TURUNÇ has advised a private group of investors led by Çetin Yılmaz on the acquisition of Tatilbudur, a leading online travel agency from the Poland-based private equity fund MCI. İş Girişim (İş Private Equity), a leading publicly-traded Turkish fund, and another investor in Tatilbudur, remained as a shareholder. The transaction required clearance by the Turkish...

TURUNÇ has advised Micro Focus, a UK-based multinational software and information technology company that’s part of the FTSE 250 Index, on its acquisition of ATAR Labs. ATAR Labs builds security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platforms, and was funded by Diffusion Capital Partners. The TURUNÇ team included Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel, Gizem Günel,...

TURUNÇ has advised Yü-Ce Medical and its majority shareholders on their acquisition of all of the Yü-Ce Medical shares held by the Anatolia Growth Capital Fund. Yü-Ce Medical is a leading producer of disposable medical supplies in Turkey. It produces gauze products and surgical supplies, among other things. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç and...

TURUNÇ was ranked by The Legal 500 in the guide’s EMEA 2020 edition, which researches law firms by country and practice area in the EMEA region. As has been the case for many years, the Firm was ranked in multiple practice areas: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Competition; Dispute Resolution; Intellectual...

TURUNÇ has advised long-standing client Peoplise and its founders on the majority sale of Peoplise to Logo Software. Other selling shareholders included Revo Capital and 500 Startups. Peoplise is a provider of video-enabled online recruitment tools. Logo Software is one of the leading business applications developers in Turkey and trades on Borsa Istanbul. The TURUNÇ...

Bilindiği üzere, COVID-19 (Koronavirüs) salgınının Türkiye’de ortaya çıktığı 10 Mart 2020 tarihinden bu yana kamu kurumları birçok önlem almışlardır. Ayrıca, 7226 sayılı Bazı Kanunlarda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun ile mevzuatta çeşitli değişiklikler yapılmıştır. Son olarak, 17 Nisan 2020 tarihinde yürürlüğe giren 7244 sayılı Yeni Koronavirüs (Covid-19) Salgınının Ekonomik ve Sosyal Hayata Etkilerinin Azaltılması Hakkında Kanun...

TURUNÇ is advising leading restaurant chain BigChefs and its fund investor Taxim Capital on the acquisition of NumNum, a casual dining chain, from private equity fund İş Girişim renowned chef Mehmet Gürs. The transaction is expected to close in 2020. This is an add-on investment for Taxim Capital, which acquired a stake BigChefs in a...

TURUNÇ has advised Acquia on its acquisition of AgilOne. Acquia, which is majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners, is a SaaS company that provides products and services for the open-source web content management platform Drupal by enabling enterprises to build, operate and optimize websites, apps and other digital experiences. AgilOne is a customer data platform (CDP)...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Private M&A (2020) title. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç and Esin Çamlıbel. The publication is a comparative guide of the regulation of mergers and acquisitions transactions relating to private companies in 40 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are Will Pearce and John Bick of...