Our law firm provides legal advice and legal services to domestic and foreign natural and legal persons in the following areas of bank and finance law;

• prepare the articles of association of banks, including holding, promotion or investment financial holding companies or asset management companies (“companies”) to be established with domestic or foreign capital according to the client’s wishes and needs or amend the already prepared articles of association according to the client’s interests by evaluating them, prepare the necessary documents on the fulfillment of the conditions of the founders, real founders with indirect qualified shares and the member of the Board of Directors of the companies specified in the Banking Law, obtain these documents from the relevant institutions and organizations, prepare the necessary documents to ensure that the members of the Board of Directors of the companies have the qualifications and professional experience specified in the corporate governance regulations to carry out the planned activities, to ensure the preparation of documents on the financial, management and organizational structure of the companies, to ensure the preparation of the shareholding structure and the organizational chart of the companies, to ensure the preparation of business plans for the planned areas of activity of the companies, to ensure the preparation of projections regarding the financial structure of the companies, to ensure the preparation of a programme of activities showing the structural organization of the companies,
• to prepare the signature authorization or internal directive on signature authorization of companies according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant documents already prepared according to the interests of the client by evaluating them, to make the necessary decisions, to register and announce the related transactions, to prepare the signature declarations and signature circulars according to the signature authorization or internal directive on signature authorization,
• to prepare all internal guidelines, policies, procedures and workflow charts of companies according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant documents already prepared according to the interests of the client by evaluating them, taking the necessary decisions for this purpose,
• repare the necessary documents on the qualifications of the members of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, the Credit Committee, the General Director, the Deputy General Directors, the Regional Directors and the Branch Managers (“Senior Management”) as stipulated in the Banking Law and the Corporate Governance Regulations, obtain these documents from the relevant institutions and organizations, submit all these documents to the BDDK, obtain the approval of the BDDK and other official authorities for the persons to be appointed to the Senior Management of the companies, carry out the necessary transactions related to the appointment and dismissal of persons to the Senior Management of the Company, ensure the swearing-in of the persons to be appointed to the Senior Management of the companies, ensure that the persons to be appointed to the Senior Management of the companies are sworn in by the BDDK and other official authorities to be appointed to the Senior Management of the Companies, to conduct the necessary transactions in connection with the appointment and dismissal of persons to the Senior Management of the Company, to ensure that the persons to be appointed to the Senior Management of the Companies are sworn in before the local commercial court, to pass the necessary resolutions and to register and announce the related transactions,
• to carry out the necessary transactions in connection with the appointment and dismissal of the independent external auditor at the companies whose independent external audit is subject to the audit firm, to adopt the necessary resolutions, to register and announce the related transactions,
• obtain the certificate of cash payment of the companies’ capital from the competent authorities, prepare the documents proving that the capital is sufficient to carry out the planned activities, obtain the certificate from the competent authorities that at least 1/4 of the system entry fee amounting to 10% of the minimum capital of the companies has been paid into the fund account, to ensure that the activities of the companies comply with the corporate governance regulations, to prepare documents proving that the companies have sufficient personnel and technical equipment in this respect, to prepare documents proving that the companies have the competence to carry out their activities, to submit all these documents to the BDDK and to obtain the operating license of the BDDK companies,
• to prepare amendments to the Articles of Association, in particular capital increases or decreases of companies according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the already prepared amendments to the Articles of Association, in particular capital increases or decreases according to the interests of the client by evaluating them, to carry out capital increases with cash capital from internal or external sources or capital reductions, to obtain the necessary approval from the Ministry of Trade, the SPK, the BDDK and other official authorities, to utilize subscription rights in capital increases, to pass the necessary resolutions, to register and announce the related transactions
• to carry out the necessary transactions for the opening or closing of branches, liaison offices or warehouses of companies established in Turkey or abroad, to obtain the necessary authorization from the BDDK and other official authorities, to take the necessary decisions for this purpose, to register and announce the related transactions
• to prepare contracts for merger, transformation, demerger, acquisition of assets and liabilities, exchange of shares or participation in other companies of companies according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the already prepared relevant contracts according to the interests of the client by evaluating them, to obtain the necessary approval of the BDDK and other official authorities, to adopt the necessary resolutions, to register and publicize the related transactions
