Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK)
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Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK)
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About
Managing Partner: Galip M. Selçuk
Number of partners: 18
Number of lawyers: 120+
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Turkish
Firm Overview:
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK) is an Istanbul-based full-service firm. The firm has gained an outstanding reputation and valued clientele by tailoring effective legal solutions to a broad spectrum of clients of all sizes — individuals; entrepreneurs; small businesses and start-ups; governments and government agencies; mid-sized, larger private and public corporations, including international and global entities. Now clients benefit from a team of 120+ lawyers who are committed to offering creative business and legal solutions.
Main Areas of Practice:
- Arbitration
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Competition & Antitrust
- Corporate
- Employment & Labour
- Energy
- Environmental & Natural Resources
- Franchising & Distribution
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property & Technology
- Life Sciences & Healthcare
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mining
- Private Equity
- Public Policy & Regulation
- Real Estate
- Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Shipping & Maritime
- Tax
- Trade, WTO, Customs
Banking & Finance:
BASEAK offers an expansive scope of insight, helping clients to structure and document transactions that help provide financing to practically every industry. Since BASEAK represents both finance providers and users, clients benefit from a counsel that understands the needs and wants of each party.
Contact:Barlas Balcıoğlu (Head of Banking and Finance)
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Capital Markets:
BASEAK’s lawyers advise a large number of Turkish and international client's issuers and underwriters, local and international companies in equity and debt capital market transactions including equity public offerings, debt instruments offerings, private placements and sales to qualified investors, voluntary mandatory tender offers, sukuk issuances and structured debt issuances. The firm’s experience and capabilities also include capital markets regulatory compliance, derivatives and structured products, distressed assets, public finances, residential mortgage purchase and sale, residential repo and finance and securitisations.
Contact:Galip M. Selçuk
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Competition & Antitrust:
BASEAK provides legal advice on managing complex competition investigations, merger proceedings and litigation; the firm handles investigations by antitrust authorities, ensure merger clearance for acquisitions and joint ventures and help minimise risks of commercial arrangements facing legal challenge.
Contact:Şahin Ardıyok (Head of Competition and Antitrust)
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Corporate & M&A:
From strategic planning through due diligence to post-closing integration, BASEAK’s corporate practice encompasses the full spectrum of corporate law. The firm established relationships with investment banks, accounting firms, regulators and lenders to help structure transactions on both the buy and sell side, from a takeover bid — hostile or friendly — to a merger, de-merger or consolidation.
Contact:Galip M. Selçuk (Head of Corporate and M&A)
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email: [email protected]
Intellectual Property & Technology:
BASEAK offers practical and informed guidance from protecting intellectual property rights, through advising on data privacy issues, licensing, e-commerce, internet, technology and IT outsourcing strategies and contracts. We represent entrepreneurs, public institutions, emerging companies, IT companies, service providers, venture capital groups and global corporations. Our expertise includes IT, internet, media and advertising, e commerce, payment services, e-money, crypto money, IP rights, IP litigation, license contracts and privacy and strategic IP and IT planning and strategic outsourcing.
Contact:Kağan Dora
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Life Sciences & Healthcare:
BASEAK provides its clients with legal services in a wide range of disciplines such as regulatory compliance (R&D, clinical trials, marketing authorization and licenses, promotion, interactions with healthcare professionals, donations and sponsorships etc.), product liability, interactions with governmental entities, competition law, intellectual property law, compliance with laws and industrial standards, white collar crimes, anti-corruption and ethics, and data protection.
Contact:Dr. Elvan Sevi Bozoğlu
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Litigation & Dispute Resolution:
BASEAK’s dispute resolution lawyers employ the most appropriate tools and strategies for each stage of the process and each unique situation. Whether through timely use of innovative alternative dispute resolution techniques or skillful and persuasive advocacy in the courtroom, BASEAK lawyers maximise prospects for a successful outcome.
Contact:Özge Özmenlikan
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Email:[email protected]
Shipping & Maritime:
BASEAK’s maritime law experts provide legal advice on disputes involving claims for lost, damaged, delayed or hazardous cargo, claims arising out of collisions, personal injury, contract disputes, pollution, claims against vessels, and maritime insurance claims. The firm provides transactional advice on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and vessel sales, financing and the full landscape of shipping, logistics, vessel charter, marine terminal, salvage matters.
