Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte) — Turkey

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The firm: Çelepçi Law is a renowned leading Turkish law firm based in Istanbul. Established in 2005 the firm can boast a host of expert lawyers which focuses on assisting local and international clients on cross-border transactions. In 2009 Çelepçi Law established a formalised cooperation with Schoenherr and in 2013 the firm was fully integrated into Schoenherr’s regional network. Since then, the Firm has further expanded its central and eastern European presence and in the same regard extended its reach across the Schoenherr network of 14 offices. In the past 18 years, Çelepçi Law has acted on numerous headline transactions that are both in and outbound in nature, including some of the country’s largest privatisations. The firm is particularly experienced in advising on large cross-border transactions in the energy and industry sectors. Areas of practice: Through the extensive expertise of its lawyers, Çelepçi Law in cooperation with Schoenherr assists international clients on their investments in Türkiye and advises Turkish clients on their business ventures in central and eastern Europe. The office provides full services to clients from a wide coverage of sectors including construction, energy, financial, food and beverage, infrastructure and transport, insurance, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, private equity, real estate and retail. The firm specialises in corporate and M&A transactions, real estate transactions and financings, energy and infrastructural investment, and commercial litigation, and is particularly experienced in advising on large cross-border transactions. Çelepçi Law in cooperation with Schoenherr also offers legal advice in the areas of banking, finance and capital markets, employment, EU and competition, insolvency and restructuring, insurance and regulatory. With premier industry and legal knowledge, the firm has been able to offer a perfectly tailor-made solution on very complex matters. The Türkiye office constitutes a cornerstone for Schoenherr into tapping into what is the firm’s single largest national market and Europe’s fastest-growing economy. ### Languages - Arabic - Bulgarian - Hebrew - Hungarian - Icelandic - Italian - Macedonian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Chinese - Serbian - Slovakian - Slovenian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish - Ukrainian - Croatian - Czech - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German ### Staffing Figures - 13 Number of lawyers - 0 Worldwide

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Lawyers in this office

Benjamin Schlatter

Counsel · Environmental Law

Christoph Haid

Partner · Competition / Antitrust

Dimitar Kairakov

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A

Gregor Alexander Petric

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Joseph Moser

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A

Katarzyna Sulimierska

Krzysztof Pawlak is a Local Partner and has been with Schoenherr since 2018. His main areas of practice are m&a, commercial contracts and corporate restructurings. He also advises clients on corporate compliance and insurance law matters. Krzysztof is a seasoned lawyer with over 17 years of experience in representing international and Polish companies in a wide range of transactions with third parties as well as in structuring intra-group restructurings and corporate reorganisations. A member of the Warsaw Bar, he graduated from Warsaw University in 2002. Before joining Schoenherr, he practised with a national law firm as a senior associate. · Corporate / M&A

Krzysztof Pawlak

Krzysztof Pawlak is a Local Partner and has been with Schoenherr since 2018. His main areas of practice are m&a, commercial contracts and corporate restructurings. He also advises clients on corporate compliance and insurance law matters. Krzysztof is a seasoned lawyer with over 17 years of experience in representing international and Polish companies in a wide range of transactions with third parties as well as in structuring intra-group restructurings and corporate reorganisations. A member of the Warsaw Bar, he graduated from Warsaw University in 2002. Before joining Schoenherr, he practised with a national law firm as a senior associate. · Corporate / M&A

Levent Çelepçi

Managing Partner - Türkiye · Corporate / M&A

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Markus Piuk

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Matija Vojnović

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Murat Kutluğ

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Natália Tonhauserová

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Peter Konwitschka

Partner · Insurance

Rosario Sapuppo

Head of local Italian Desk · Corporate / M&A