TURUNÇ has advised Borsa Istanbul on its strategic partnership with NASDAQ OMX. The scope of the partnership is broad and includes, among other things, NASDAQ OMX taking an equity stake in, and providing its most advanced market technology products with regional resale rights to, Borsa Istanbul. The TURUNÇ team was led by Kerem Turunç. Linklaters...

TURUNÇ partner Kerem Turunç authored the Turkey chapter of the book The ABA Guide to International Bar Admissions, published by the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association. The book provides an overview of bar admission requirements in over 50 countries, with a particular focus on foreign applicants and applicants seeking to be...

TURUNÇ is acting as Turkish deal counsel in Sealed Air’s proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings. The closing of the transaction in expected to happen in 2011 after receipt of customary regulatory approvals. Diversey is a global commercial cleaning, sanitation and hygiene solutions provider. Sealed Air is a global manufacturer of packaging, and performance-based...

TURUNÇ is pleased to announce that Kerem Turunç has joined the firm as a partner. Kerem joins us from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, having worked in that firm’s New York and London offices. Kerem is an expert in cross-border financial and corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in public and private securities offerings...