TURUNÇ has advised venture capital fund Vela Partners on its investment in ProsperWorks. With its origins in Turkey, and partners also operating in the United States and the UK, Vela Partners invests in startups across a variety of industries. ProsperWorks is a CRM solutions provider for G Suite. The TURUNÇ team was led by Kerem...

TURUNÇ has advised the private equity fund Taxim Capital on its acquisition of a 40% stake in BigChefs, a Turkish restaurant chain with an international footprint, from shareholders Gamze Cizreli and Saruhan Tan. This is the first acquisition of Taxim Capital following the first closing of its EUR 100+ million fund. The TURUNÇ team included...

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...

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,...

TURUNÇ has advised Charlesbank Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity fund, on Turkish law matters relating to Charlesbank’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Plaskolite, the largest manufacturer of acrylic and other plastic sheet (ABS, PETG and polycarbonate) in the United States. Plaskolite also has a joint venture affiliate in Turkey. Goodwin Procter acted as...

TURUNÇ has advised UK-based international coffeehouse chain Caffè Nero on the purchase of the entire equity stake held by its Turkish joint venture partner Infinity Invest in Caffè Nero’s Turkish subsidiary. As a result of the transaction, Caffè Nero Turkey has become a fully-owned subsidiary of the Caffè Nero group. The TURUNÇ team included Noyan...

TURUNÇ has advised BRN Sleep Products on the sale of a minority stake to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and The Abraaj Group. EBRD is an multilateral developmental bank focused on supporting the development of market economies. Abraaj is a private equity fund focused primarily on growth markets, and invested in BRN...

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) –...