TURUNÇ has advised Elba HR (currently being rebranded as Peoplise), a video-based digital recruitment and human resources solutions platform serving a wide range of industries, on the investment it received from Revo Capital, a venture capital fund focused on Turkish technology businesses. The transaction was part of the Borsa Istanbul Private Market. The TURUNÇ team...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Debt Capital Markets (2016) title. The contributing lawyers were Kerem Turunç and Esin Çamlıbel. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to debt capital markets in 21 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are David Lopez, Adam E. Fleisher and Daseul Kim of Cleary Gottlieb...

On June 1, 2016, TURUNÇ, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Bosphorus IPO Capital, a company that specializes in assisting Turkish and other emerging-market companies with getting listed in London, organized an invitation-only breakfast seminar entitled “Using London’s Capital Markers for Growth & Exits”. The seminar was geared towards private equity and venture capital funds,...

Kerem Turunç was a panelists at the Turkey Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy, co-organized by the World Bank and the Turkish Union of Municipalities (TBB). The panel was moderated by Stephen Karam (Lead Urban Economist, The World Bank) and also included Hayrettin Güngör (Secretary-General, TBB), Dr. Ender Aykut Yılmaz (Deputy Director-General, İller Bankası), Emre Elmadağ...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on the sale of a 10% equity stake to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). This transaction is the fifth in a series of important international transactions on which TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul in the last three years. The previous transactions were Borsa Istanbul’s partnerships with NASDAQ...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its partnership with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) regarding the dissemination of market data on the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) steel billet contract. HKEx is LME’s parent company. The partnership is related to Borsa Istanbul’s acquisition of LME’s equity stake in LCH.Clearnet. The TURUNÇ team was led...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its acquisition of all of the stake of the London Metal Exchange in the clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet. This is the third significant international transaction on which TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul since 2013. The previous two were Borsa Istanbul’s strategic partnership with NASDAQ OMX and its partnership with the London...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its partnership with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) relating to the trading of futures and options on Borsa Istanbul indices and stocks on the London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market. Additionally, FTSE and Borsa Istanbul plan to launch an index partnership involving all Borsa Istanbul-owned indices. This is the second...

TURUNÇ has sponsored The 2014 Guide to Turkey supplement of the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) magazine, and TURUNÇ lawyers have authored the following articles for the supplement: – “Laying the Groundwork” by Kerem Turunç: A summary of some recent changes to Turkish securities regulation (available on the IFLR website and for download here) –...