Read more
Focus Corporate This partnership is the first international joint venture formed by OYAK Mining Metallurgy Group in its history over 50 years. Read more BASEAK and Dentons İsdemir on the incorporation of a joint venture with Linde Group Read more Key Contact Galip M. Selçuk Senior Partner April 2018 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership ("BASEAK") team, led by BASEAK partner Galip M. Selçuk, counsel Tulu Harsa and associate Cemre Demirkaya, and Dentons partner Ian McGrath, successfully advised İskenderun Demir ve Çelik Anonim Şirketi ("İsdemir"), a group company of Oyak Mining Metallurgy Group, on the incorporation of a joint venture with Linde Group to build a new air separation unit at İskenderun premises of İsdemir. Read more
Focus Banking and Finance Entek Elektrik, the winning bidder of a competitive privatisation tender with 1 billion 276 million TL, took over the operating rights of two hydropower plants in Kahramanmaraş. Read more BASEAK and Dentons represented Koç Holding subsidiary in a loan for hydro plants privatization Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Senior Partner April 2018 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) team, led by Partner Müfit Arapoğlu and Dentons partner Tamsyn Mileham, successfully advised Entek Elektrik Üretimi A.Ş, a subsidiary of Koç Holding (“Entek Elektrik”) on US$106 million and TRY 646.2m cash facilities and TRY 1,05 billion letter of guarantee facility provided by a syndicate of Turkish and international commercial banks and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to acquire the Menzelet and Kılavuzlu hydropower plants from the Privatisation Administration. Read more
BASEAK and Dentons represented Koç Holding subsidiary in a loan for hydro plants privatization Read more
Focus Capital Markets ARTS limited is a company established under the laws of Jersey. Read more BASEAK and Dentons advise Akbank through its subsidiary ARTS Limited on its securization program Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Senior Partner April 2018 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advised Akbank through its subsidiary ARTS Ltd, a company established under the laws of Jersey in relation to the issuance of five tranches with five different leading international banks worth of US$795 million as part of its securitization program (DPR). Read more
BASEAK and Dentons advise Akbank through its subsidiary ARTS Limited on its securization program Read more
Focus Mergers and Acquisition Silknet is Georgia’s largest fixed-line telecommunications company. Read more BASEAK and Dentons advise Silknet on the acquisitionof Geocell Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Partner February 2018 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advised Silknet on its US$153 million acquisition of Geocell. Read more