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 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...

Elektronik ticaret çerçevesinde hizmet sağlayan şirketlerin ticari iletişimine ilişkin esas ve usulleri ve hizmet sağlayıcıların sorumluluklarını düzenleyen Elektronik Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun (“6563 Sayılı Kanun”) 1 Mayıs 2015 tarihinde yürürlüğe girecektir. Söz konusu Kanun, ticari faaliyetlerini elektronik ortamda yürütmekte olan tüm işletmeler bakımından bazı yükümlülükler getirmektedir. 6563 Sayılı Kanun’un elektronik ticaret kapsamına dahil ettiği faaliyetler...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its partnership with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) regarding the dissemination of market data on the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) steel billet contract. HKEx is LME’s parent company. The partnership is related to Borsa Istanbul’s acquisition of LME’s equity stake in LCH.Clearnet. The TURUNÇ team was led...

TURUNÇ has advised IMS Health in connection with its acquisition of certain information solutions and customer relationship management (CRM) and strategic data businesses of Cegedim. IMS Health is a U.S.-based global provider of information and technology services to the healthcare industry to measure and improve performance. Cegedim is a multinational health technology company headquartered in...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its acquisition of all of the stake of the London Metal Exchange in the clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet. This is the third significant international transaction on which TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul since 2013. The previous two were Borsa Istanbul’s strategic partnership with NASDAQ OMX and its partnership with the London...

TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its partnership with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) relating to the trading of futures and options on Borsa Istanbul indices and stocks on the London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market. Additionally, FTSE and Borsa Istanbul plan to launch an index partnership involving all Borsa Istanbul-owned indices. This is the second...

TURUNÇ has advised CEE-focused private equity fund Royalton Partners on its acquisition, through its portfolio company IUS Legal and Business Solutions, of On İki Levha, a legal publisher. IUS is a provider online legal research tools in Slovenia and Croatia, and plans to offer its services in Turkey through On İki Levha. This is the...

TURUNÇ is advising Netsis and its shareholders on the undergoing sale of Netsis to Logo, Mediterra Capital portfolio company. Netsis and Logo are the two largest enterprise application software developers in Turkey and the closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Competition Board. The TURUNÇ team includes Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç,...