TURUNÇ has represented Rivulis Irrigation Ltd., an Israel-headquartered global micro and drip irrigation solutions provider, on its 100% acquisition of Eurodrip SA, a Greek drip irrigation solutions company, from the U.S. private fund Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC. TURUNÇ acted alongside Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. as Israeli counsel and Kyriakides Georgopoulos as Greek counsel to...

Many years in the making, the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (“ISTAC” or the “Centre”) was finally established in 2015 and began picking up steam in 2016. The first plans to form an arbitration Centre in Istanbul were laid out by the Turkish government in 2009 as part of the country’s action plan and broader strategy to...

TURUNÇ has advised Peoplise, a video-based digital recruitment and human resources solutions platform serving a wide range of industries, on the investment it received from 500 Startups, a U.S.-based and globally operating venture capital fund. TURUNÇ had also advised Peoplise (then known as Elba), on the investment it received from Revo Capital last year. The...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Getting the Deal Through’s Ports & Terminals (2017) title. The contributing lawyers were Esin Çamlıbel and Grace Maral Burnett. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to ports and terminals in 25 jurisdictions. The contributing editor is Alex Kyriakoulis of HFW. The guide is available on the Getting...

Managing Partner Kerem Turunç joined partners from several other Turkish law firms at the 2016 General Counsel Summit, organized by CEE Legal Matters in October 2016, for a panel discussion about last year’s coup attempt and its effects on the practice of law. TURUNÇ was one of the sponsors of the summit. CEE Legal Matters...

Ticari İşlemlerde Taşınır Rehni Kanunu (“Kanun”) 20 Ekim 2016’da 6750 sayılı kanun olarak kabul edilmiş ve 28 Ekim 2016’da Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır. Kanun 1 Ocak 2017 tarihinden itibaren yürürlüğe girecek ve bu tarihten itibaren kurulan ticari işletme rehinleri için geçerli olacaktır. Bir teminatlandırma yöntemi olan taşınır rehni uzun yıllardır elverişli şekilde uygulanamamıştır. Zira, Kanun öncesi...

Özel İstihdam Büroları Yönetmeliği, 11 Ekim 2016 tarihinde Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanarak yürürlüğe girmiştir. Yeni yönetmeliğin amacı, çalışma yaşamında önemli yenilikler getiren özel istihdam büroları aracılığıyla geçici iş ilişkilerinin kurulmasını ve esnek çalışma modellerinin uygulanmasını sağlamaktır. Bu amaçları gerçekleştirmek için özel istihdam bürolarının kuruluşları ve faaliyetleri ile kontrol, denetim ve teftişlerine ilişkin usûl ve esaslar belirlenmiştir....

TURUNÇ has sponsored the 2016 General Counsel Summit, organized by CEE Legal Matters and held in Istanbul on October 6 – 7, 2016. CEE Legal Matters is a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe. The summit brought together legal professionals and executives from across the CEE region for...

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...