Focus Corporate With the new promotions, the number of partners at BASEAK rose to 16. Read more New promotions at BASEAK Read more Key Contacts Seçkin Çetin Business Development and Marketing Manager Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) has announced the promotion of two new partners, Özge Akman Özmenlikan and Mahmut Karyağdı. Read more
Focus Corporate Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“BASEAK”) advised Hummingbird Ventures CVA and Hummingbird Ventures II CVA (together “Hummingbird Ventures”) on the $1.8 billion sale of Peak Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (“Peak”) to Zynga Inc. (“Zynga”). Read more Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı advised on the largest ever announced acquisition of a tech start-up in Turkey Read more Key Contacts Galip M. Selçuk Managing Partner Selahattin Kaya Counsel Özge Akman Özmenlikan Partner As part of the transaction, Zynga will acquire 100% of Peak for $1.8 billion, comprised of approximately $900 million in cash and approximately $900 million of Zynga common stock. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. Read more
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı advised on the largest ever announced acquisition of a tech start-up in Turkey Read more
Focus Maritime The Circular on the Management of Garbage Discharged from Vessels during Covid-19 Outbreak numbered 2020/14 (the “Circular”) has been issued on 10th April 2020. Read more The Circular on The Management of Garbage Discharged from Vessels has been regulated in accordance with MARPOL Annex V Read more Key Contacts Gülistan Baltacı Partner The Minister of Environment and Urbanization has made an announcement on the recently published Circular on 13th April 2020 expressing that, no contact shall be made with the vessels which has returned from voyage and has not been examined for sanitary risks. Read more
The Circular on The Management of Garbage Discharged from Vessels has been regulated in accordance with MARPOL Annex V Read more
Focus Maritime This article will be examining the force majeure clause in terms of its applicability due to the recent coronavirus outbreak in accordance with Turkish Law and the related legislation. Read more COVID-19 and The Force Majeure Clause Read more Key Contacts Gülistan Baltacı Partner On Thursday 30 January, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade released a statement confirming that China was offering force majeure certificates to local companies unable to fulfil their international contractual obligations due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more
Focus Corporate Dr. Gökçe Sarısu Kanmaz has joined Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership’s tax practice as of March 2020 as a Partner. Read more A new era on tax law at Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Read more Key Contact Seçkin Çetin Business Development and Marketing Manager Dr. Gökçe Sarısu has more than 15 years’ experience in tax dispute resolution and management of tax controversies at the administrative and judicial stages, representing Turkish and multinational corporations during the tax audits and tax litigation and management of possible tax controversy risks. Read more
Focus Capital Markets This report summarizes equity markets, debt markets and regulatory changes in 2019 in Turkey. Read more Capital Markets Review 2019 Turkey Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Partner The Turkish economy emerged from three quarters of negative growth – its first recession In a decade after a painful currency crisis in the summer of 2018 – and continued its gradual recovery to post positive year-on-year growth in the second half of 2019. Read more
Focus Corporate The award ceremony took place on November 7, 2019 at The Bvlgari Hotel in London Read more BASEAK Counsel Ceren Su wins the Euromoney LMG Europe Rising Stars Awards Read more Key Contact Seçkin Çetin Business Development and Marketing Manager Ceren Su, a counsel in Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK), was awarded at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Europe Rising Stars Awards 2019. Ceren Su who focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate transactions, with a special focus on the energy, financial institutions, infrastructure and PPP, life sciences, real estate and transportation sectors was named “Turkey: Rising Star 2019”. Read more
Focus Capital Market Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advise on successful tender offer of bonds by Yaşar Holding A.Ş. Read more BASEAK and Dentons advised Barclays Bank PLC on Yaşar Holding Eurobond tender Read more Key Contact Müfit Arapoğlu Partner Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“BASEAK”) and Dentons are pleased to have advised Barclays Bank PLC acting as the Dealer Manager on the tender offer by Yaşar Holding A.Ş (“Yaşar”) to the holders of its outstanding U.S.$250,000,000 8.875 per cent. Notes due 2020 issued by Yaşar to tender such Notes for purchase. Read more