Contact:Gülistan Baltacı Hatay and Semih Sander (Co-heads of Maritime)
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Emails:[email protected], [email protected]
Tax:
BASEAK’s Tax practice, offers an interdisciplinary team that understands how tax law meshes with other areas of the law— including corporate, M&A, real estate, litigation and employment to name a few. BASEAK assist the Clients across the entire corporate and tax spectrum including complex structuring issues to more routine tax issues as well as proactive management of tax controversy risks.
Contact:Dr. Gökçe Sarısu Kanmaz
Tel:+90 212 329 30 00
Emails:[email protected]
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- IstanbulBüyükdere Cad. Bahar Sok, 13 River Plaza, Kat 11-12 Levent, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 34394 Şişli
- Web: www.baseak.com
- Tel: +90 212 329 30 00
- Fax: +90 212 329 30 01
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BASEAK and Dentons advised Barclays Bank PLC on Yasar Holding Eurobond tender
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advise on successful tender offer of bonds by Yaşar Holding A.Ş.
BASEAK and Dentons advised largest holding company in Turkey on its successful Eurobond issuance
A joint achievement of lawyers from Istanbul, London, Washington and New York! BASEAK and Dentons successfully advised Koç Holding A.Ş., Turkey's largest holding company, on its issue of US$750 million 6.500% Notes due 2025 (Rule 144A/Regulation S).
BASEAK Wins "Deal of the Year" Award
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) won “Deal of the Year in Turkey” at the CEE Deal of the Year Awards, organized by legal media publisher CEE Legal Matters. The award was presented at a gala evening at Slovanský dům in Prague on June 6, 2018.
BASEAK welcomes Bora İkiler as Counsel
We are pleased to announce that Bora Ikiler has joined Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership's (BASEAK) Competition law, Public Policy and Regulation team as Counsel.
BASEAK named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” by Mergermarket
(BASEAK) has been named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” in the Mergermarket European Awards 2017. The award was presented on 7 December 2017 at a gala event at the Banqueting House in London.
BASEAK advises Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. on its successful issue of US$500 million 4.215% Notes due 2024
This is another major international capital markets transaction for a Turkish company on which we have advised in 2017, following our role on several landmark transactions.
BASEAK advise shareholders on Delivery Hero IPO
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advised three groups of shareholders on Delivery Hero AG’s US$1.1 billion initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offering is reported to be Germany’s biggest technology listing in the last three years.
BASEAK and Dentons advised Barclays Bank PLC on Yasar Holding Eurobond tender
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Avukatlık Ortaklığı (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advise on successful tender offer of bonds by Yaşar Holding A.Ş.
BASEAK and Dentons advised largest holding company in Turkey on its successful Eurobond issuance
A joint achievement of lawyers from Istanbul, London, Washington and New York! BASEAK and Dentons successfully advised Koç Holding A.Ş., Turkey's largest holding company, on its issue of US$750 million 6.500% Notes due 2025 (Rule 144A/Regulation S).
BASEAK Wins "Deal of the Year" Award
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) won “Deal of the Year in Turkey” at the CEE Deal of the Year Awards, organized by legal media publisher CEE Legal Matters. The award was presented at a gala evening at Slovanský dům in Prague on June 6, 2018.
BASEAK welcomes Bora İkiler as Counsel
We are pleased to announce that Bora Ikiler has joined Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership's (BASEAK) Competition law, Public Policy and Regulation team as Counsel.
BASEAK named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” by Mergermarket
(BASEAK) has been named “Turkey M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” in the Mergermarket European Awards 2017. The award was presented on 7 December 2017 at a gala event at the Banqueting House in London.
BASEAK advises Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. on its successful issue of US$500 million 4.215% Notes due 2024
This is another major international capital markets transaction for a Turkish company on which we have advised in 2017, following our role on several landmark transactions.
BASEAK advise shareholders on Delivery Hero IPO
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (“BASEAK”) and Dentons advised three groups of shareholders on Delivery Hero AG’s US$1.1 billion initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offering is reported to be Germany’s biggest technology listing in the last three years.