1. Given Turkey’s recent economic problems, how is this affecting your clients and how can you help mitigate the risks? Turkey has been going through a period of economic uncertainty since the summer of 2018, when a number of factors led to a sharp devaluation of the Turkish lira against major foreign currencies and a …
Mehmet Selim Yavuz of Yavuz & Uyanık discusses the effects of the new rules Prior to 2016, the Court of Cassation was the only high court reviewing rulings of the courts of first instance. This led to an enormous workload for the court; hence final rulings could only be reached after a seriously long period …
Artwork and imagery used by kind permission of Haynes Publishing Group, a leading supplier of content, data and innovative workflow solutions for the automotive industry and motorists. For more, see www.haynes.com Nearly $1bn was invested in legal technology and New Law disruptors in 2018. That was across more than 50 funding rounds and included …
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Diversity. This is a fair word to describe Portuguese debt capital markets in 2019. We have seen a bit of everything this year: new issuers, including Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, Sociedade Independente de Comunicação and Casais, SGPS, and from the public sector, the Autonomous Region of the Azores, frequent issuers, including Sport Lisboa e Benfica – …
Miranda’s Nuno Cabeçadas (pictured, left) and Renato Almeida (pictured, right) discuss trends and developments in Angola and Mozambique Throughout the world, one of the main goals of different governments and industry is to enhance the use of renewable energy. Africa, in general, is no exception, particularly Angola and Mozambique. In effect, in these two countries’ …
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Led by Gönenç Gürkaynak, ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition practice has wide expertise in Turkish antitrust law ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law is an eminent, independent Turkish law firm based in Istanbul. The firm was founded in 2005.
Pekin & Pekin: Growing interest in asset deals Yavuz & Uyanık Law Office: Economic crisis and the popularisation of voluntary termination of labour contracts ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law: A leader in competition law Matur & Ökten & Karayel Keßler Law Office: Med-arb – a hybrid approach to ADR and its applicability in Turkey Yavuz & Uyanık Law Office: New …
Matur & Ökten’s Bahar Nalan Danış discusses combining mediation and arbitration Today’s world is changing at a dazzling speed, and so is the way we deal with disputes. Although originating from thousands of years ago, we may well state that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in its modern meaning was developed in the 20th century and …
Gamze Çiğdemtekin (pictured, left) and İpek Batum (pictured, right) of Çiğdemtekin Çakırca Arancı assess what lies ahead for the deals market over the next few years Global economic uncertainties have affected the M&A market, and the recession in the Turkish market was as expected for 2019. According to the data reported on M&A transactions in …
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Yazıcı’s Kerem Arıç explores three key areas of growth for the country’s energy sector Due to its dependence on oil and natural gas imports, Turkey has been in need of structural changes in its energy sector. Although the share of natural gas in power generation was significantly reduced in 2019, the overall reliance on natural …
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