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&A Legal Adviser of the Year” by Mergermarket Read more Key Contacts Galip M. Selçuk Partner Dr. Selim Keki Partner Doğan Eymirlioğlu 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 IFN Forum Turkey 2018 The annual forum successfully connected Turkish and international banks, financial institutions, asset management companies and legal firms from across the Middle East and South Asia regions. Read more BASEAK and Dentons sponsored the IFN Forum Turkey 2018 Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Partner September 2018 Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Dentons were sponsors of the IFN Forum Turkey 2018 which took place on 10 September 2018 in Conrad Istanbul Hotel. The annual forum successfully connected Turkish and international banks, financial institutions, asset management companies and legal firms from across the Middle East and South Asia regions. Read more
Focus Mergers and Acquisitions BASEAK’s strong position in the M&A market has been recognized once more. Read more BASEAK wins “Deal of the Year in Turkey” Award Read more Key Contacts Dr. Selim Keki Partner Şahin Ardıyok Partner Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) won “Deal of the Year in Turkey” at the CEE Deal of the Year Awards, organized by legal media publisher CEE Legal Matters. The award was presented at a gala evening at Slovanský dům in Prague on June 6, 2018. 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 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 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 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