TURUNÇ has advised Vinci Venture Capital on its investment in Octovan, an online platform for movers and customers in need of small or large scale intracity and intercity moves. Vinci Venture Capital is the venture capital fund affiliate of İnci Holding, a large Turkish conglomerate. Vinci was joined by Arz Portföy and several private investors...

TURUNÇ has advised Boğaziçi Ventures on its investment in Artiwise, an AI (artificial intelligence) and NLP (natural language processing)-based voice of the customer (VoC) solutions provider for enterprises. Boğaziçi Ventures is a leading Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund focused primarily on fintech, health tech, retail tech and gaming. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem...

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...

Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu (“Kurul”) tarafından düzenlenen Payları Girişim Sermayesi Pazarında İşlem Görecek Ortaklıklara İlişkin Esaslar Tebliği (II-16.3) (“Tebliğ”), 18 Mayıs 2023 tarihli Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanmış ve aynı tarihte yürürlüğe girmiştir. Tebliğ ile, ilk kez, halka açık olmayan ortaklıkların sermaye artırımı yoluyla ihraç edilecek paylarının Borsa İstanbul nezdinde yeni kurulacak Girişim Sermayesi Pazarı’nda işlem görmesine imkân...

TURUNÇ was ranked once again by The Legal 500 in the guide’s EMEA 2023 edition, which researches law firms by country and practice area in the EMEA region. In a testament to its diverse practice areas, the Firm was ranked in seven areas: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Competition; Dispute Resolution;...

TURUNÇ has advised Horizon Air Freight, a U.S.-based provider of specialized global marine logistics services and a portfolio company of ICV Partners, on its merger with Swift Marine, a Netherlands-based provider of marine logistics and forwarding services for the shipping industry. The combined company will offer marine logistics and port agency services in North America,...

TURUNÇ has advised Boğaziçi Ventures on its investment in Kalfa, a digital platform for accountants. APY Ventures, Mindvest, Mikro Yazılım and Hedef Portföy also joined the funding round. Boğaziçi Ventures is a leading Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund focused primarily on fintech, health tech, retail tech and gaming. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem...

TURUNÇ is pleased to be ranked once again in the Europe and Global 2023 editions of Chambers & Partners, which researches leading law firms around the world. The Firm was lauded for being “very user-friendly, business-orientated and dynamic” as well as “extremely adept at handling international transactions.” One client praised the Firm’s lawyers for their...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Private Equity (Transactions) (2023) title. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Kerem Turunç. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to private equity transactions in 18 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered by the 2023 edition are Austria, British Virgin...