B&P Finance and Capital Markets Teams Shortlisted for Six Awards in the Bonds & Loans Awards Turkey 2019

We are delighted to announce that six of the deals we advised on were recognised for their impact within the Finance industry. Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey has shortlisted the projects of the Bezen & Partners Finance and Capital Markets teams for a total of six awards in the upcoming Bonds & Loans Awards Turkey 2019, including;

• Local Currency Bond/Sukuk Deal of the Year with YDA Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. - TRY400,000,000 Dual-Tranche Local Currency Bond deal


• Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year with the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality for the EUR80,000,000 Fahrettin Altay-Narlidere Metro Line Project


• Transport Finance Deal of the Year with the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality for the EUR80,000,000 Fahrettin Altay-Narlidere Metro Line Project


• ECA/Export Finance Deal of the Year with Akfen Holding A.Ş., Akfen Yenilenebilir Enerji A.Ş - US$260,000,000 Syndicated Loan deal


• Natural Resources Finance Deal of the Year with Akfen Holding A.Ş., Akfen Yenilenebilir Enerji A.Ş - US$260,000,000 Syndicated Loan deal


• Structured Loan Deal of the Year with Akfen Holding A.Ş., Akfen Yenilenebilir Enerji A.Ş - US$260,000,000 Syndicated Loan deal

Partner and Head of Banking and Finance, Yeşim Bezen, commented as follows: “We are delighted to be shortlisted for awards across a wide selection of categories, and to be recognised by peers and industry leaders for our outstanding work in 2017 and 2018 on groundbreaking transactions in the region. We hope to continue our success in 2019”.

The Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards Turkey 2019 nominations: https://bit.ly/2F1usYy

The Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards Turkey 2019 winners will be announced at the annual dinner in Istanbul at Shangri-La Bosphorus on 21 February 2019.

Bezen & Partners was honoured two times with the Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year with the İkitelli Integrated Health Campus PPP Project and the Project Finance Deal of the Year with the Elazığ Integrated Health Campus PPP Project at the Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards on 15 February 2018 in Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul for outstanding work completed in 2016 and 2017.