03 Apr 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Wellbees, a Turkish-U.S. corporate well-being platform with an international customer base, on its bridge financing round led by Sabancı Ventures. 212, Enocta and angel investors also participated in the round. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, Beste Yıldızili Ergül and Canberk Taze. Please see here for more information (in Turkish).
02 Apr 2024
According to data published by CEELMDirect, TURUNÇ worked on more reported client matters than any other Turkish firm in the first quarter of 2024, and managing partner Kerem Turunç worked on more reported client matters than any other lawyer in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region in the same period. Two other Firm partners,...
18 Mar 2024
In the first installment of our “Artificial Intelligence – 30+ Years Ago and Now” article series, we discussed a newspaper column authored by our founding partner Noyan Turunç thirty-two years ago. We noted that today’s discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) are consistent with his predictions in that column. Thirty-two years after that column, our managing...
14 Mar 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Lightspeed Venture Partners, a U.S.-headquartered global venture capital fund, on its investment in Intenseye, an AI-powered workplace safety platform. The TURUNÇ team included Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel, Beste Yıldızili Ergül and Naz Esen. Please see here for the press release.
04 Mar 2024
“Yapay Zekâ – 30 Küsur Sene Önce, 30 Küsur Sene Sonra” yazı dizimizin 1. bölümünde, büromuzun kurucusu Noyan Turunç’un, otuz iki sene önce yazdığı bir köşe yazısından bahsetmiştik. Günümüzde yapay zekâ ile ilgili tartışmaların o yazıda öngörüldüğü biçimde şekillendiğini söylemiştik. O yazıdan otuz iki sene sonra, bu sefer de büromuzun yönetici ortağı Kerem Turunç, TÜSİAD...
05 Feb 2024
According to data published by CEELMDirect, TURUNÇ partners Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel and Yasemin Erden were three of the five most prolific law firm partners in terms of reported Turkish deals in 2023. The three lawyers also made it to the top 15 in the entire Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region. TURUNÇ was also...
30 Jan 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Sphera, a global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services with a focus on environment, health, safety & sustainability (EHS&S), operational risk management and product stewardship, and a portfolio company of Blackstone, the World’s largest alternative asset manager, on its acquisition of SupplyShift,...
15 Jan 2024
Reporting requirements under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) commenced on January 1, 2024. Subject to certain exemptions, the CTA requires companies incorporated in the United States or have obtained registration to do business in the United States to provide information about their beneficial owners (i.e., significant shareholders and persons who have substantial control) to...
14 Jun 2023
TURUNÇ has advised Arya Women Investment Platform on its investment in Teleporter, a Turkey and U.S.-based startup working on building a gamer metaverse using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Arya Women Investment Platform is an investment group focused on women founders. It invested in Teleporter through its Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital...