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Our partner Yeşim Bezen attended the XII. Nuclear Power Plants Summit on 1 July 2026, moderating Session 5 on "De-risking Nuclear Projects and Exploring Next-Generation Financing Mechanisms."
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“Bezen & Partners succesfully advised Rönesans Group in relation to its turbine delivery, turbine installation and O&M arrangements and project documentation entered into with Nordex Energy SE & CO. KG and its Turkish subsidiary Nordex Türkiye A.Ş. for the development of three
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Bezen & Partners successfully advised Rönesans Group to secure a USD 165 million loan covered by Euler Hermes for the financing of three wind farm projects in Malatya, Çorum and Sivas, with a combined installed capacity of 189 MW. This financing, which is the first green loan
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We have advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the EUR 75 million loan for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for the Göztepe-Ataşehir-Ümraniye metro line construction. The B&P team was led by partner Banu Bölükemini and included associate
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We have advised the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on the USD 50 million loan facility to AKLease for funding financial leases for renewable energy and energy efficiency related assets. This transaction is AIIB’s first loan granted to a financial leasing company
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Please join us in the conversation on whether arbitration can be sought as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism for administrative disputes in the energy sector in the 4th Session of the discussion rounds at ISTAW. The session is hosted by our partners Yesim Bezen and
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Bezen & Partners advised and assisted the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”) in respect of a loan to Ankara Electricity, Gas and Bus Operations Organisation (“EGO”), which is owned by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (“ABB”), to finance the procurement
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Bezen & Partners represented Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group in its acquisition of Benteler Distribution Bezen & Partners represented Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group (“Van Leeuwen”), a Dutch distribution conglomerate specialised in the markets of steel pipes and tube
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We have learned from 2020 that we need each other, we must act together and we are responsible for each other! May this upcoming year bring health, good luck and prosperity to you and your loved ones. Wishing you the best in 2021! Goodbye 2020 and Welcome 2021!
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Bezen & Partners has been shortlisted once again for “Law firm of the year: Turkey” by The Lawyer European Awards. “It is an honour to be shortlisted repeatedly for such a prestigious award. We are proud to see that our hard work is noted.” says co-founding partner Yeşim Bezen.
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Bezen & Partners has represented MB UAE INVESTMENT LLC on buying out minority shareholders in Turkish subsidiaries Bezen & Partners has represented MB UAE INVESMENT LLC (“MB UAE”), an affiliate of the energy giant MB Holding Company LLC, active in the drilling and oilfield
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Bezen & Partners is pleased to announce the successes of partners Uğur Sebzeci and Can Özilhan, who have accepted positions with the firm’s clients Rönesans Holding and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) respectively. Uğur Sebzeci joined the firm 10 years
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To ring in the New Year and wish partner Can Özilhan the best on his future endeavous, Bezen & Partners' associates and staff were treated to a traditional Turkish rakı balık dinner and lively conversation on Istanbul's enchanting Bosphorus waterfront. The dinner was a delight
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The European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) unanimously held that the Arbitration Committee of the Turkish Football Federation (“TFF”) had violated Article 6/1 (Right to a Fair Hearing) of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “Convention”) in its decision rendered in
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This year at the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey 2019 Conference held on 13th & 14th November, Bezen & Partners attended and sponsored the event once again. Our partners and select associates attended the conference, where Yeşim Bezen was a moderator for the panel entitled:
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Bezen & Partners has advised Transmark Turkey, a Turkish geothermal development company on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Chinese supplier Zheijang Kaishan Compressor and its subsidiary Open Mountain Energy for the construction of a binary
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Bezen & Partners advised SUEZ, a French utility and infrastructure conglomerate, during the international tender process for a 29-year concession from the Çanakkale Waste Management Municipal Union and the subsequent TRY95 million financing for the development of a modern,
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On 20 June 2019, our partners Yesim Bezen and Banu Bölükemini and our associate Yasemin Keskin attended the completion event of the Bursa City Hospital in Bursa, the Republic of Turkey. The Bezen & Partners team was engaged as Turkish counsel to the Sponsors (Rönesans Sağlık
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Partners Murat Soylu and Can Özilhan attended the Paris Arbitration Week 2019. The #PAW2019 kicked off on 1 April with the 3rd annual ICC European Conference. The event brought together professionals from around the world for a week of engagement on cutting-edge subjects
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March was an eventful month for the Bezen & Partners team. With many esteemed clients and friends in Germany, our native German-speaking partners Yeşim Bezen and Banu Bölükemini and our native German-speaking senior associate İlke Işın Süer visited Germany towards the end of
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We are delighted to be shortlisted once again for “Law firm of the year: Turkey” by the Lawyer European Awards. Serdar Bezen, Managing Partner, commented: “We are proud to be shortlisted for this prestigious category, which recognises law firms who have made an outstanding
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On 7-8 March 2019, our partners Yesim Bezen and Can Özilhan participated in the "NPL Europe 2019" conference launched in London by SmithNovak, a leading forum for NPL transactions in Europe. It was a great turnout of Europe’s leading originators, investors and advisors and an
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Partners Yesim Bezen and Can Özilhan were in London for the first week of March for the Turkey Block of the 9th edition of the SmithNovak's NPL Europe conference, sponsored by Bezen & Partners. Can presented a legal snapshot of the Turkish NPL space while Yeşim attended the