• to prepare the legal due diligence in relation to the valuation of companies,
• to carry out the transactions of real estate, land, sea and air vehicles, industrial rights such as patents, utility models, trademarks, geographical indications or traditional product names, designs acquired or transferred by the companies and to register them in the relevant register
• to carry out the transactions of industrial rights such as patents, utility models, trademarks, geographical indications or traditional product names, designs, etc., to be licensed or granted by the companies and to register them in the relevant register
• to prepare agreements on limited rights in rem such as pledges of movable property, mortgages, liens in commercial transactions to be established on the assets of the companies or on the assets of third parties to secure the claims of the companies in accordance with the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant agreements already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them, to prepare the necessary resolutions for this purpose, to carry out the necessary transactions and to register and publicize the related transactions
• to issue shares, certificates, debentures, usufruct certificates, commercial bills, asset-backed securities, other debt instruments, including those issued on a discount basis, securities with the right to purchase and exchange and all types of securities of the Companies, to obtain the necessary authorization from the BDDK and other official authorities, to adopt the necessary resolutions for this purpose, to register and announce the related transactions,
• to hold general meetings, general meetings of preference shareholders or bondholders, meetings of the board of directors, the audit committee and the credit committee of companies, to prepare the legal opinion on the resolutions to be adopted at these meetings and to register and announce the related transactions
• participation in the keeping of the share and resolution books of the General Meetings, the meetings of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee and the Credit Committee of companies
• to prepare share transfer agreements, voting rights agreements, shareholders’ agreements and similar agreements of companies according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the already prepared relevant agreements according to the interests of the client by evaluating them
• the contracts that the banks wish to conclude with their clients for deposit acceptance transactions such as term or demand deposits, TL or foreign currency, participation fund acceptance transactions, investment transactions such as shares, repo, foreign currency, investment funds, treasury bills, government bonds, forward transactions, Arbitrage, Eurobond, gold account, cash or non-cash loan, bill of exchange or commodity loan (Lombard), discount and subscription loan of tradable securities, long-term receivables purchase loan (fortfaiting), syndicated loan, housing loan, advance, transaction, financing, pre-financing, current account, acceptance, guarantee, all types of payment and collection transactions, including credit transactions such as endorsement loans, cash payments and dematerialized payment and transfer transactions such as wire transfer, eft, money order, swift, payment transactions such as letter of credit, payment transactions such as against goods or documents, use of correspondent banks or checking accounts, issuance of checks and other drafts, custodial and depository services, leasing transactions, issuance of payment instruments such as credit cards, debit cards and traveler’s checks and the performance of related activities, foreign exchange transactions including foreign exchange; Purchase and sale of money market instruments; purchase and sale of precious metals and precious stones or their safekeeping; Purchase, sale and brokerage of futures contracts, options contracts, simple or complex financial instruments including several derivative instruments, capital market instruments, commodities, precious metals and foreign exchange on the basis of economic and financial indicators, capital market instruments, commodities, precious metals and foreign exchange; futures contracts, options contracts, purchase, sale and brokerage transactions of simple or complex financial instruments containing more than one derivative instrument, purchase and sale of capital market instruments and repurchase or resale obligations, brokerage transactions for the sale of capital market instruments by issue or public offer, transactions for the execution of the purchase and sale of previously issued capital market instruments for brokerage purposes, guarantee transactions such as sureties, guarantees and other obligations, guarantee transactions such as sureties, guarantees and other obligations entered into in favor of others, investment advisory transactions, portfolio management and administration, market-making for trading transactions, factoring and forfaiting transactions, the brokerage of money purchase and sale transactions on the interbank market, financial leasing transactions, insurance brokerage and private pension brokerage services, project financing and other banking services in accordance with the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them,
• the contracts that asset management companies wish to conclude with their clients for the assumption and transfer of receivables and other assets from the main activities of the home institutions operating outside the insurance sector and of receivables arising only from credit insurance services provided by the home institutions operating in the insurance sector, recovery of the receivables assumed, liquidation of the assets, restructuring and transfer, provision of additional financial resources to the debtors for the recovery of their receivables, Drafting contracts to be prepared by asset management companies for the provision of brokerage, support and advisory services for the collection, restructuring or transfer of receivables from the main areas of activity of the funding institutions and other assets of the funding institutions to third parties in accordance with the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them
