TURUNÇ has advised venture capital fund Vela Partners on its investment in Grabango. 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. Grabango is a provider of seamless, retrofitted checkout technologies for retailers. The TURUNÇ team was led...

We are pleased to announce that three TURUNÇ lawyers were winners of the International Law Office and Lexology’s Client Choice Awards 2019. Noyan Turunç was the sole recipient of the Litigation award, Esin Çamlıbel the sole recipient of the Competition & Antitrust award and Kerem Turunç the sole recipient of the M&A award for Turkey....

TURUNÇ has represented The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) on its equity investment into Howon Otomotiv. Korea Eximbank is the official export credit agency of South Korea. In addition to providing export credit and guarantees to support Korean companies’ operations overseas, it also makes direct equity investments. Howon Otomotiv is the Turkish subsidiary of...

TURUNÇ has advised Egesil Kimya, a specialty chemicals manufacturer, on a EUR 15 million loan from the EBRD. The loan will be used to increase Egesil’s production of precipitated silica, which functions, among other things, as a reinforcing filler for tires. Egesil is a joint venture between Ege Kimya, a leading Turkish chemicals producer, and...

TURUNÇ has advised venture capital fund Vela Partners on its investment in Firefly. 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. Firefly installs digital billboards on top of Uber and Lyft cars, allowing drivers to create an...

Managing Partner Kerem Turunç moderated the “Latest Developments and Innovation in International Arbitration” at the Ethics Rules for Arbitrators, Ethics, Latest Developments, and Innovation in Arbitration Conference organized by the Istanbul Arbitration Association (ISTA). The panelists were Pelin Baysal (Partner, Gün + Partners), Brandon Malone (Chairman, Scottish Arbitration Centre) and Marina Matousekova (Partner, CastaldiPartners). TURUNÇ...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Getting the Deal Through’s Private M&A (2019) title. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç, Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel, Grace Maral Burnett and Nilay Enkür. The publication is a comparative guide of the regulation of mergers and acquisitions transactions relating to private companies in 38 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are Will Pearce...

TURUNÇ will be Chairman Sponsor of the 2018 Turkey General Counsel Summit, being organized by CEE Legal Matters and to be held in Istanbul on November 8, 2018. CEE Legal Matters is a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe. The summit will bring together in house counsel and...

TURUNÇ was one of the sponsors of The Legal 500’s inaugural Turkey GC Summit, held at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul on September 27, 2018. The summit brought together private practitioners and in house counsel from a diverse range of practice areas and sectors. TURUNÇ was represented by Founding Partner Noyan Turunç and Managing Partner...