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With many esteemed clients and friends in the CIS region, Bezen & Partners visited the capital city of Kazakhstan. Our managing partner Serdar Bezen and our corporate partner Murat Soylu set out on a trip to the fast emerging city of Astana, where they attended the Central Asia
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We are pleased to announce that Akfen Renewable Energy’s USD260 million structured financing was awarded the “ECA/Export Finance Deal of the Year” and was runner-up for the “Natural Resources Finance Deal of the Year” at this year’s Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards. Bezen & Partners
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We are pleased to announce that YDA İnşaat’s TRY400 million qualified investor bond offering was awarded third place in the “Local Currency Bond/Sukuk Deal of the Year” category at this year’s Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards. B&P represented institutional investors in the qualified
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We are pleased to announce that EBRD’s EUR80 million financing to the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality for the Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere metro line extension was awarded third place in the “Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year” and “Transport Finance Deal of the Year”
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Bezen & Partners is pleased to announce that Uğur Sebzeci and Can Özilhan have been promoted to partnership, effective as of 1 January 2019. Uğur Sebzeci joined the firm a decade ago as a trainee. Uğur has spent the past 10 years advising and assisting Turkish and non-Turkish
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Bezen & Partners is pleased to announce that the World Bank Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform has been released and, for the sixth year in a row, the firm has been acknowledged as a contributor to the Getting Credit – Legal Rights in Turkey. The Bezen & Partners
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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
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Bezen & Partners has acted for Qingdao Haier, a Chinese electronics and domestic appliances giant, on the Turkish aspects of its €475 million ($547 million) acquisition of Italian Candy Group S.p.A. as it looks to expand Qingdao Haier’s market share in the European market.
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Bezen & Partners has advised BASF SE, a German chemical company in the acquisition of significant components of the seed and herbicide businesses of Bayer AG, a German multinational pharmaceutical and life science company. The assets BASF SE has agreed to acquire in the
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LEGAL AND TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE OF DATA PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS 9:30 am – 10:00 am: Registration 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Opening Speech and Presentation on Legal Perspective of Data Protection Requirements given by Murat Soylu, Partner, Bezen & Partners and Zekican Samlı, Senior
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Bezen & Partners proudly announces two upcoming events for industry leaders and companies from around the world. A unique opportunity to come together and discuss investment opportunities and data protection requirements in Turkey. GET IN LINE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION
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Bezen & Partners has acted for EBRD in relation to its subscription for a domestic corporate bond issuance by Migros Ticaret A.Ş. to qualified investors. EBRD invested TRY 30 million in the TRY 150 million Turkish-lira-denominated bond issuance by the country’s second-largest
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We are proud to be nominated finalist for the Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Deal of the Year in respect of the “Turkish Hospital Public-Private Partnership Project” in the upcoming 14th Annual ALB Japan Law Awards. Fingers crossed!! The nominations for this year's awards:
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Bezen & Partners has acted for Polat Enerji in relation to its acquisition of the entire share capital of Şua Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. which holds the pre-licence for the 26 MW Cıngıllı Solar Power Plant Project in the central province of Niğde, Turkey. Polat Enerji, with a net
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After receiving Europe’s “PPP Deal of the Year” award with the Ikitelli Integrated Health Campus PPP Project in January by Project Finance International (PFI), Bezen & Partners doubles the award this month with “European Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year” by IJGlobal. The
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Bezen & Partners has been shortlisted for the "Project finance deal of the year" with the "İkitelli Integrated Health Campus PPP Project" at the upcoming IFLR European Awards. The awards, presented by the International Financial Law Review, recognise and honour law firms at the
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Bezen & Partners has acted as the advisor of QNB Finansbank A.Ş. in relation to a EUR 60 million refinancing facility for the Espark Shopping Centre in Eskişehir, Turkey. The Espark Shopping Centre is managed by ECE Türkiye Proje Yönetimi A.Ş. which has been established by the
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Bezen & Partners was honoured two times at the Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards on 15 February 2018 in Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul for outstanding work completed in 2016 and 2017. The Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards is “the only ceremony to recognise and celebrate excellence in
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For the second year in a row, Bezen & Partners has won a Top Communicator Award from Mondaq. Bezen & Partners was named “Contributor With Most Popular Article in Turkey” in February 2018. The article that clinched the award, "Amendments to the Electricity Market Licensing
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Bezen & Partners has advised one of the leading Turkish producers of dried fruit, nuts and seeds producer Peyman Kuruyemiş A.Ş. in the expansion of its business with a €32 million loan from the EBRD. The EBRD loan will allow Peyman, owned by Bridgepoint, a major international
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Bezen & Partners has been shortlisted for Law firm of the Year: Turkey by The Lawyer European Awards 2018. Bezen & Partners was selected as the Best Law Firm in Turkey 2011 and finalist for European Law Firm 2011. Our firm was also selected as a Highly Commended Law Firm in
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Bezen & Partners has advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on a TRY 20 million (€4.4 million equivalent) financing of Turkey’s leading honey company Altıparmak Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Altıparmak Gıda”) to support Altıparmak Gıda’s advancement
