TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its strategic partnership with NASDAQ OMX. The scope of the partnership is broad and includes, among other things, NASDAQ OMX taking an equity stake in, and providing its most advanced market technology products with regional resale rights to, Borsa Istanbul. The TURUNÇ team was led by Kerem Turunç. Linklaters...

TURUNÇ has advised Uyum Gıda, a publicly traded supermarket chain, and its shareholders on the sale of sale of a 47.32% equity stake to Makro Market, another supermarket chain. The closing of the transaction is subject to the Turkish Competition Board’s clearance. The TURUNÇ team included Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel, Özlem Oğuzlar and...

TURUNÇ partner Kerem Turunç authored the Turkey chapter of the book The ABA Guide to International Bar Admissions, published by the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association. The book provides an overview of bar admission requirements in over 50 countries, with a particular focus on foreign applicants and applicants seeking to be...

TURUNÇ has sponsored The 2012 Guide to Turkey supplement of the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) magazine, and TURUNÇ lawyers have authored the following articles for the supplement: – “Exciting Times” by Kerem Turunç: An overview of the recent changes to capital markets legislation, and the opportunities Turkish capital markets offer (available on the IFLR...

TURUNÇ will be one of the sponsors the European Capital Markets Forum 2012, organized by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR). The event will be held in London on April 25-26, 2012 and bring together participants from law firms, banks, funds and other institutions. The topics to be discussed at the forum encompass many areas,...

Kerem Turunç will be one of the speakers at EuroFinance’s 8th Annual Conference on Cash, Treasury and Risk Management in Turkey. This year’s theme is “how world crises can change your financial management for the better” and will include a diverse array of topics, including Basel III rules, mobile banking, credit insurance and accounting standards...

TURUNÇ has sponsored the 9th Annual Asia-Pacific In-House Counsel Summit. The event was organized by asialaw (a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor) in association with the International Bar Association, Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association and the Legal Media Group, and held in Hong Kong on March 21 & 22, 2012. Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç and...

TURUNÇ is advising Egeli & Co., a Capital Markets Board-regulated investment firm, in connection with its proposed acquisition of Ortaklar Hayvancılık Gıda ve Tarım, a livestock and farming company. The parties have entered into a letter of intent with respect to the transaction, the closing of which is subject to the execution of definitive documentation,...

Esin Çamlıbel authored the Turkey chapter of the fourth edition of The Private Competition Enforcement. The book is a multijurisdictional guide to private antitrust litigation in 24 jurisdictions. The contributing editor is Ilene Knable Gotts of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. You can download the Turkey chapter here. Please see our Publications page for other downloads. Reproduced with...