Utmost Attention

We serve our clients for both routine M&A engagements and the most complex M&A transactions. Our lawyers are particularly experienced in transactions where the target company is heavily regulated or publicly listed. We understand business goals well, never lose focus and always insist on getting results as quickly as possible. We represent both major Turkish and international companies on corporate and commercial transactions and operations with our extensive experience in transactions in all of Turkey’s key industries. Our practical approach is built on our vast knowledge and experience in highly regulated sectors.

We are also experienced in competition, compliance, employment, insurance, IP, and personal data protection matters and provide the most efficient services to our clients for their legal challenges.

  • Corporate
  • Public M&A
  • Private M&A
  • Asset sale
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • Commercial
  • Privatisation, PPP & government contracts
  • Data protection
  • Social Security
  • Public and private M&As
  • Fund structuring for M&A transactions
  • Providing private offering documents and organizing investor negotiations
  • Structuring multiple corporate entities
  • Leveraged buyouts and management buyouts
  • Minority investments
  • Joint ventures
  • Asset sales
  • Privatization PPP & government contracts
  • Establishment of joint stock companies, limited liability companies, branch offices and liaison offices
  • Corporate Governance
  • Providing corporate maintenance services such as advice on board of directors’ meetings; holding ordinary and extraordinary general assembly meetings; amending companies’ articles of association; structuring the board of directors and limitation of authorities between board members; and general maintenance of corporate records
  • Providing legal advice to foreign clients for structuring their operations in Turkey
  • Foreign direct investments
  • Sustainable green investment and project finance by green bond issuance
  • Shareholder agreements regarding share and asset transfers
  • Business agreements and commercial contracts
  • Liquidation
  • Change of legal form and corporate restructuring
  • Cross-border transactions
  • Pensions, benefits, and executive compensation
  • Risk management and compliance
  • Board-level advice on crucial employment
  • Employment contract review
  • Review of company policies and procedures
  • Termination and release agreements, and risk assessment
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Pensions issues
  • Commercial transactions
  • Bank transactions and regulations
  • Business agreements and commercial contracts
  • Distribution agreements
  • Custom-related activities
  • Privacy and security policies
  • Data processing and data transfer agreements
  • Cross-border data transfer both intra-group and to third parties
  • Privacy and cybersecurity aspects of cloud computing and other sourcing arrangement
  • Due diligence

Highest International Standards

Okat Law redefines legal practice in Türkiye with its unwavering commitment to excellence by providing timely, innovative, high-quality legal services to its international and local clients. We have profound expertise across a diverse spectrum of products and industries. Our success originates from this particular understanding, which enables us to produce the correct outcomes in any circumstance continuously.

At Okat Law, we seek to provide clients with the highest international standards of legal services and advise leading international and local financial institutions and growing companies on the most challenging legal matters. We are experienced in the most complex transactions, and we are well-known for our sharp, to-the-point advice on most complex regulatory issues by delving deeply into the nuances of each subject.

Cross-Border Transactions

The Firm focuses on cross-border transactions with Turkish banks and corporate counterparties. We are a flexible and dynamic law firm catering to the growing needs of modern financial entities and companies, with client satisfaction at the center of our philosophy.

Clients include;

  • Foreign and local banks
  • Multinational companies
  • Turkish subsidiaries of multinational banking groups
  • Asset management companies
  • Portfolio management companies
  • Public companies
  • Major Turkish companies
  • Fintechs
  • Brokerage companies
  • Cryptocurrency exchanges
  • International law firms
  • Foreign and local financial advisories