Mergers & Acquisitions
key contacts
Meltem Akol
Partner
makol@akol.av.tr
+90 212 982 0450
Tuğçe Tatari
Partner
ttatari@akol.av.tr
+90 212 982 0457
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our top tier M&A practice provides advice to Turkish and foreign investors doing business in Turkey and the surrounding regional areas. The teams’ experience spans more than 25 years in Turkey and covers 100+ domestic and cross-border transactions which include some of the largest and most innovative M&A transactions in the Turkish market to date.
We advise a wide client base including:
Public and private companies, ranging from large multi-nationals to emerging companies
Private equity and other financial sponsor, including angel investors, venture capital, and sovereign wealth funds
Financial advisors and boards of directors.
We advise on all types of M&A transactions including: auction sales; corporate finance; corporate reorganizations and restructurings; joint ventures; mergers; negotiated and contested transactions; option and earn out agreements; partnerships; privatizations; share acquisitions and sales; stock, asset and business acquisitions and sales (including spin-offs); and takeovers and tender offers.
Our experience to date has covered all major industry sectors including automotive; banking and financial services (including distressed asset investments and non-performing loans); energy and natural resources; food and beverage and other FMCG; insurance; industrial and manufacturing; infrastructure (including transportation and logistics); life sciences (including healthcare and pharmaceuticals); retail; technology, media and telecommunications.
A key component of our M&A practice is that we combine technical quality with a pragmatic, commercial and deal-oriented approach which is firmly focused on successful realization of our clients’ goals. Therefore, our firm has the capability to act on complex transactions in highly-regulated areas and flexibility to effectively handle more straightforward deals.