TURUNÇ has advised Sorwe, a Turkey and United Kingdom-based digital employee experience platform helping teams stay engaged, on its latest investment round. Regulated Turkish venture capital fund TechOne led the round, which was joined by the pan-European accelerator program Startup Wise Guys and an individual investor. The TURUNÇ team included...

TURUNÇ has advised Wellbees on its recently closed angel funding round. Wellbees is a Turkey-based B2B SaaS corporate well-being platform with an international customer base. It provides enterprises with various web and app-based mental health and wellbeing tools to offer to their employees under a single umbrella. The TURUNÇ team...

TURUNÇ has advised Boğaziçi Ventures on its investment in Barakatech, a super app platform and API marketplace. Boğaziçi Ventures is a leading Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund focused primarily on fintech, health tech, retail tech and gaming. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, Yasemin Kerestecioğlu and Beste Yıldızili...

TURUNÇ has advised Vinci Venture Capital on its investment in ShipsGo, a start-up which uses big data to enable accurate container tracking and route searching for cargo owners and forwarders. Vinci Venture Capital is the venture capital fund affiliate of İnci Holding, a large Turkish conglomerate. The TURUNÇ team included...

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...