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Bezen & Partners (B&P) has advised the sponsors’ group consisting of a Japanese and Turkish consortium on the US$ 1.456 billion financing of the İkitelli Integrated Health Campus PPP Project, together with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, which has received Europe’s “PPP Deal of
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Bezen & Partners has advised First Solar, a leading global provider of photovoltaic (“PV”) solar systems, on its sales collaboration arrangement with Turkish conglomerate Zorlu Holding A.Ş. The team was led by Senior Partner Yeşim Bezen and Partner Murat Soylu along with other
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In an earlier article, Bezen & Partners disclosed and described their role in the JOLCO transaction. Bezen & Partners acted for China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC”) together with Watson Farley & Williams LLP who acted as international counsel to CALC. The
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Every year Bezen & Partners attends and sponsors the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey Conference hosted by GFC Media Group at the Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul. The conference is followed by the Bonds & Loans Awards where an array of landmark deals are recognised for their
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Hyatt International has been working diligently to expand by introducing its new signature brand, Hyatt Centric. The new brand currently has 14 properties and will be welcoming additional hotels to its portfolio in both international and domestic destinations. The brand is
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The Icelandic law firm BBA, in partnership with 16 different law firms, has published a handbook called the Geothermal Transparency Guide. The publication is intended to provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework governing exploration, exploitation and production
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The end of November also marked the financial close of the Elazığ Integrated Health Campus PPP Project, a landmark project for Turkey and Bezen & Partners, on which the team provided advice to the sponsors. The Elazığ Hospital PPP Project is an urban hospital project of the
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With many esteemed clients and friends in Russia, Bezen & Partners found it fit to pay a visit to Moscow, a city of vitality and bustling creative energy. The firm works closely with Russia and other CIS based companies. Among these clients are subsidiaries of Rosatom and other
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Followed by Mr. Bezen’s trip to Shanghai, our corporate partner Murat Soylu and senior associate Zekican Samlı set out on a trip to the historic city of Tehran, where they attended the Renpower Iran 2016 – Infrastructure, Power & Renewable Energy Investment Conference. The
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November was an eventful month for the Bezen & Partners team. To kick off the month, our partner Serdar Bezen travelled to the bustling city of Shanghai, China to meet with both current and potential clients. The trip may have been short but it was certainly memorable. Marketing
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Bezen & Partners attended the Turkish – Russian Business Forum organised by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) in Izmir in August 2017. The partners and associates of the firm had opportunity to discuss business topics with Turkish and Russian players. Members of our
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China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC”), the largest independent operating aircraft lessor in China, has closed its first Japanese Operating Lease with a Call Option (“JOLCO”) financing in relation to two new Airbus A320 delivered to Pegasus Airlines in June.
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In December the firm completed and submitted entries for The Lawyer European Awards 2017 hosted by The Lawyer in London, England. Bezen & Partners attends this highly esteemed event every year. Last year the firm went home with the award for the European energy, infrastructure
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”) is investing in many transactions around Turkey in order to strengthen the country’s capital markets. With this transaction in particular the bank is investing in Turkey’s longest tenor corporate bond. EBRD has
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This year, to ring in the New Year, Bezen & Partners had their annual New Year’s dinner at the Egeli Taverna in Tarabya, Istanbul. It was a night full of raki, delicious mezes, laughter and lots of dancing. The Bezen team knows how to have fun and celebrate after a long year of
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This year at the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey 2016 Conference held on 16th & 17th November, Bezen & Partners attended and sponsored the event as every year. Our partners and a couple key associates attended the conference, where Yeşim Bezen was a moderator for the panel entitled:
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After great feedback from last year’s event, Bezen & Partners decided to host its second annual cocktail reception on 15 November. Bezen & Partners and its clients from all over Turkey and the world gathered for a night of jazz music, food and catching up. This year the
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On 15 April 2016, Bezen & Partners attended the 4th Investing in Turkey Forum at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London. Yeşim Bezen, senior partner of the firm, participated in the panel discussion regarding the successful implementation of PPP’s. Following the panel discussion,
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As “the Law on the Protection of Personal Data” (Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu) (KVKK)” has come into force on 7 April 2016 and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into force on 25 May 2018, in order to better understand these new data
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As we do every year, Bezen & Partners had the pleasure of attending The Lawyer European Awards 2016. This year our partners, Yeşim Bezen and Aykut Bakırcı attended the event to represent the firm. Bezen & Partners was awarded the European energy, infrastructure and projects deal
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Last year’s Bonds, Loans and Sukuk Turkey 2015 held on the 11th and 12th of November, was a huge success with attendees who flew in from all over the world. Our very own Partner, Yeşim Bezen, was a moderator for the Panel: Attracting ECAs, international and institutional lenders
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Last year in October, Bezen & Partners hosted its first cocktail at the Conrad Hotel – Bosphorus Lounge in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Aside from our own Partners and Lawyers we had guests from all over Turkey and abroad attend the event for some drinks and catching up. It was a night
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