• the contracts that the companies wish to conclude for the procurement of support services, for catering, transportation and cleaning, the supply, maintenance and repair of technical devices and equipment of all kinds, training services, legal advice, consulting and advertising activities, the provision of services for personnel, temporarily or permanently in the above-mentioned areas, although they are employed in another company, in accordance with the wishes and needs of the client, or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them, obtaining the necessary approval from the BDDK and other official authorities
• the valuation of assets and liabilities recognized in the balance sheet, collateral received for loans and other receivables, rights and obligations arising from contracts to which the company is a party, shares that are the subject of a merger, demerger or share exchange, or assets and liabilities, to prepare the necessary approval of the BDDK and other official authorities in accordance with the client’s wishes and needs or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the client’s interests by evaluating them,
• to prepare the contracts that the companies intend to conclude on the rating of debt instruments to be issued or credit customers according to the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them, obtaining the necessary approval from the BDDK and other official authorities,
• to prepare service or employment contracts and similar agreements, which the companies wish to conclude with the employee, including senior executives, in accordance with the wishes and needs of the client or to amend the relevant contracts already drawn up in accordance with the interests of the client by evaluating them
• the contracts that the companies wish to conclude with their customers for sale, sale of movable property, sale of animals, sale of real estate, sale by installments, sale subject to retention of title, sale by sample, consignment sale, retail sale, sale subject to discovery and inspection, Purchase, pre-purchase, repurchase, exchange, gift, rent, ordinary rent, turnover rent, finance lease, license, sublicense, patent license, trademark license, software license, loan, credit, service, work, construction, construction against apartments, subcontract, publishing, power of attorney, subagency, agency, Brokerage, mediation, distribution, commercial agency, road, rail, sea and air transportation, safekeeping, surety, guarantee, warranty, assumption of third-party actions, discharge, settlement, transfer of claims, transfer of debt, factoring, current account, barter, joint venture, franchising, sponsoring, consulting, administration, subscription, advertising, maintenance, repair, support, confidentiality, management, management consultancy according to the wishes and needs of the client or to modify the above-mentioned contracts already drawn up according to the interests of the client by evaluating them,
• to prepare the reports on the examination of the compliance of the contracts to be concluded by the companies with the Turkish laws and regulations,
• to carry out the necessary transactions for the termination and deletion from the register of companies, to adopt the necessary resolutions for this purpose, to announce the three consecutive invitations to creditors, to obtain the necessary approval from the BDDK and other official authorities, to register and announce the related transactions,
• to file lawsuits against the decisions of the BDDK to reject applications for authorization to establish or operate companies,
• to file lawsuits regarding annulment against the decisions of the BDDK on the revocation of the establishment or activity license of the companies or the restriction of the activity license or the transfer of the companies to the TMSF,
• to file lawsuits regarding annulment against the fines imposed by BDDK on the companies or senior management,
• the actions or investigations against companies or senior management for tortious acts, obstruction of the rights of holders of deposit and participation funds, failure to take corrective, remedial and restrictive measures, failure to provide information and documents requested by the competent authorities and auditors, and obstructing them in the performance of their duties, breach of record-keeping obligations, false statements, unrecorded transactions and false accounting, blocking, disruption, destruction or alteration of the system, damage to reputation, disclosure of secrets, misappropriation,
• to file lawsuits regarding annulment and rescission against resolutions of the general meetings, the general meetings of the preference shareholders or the bondholders, the meetings of the board of directors, the audit committee, the credit committee of companies or to defend such actions against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding liability actions against senior management of companies or defending such actions against clients,
• to file lawsuits against senior management of companies for breach of the non-competition clause or defending such actions against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding the disqualification of shareholders of companies or defending such actions against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding the dissolution and liquidation of companies or to defend such actions against clients
• to file lawsuits regarding disputes or enforcement proceedings in connection with claims against the clients of companies or to defend such actions against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding disputes in connection with the employees of companies or to defend such lawsuits against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding disputes related to the tax of companies or to defend such lawsuits against clients,
• to file lawsuits regarding disputes in connection with social security contributions of companies or to defend such lawsuits against clients,
• the provision of all types of services in connection with banking and financial law.