Dr. Esin Çamlıbel has been named partner at TURUNÇ. Dr. Çamlıbel was previously counsel. She leads the firm’s competition law, compliance and regulatory practices. Dr. Çamlıbel is an expert in commercial law, competition law, European Union law, intellectual property law, data privacy, and international trade and WTO laws. Dr. Çamlıbel...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Automotive (2020) title. The contributing lawyers were Esin Çamlıbel, Beste Yıldızili Ergül and Naz Esen. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to the regulation of the automotive industry in 19 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions...

TURUNÇ has advised, along with Cooley LLP, U.S.-based private equity fund Riverwood Capital on its investment in Insider, a growth management platform for digital marketers. Riverwood led the $32 million club deal, with participation from Sequoia, Wamda and Endeavor Catalyst. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, Noyan Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Automotive (2019) title. The contributing lawyers were Esin Çamlıbel, Beste Yıldızili and Naz Esen. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to the regulation of the automotive industry in 17 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are Patrick Ayad and...