Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) team, led by Managing Partner Barlas Balcıoğlu and Partner Günhan Yalçın, successfully advised the finance parties including but not limited to Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited, Emirates NBD Capital Limited and ICBC Turkey Yatirim Menkul Degerler A.S. on the transaction. Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited also acted as the Documentation Agent.

Lenders collectively provided US$404.5 million and €738.3 million Syndicated Dual Currency Term Loan Facilities to Akbank T.A.Ş. and our work included advising on the facility agreement from a Turkish law perspective and issuing an enforceability and validity legal opinion.

BASEAK team included Managing Partner Barlas Balcıoğlu, Partner Günhan Yalçın and Associates Ceyda Aydın and Cemre Demirkaya.

About Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki

Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership is an Istanbul-based full service law firm with a team of 130+ lawyers and economists. Our practice focuses on a wide range of areas including real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking, project finance, capital markets, competition and anti-trust, employment, litigation and arbitration, telecommunication, regulatory and public law and intellectual property. We represent and advise Turkish and multinational clients, including Fortune 500 companies, in the banking and finance, private equity, real estate, manufacturing, hospitality and leisure, retail, automotive, energy, information technology, life sciences, luxury fashion and beauty, and media sectors.