TURUNÇ has advised first-time private equity firm Taxim Capital on the formation and first closing of its Turkey-focused generalist fund, which includes an institutional investor base with a target size of EUR 200 million. In addition to TURUNÇ, Kirkland & Ellis and Mourant Ozannes also advised Taxim Capital. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç and...

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,...

CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe, has interviewed Kerem Turunç as part of its “The Buzz” series. The Buzz is a short summary of recent legal and political developments, and topics of interest, in the region. Commentators from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic,...

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 Eigenmann & Veronelli S.p.A (E&V), on its acquisition of the remaining shares held by its local joint venture partners İpek Müstecaplıoğlu, İsmet Müstecaplıoğlu and Reis Pazarlama, in E&V’s Turkish subsidiary Eigenmann & Veronelli Kimyasal, formerly known as Parkim Parfüm. TURUNÇ had also represented E&V in its initial investment in Turkey, when it...

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 authored the Turkey chapter of Getting the Deal Through’s inaugural Ports & Terminals title. The contributing lawyers were Esin Çamlıbel and Grace Maral Burnett. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to ports and terminals in 22 jurisdictions. The contributing editor is Alex Kyriakoulis of HFW. The guide is available on the...