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.

Winners were selected from all deals signed in the 2017 calendar year, and were based on deal complexity, market (and regional) significance, and innovation. Final nominees were selected by a first panel of highly-regarded private practitioners in Turkey and a second, “Final Selection Committee,” of prominent legal experts from across Central and Eastern Europe.

The award recognizes BASEAK’s high quality work advising OMV on the €1.4 billion sale of its subsidiary OMV Petrol Ofisi to VIP Turkey Enerji, a subsidiary of Vitol Investment Partnership. The deal was led by partner Dr. Selim Keki, with support from partner Şahin Ardıyok and associates Ayşegül Şifaver and Canberk Varış. Consultant Tulu Harsa, from Dentons’ Toronto office, also worked on the deal.

In addition to this accolade, BASEAK’s strong position in the M&A market has been recognized by a number of recent awards. The firm was named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” in the Mergermarket European Awards 2017, and it won the “International Bond Deal of the Year Award” for its work for Coca-Cola İçecek Anonim Şirketi at the Bonds & Loans Turkey 2018 Awards.

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.