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Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı (KDK) is a well-known and highly praised law firm in the Turkish market for its comprehensive and strong M&A and corporate practice. Besides the Firm’s strong influence in the Turkish market, the KDK individuals are highly acknowledged with their strong backgrounds, professionalism and in-depth knowledge of various areas of law.

The Transaction team is known for its large-scale projects in highly regulated sectors including insurance, pharma, fintech, financial services, energy and for advising leading private equity funds and strategic investors in connection with cross-border/local transactional assignments ranging from private/public M&As to joint ventures. KDK has taken part in most of the “landmark” and complex deals in the market and played a remarkable role in the country’s M&A market in recent years.

The Corporate & Commercial team is very active in a broad range of sub-practice areas, including contract negotiations, corporate governance and compliance, corporate structuring, real estate, tenders, data privacy rules, anti-bribery and corruption matters and market regulations. This allows KDK to practice in a broad range of different sectors with great knowledge and experience. By knowing the challenges in different sectors, the team is able to provide tailor-made legal services and successfully assists the clients throughout every stage of their business cycle.

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Turkey

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What the Team is Known For

Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı is a widely admired Turkish law firm with a significant portfolio of corporate clients. The team boasts an enviable presence among Turkish private equity funds and strategic investors, advising on high-end mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. The lawyers regularly handle transactions in the insurance, energy and financial services sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı assisted BluTV's shareholders with the sale and transfer of a 65% stake to the Turkish subsidiary of Discovery.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Umut Kolcuoğlu
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Umut Kolcuoğlu
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Umut Kolcuoğlu is a highly regarded corporate/M&A lawyer. He acts for domestic and international corporate clients on both the buy and sell sides.

He is very knowledgeable and attentive.

He has the ability to think from a broad perspective and to give a professional opinion after weighing different opinions with his experience, giving everyone confidence in the whole process.

Umut Kolcuoğlu gives great client service and attention to us. He is very smart and thinks from every angle for our business.

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Umut Kolcuoğlu
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Members

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Ali Tunçsav

Aslıhan Balcı

Begüm İnceçam Kolcuoğlu

Berkay Ünel

Bihter Bozbay İnan

Büşra Özden

Ceyda Betül Gülmezoğlu

Ece Çağıran

Eda Saraçoğlu

Gökçe İldiri Coşgüner

Hasan H. Yaşar

Maral Minasyan

Melis Öget Koç

Nejan Duman

Neyzar Ünübol

Orcan Çetinkaya

Serhan Koçaklı

Head of Department

Umut Kolcuoğlu

Umut Kolcuoğlu

Head of Department

Yağmur Turan

İnci Karcılıoğlu

İpek Yüksel

İrem Cansu Demircioğlu Mercan

Industries

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Audit Services

Automotive

Aviation

Chemicals

Construction

E-commerce

Education

Electronic

Energy

Engineering

Entertainment

Facility Management

Financial services

Fintech

Food

Hospitality

Information Technologies

Infrastructure

Insurance

Logistic

Manufacturing

Media

Pharmaceutical

Real estate

Retail

Technology

Telecommunications

Textile

Tobacco

Transportation