Caliskan Okkan Toker — Turkey

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The firm: Çaliskan Okkan Toker was founded by Enver Sezer Çaliskan, Sezin Okkan Çaliskan and Mustafa Toker. Çaliskan Okkan Toker defines itself as a boutique law firm with a well-planned growth strategy where the partners are directly involved in projects. The team is composed of highly regarded attorneys who have been working with the managing partners with unprecedented synergy and productivity. The firm advises Turkish and overseas clients, mainly focusing on M&A, corporate law, foreign investments, e-commerce, capital markets, banking and finance, labor law, contracts, data protection law, intellectual property, competition law, real estate, litigation and debt collection. Çaliskan Okkan Toker also has a well-earned reputation in technology and web-based M&A deals, and is mentioned as a notable law firm in the web and technology M&A ecosystem. Additionally, the firm has incomparable experience in start-up and angel investment deals, along with its role supporting incubation houses. The members of the firm have sponsored the Webrazzi 2011 Summit, Webrazzi 2012 Start-Up Summit and Webrazzi 2012 Summit, the most notable web-based summits in Turkey in the past. The firm aims to focus on client care, closeness to clients, top-quality services and on its timely manner to meet its clients’ expectations. ### Areas of practice Corporate law and foreign investment: The firm advises companies in all industry sectors on general corporate matters. Including; incorporation of companies together with foreign capitalized ones, shareholders’ rights and directors’ liabilities and responsibilities, conducting shareholders and board of directors meetings, liquidation of companies, ordinary course of business practice compliance, complex structured business compliance and opening and closure of liaison offices and branches of foreign companies. Mergers and acquisitions: The firm having a well-established and reputable experience in this field of practice provides legal services in various complex merger and acquisition transactions. Members of the firm represent foreign and Turkish clients in Turkey and abroad in various projects both as the sell side and the buy side. The sectors for these types of transaction include web based technology, energy, automotive, health, telecommunication, financial services, banking, capital markets and insurance. The services include; merger and acquisitions, share transfers and partnerships, spin offs, joint ventures, asset transfers, direct and indirect shareholding changes, tender offer requirements, corporate restructuring, and permissions, approvals and consents. E-commerce and technology: The firm advises many web-based, technology-based companies and has distinguished experience in this field of practice in coherent with its experience in the mergers and acquisitions of such companies. The services include; merger and acquisitions of web-based, technology-based companies, drafting site user agreements, Web-based value added service agreements, revenue sharing contracts, B2B and B2C contracts, advertising agreements, online game development and software agreements in game currency restructurings, distance sales contract, and localization and structuring contracts and problem solving methods with respect thereto taking into account of consumer protection, commercial and obligations law. Contracts: The firm advises clients for drafting, negotiating, commenting and finalization of contracts covered under many types of practice areas. Distributorship and agency agreements, joint venture agreements, lease agreements/shopping mall lease agreements, supply and maintenance agreements, confidentiality agreements, real estate financing agreements, loan agreements, software and project management agreement, and agreements under consumer protection laws. Litigation/dispute resolution and enforcement procedures: The firm advises Turkish and foreign clients in local and international disputes as well as in their debt collection procedures and the members of the firm have acted in various dispute resolutions by representing the clients with utmost care before the courts or in alternative dispute methods. Banking and finance: The firm advises in various banking law matters. The services include incorporation and mergers and acquisitions of banks and other financial institutions, opening and closure of representative offices, loans, licenses, operation permissions, regulatory compliance services, financial restructuring and financing, payment systems financial leasing, factoring and finance companies and applications with the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency. The firm also represents clients with respect to their various financing arrangements with Turkish and foreign financial institutions. Financial restructuring and financing, finance agreements, security agreements, project finance, corporate finance, real estate finance and structured finance. Capital markets: The firm advises in various capital market matters . The services include; on-shore and off-shore based public offerings, bond and other capital market instruments issuance, licenses, operation permissions, derivatives, incorporation, and mergers and acquisitions of capital market institutions, regulatory compliance services, investment funds, tender offer requirements, financial markets and services, cross border capital market services and products and applications with the Capital Markets Board. Labor: The firm provides the following legal services in employment matters and has a well-recognized experience in the same. The services include rights and liabilities of employees and employers, drafting, negotiation and finalization of employment agreements, employment litigation, employee/employer share and bonus plans, transfer of employee and employer, residence and work permits and special visas, safety and health regulations, social security law, and workplace principles and applications. Competition: The firm advises clients on a broad spectrum of anti-trust issues. The work also involves making applications to the Turkish Competition Authority in line with the merger and acquisition projects. Data protection: The firm advises clients on a broad spectrum of data protection laws including harmonization of contracts, making on-site presentations, compliance of the contracts and employment matters in line with the data protection regulations. Intellectual property: The firm advises clients on a broad spectrum of intellectual property issues including constitution of visional and protective intellectual property systems in the e-trade, web and technology based related work-stream, constitution of intellectual property protection strategies for software, webpage and digital products and drafting, negotiating and finalization of license agreements. Real estate: The firm represents various parties involved in real estate transactions including lenders, borrowers, sellers, buyers, developers, investors, landlords and tenants in financing, development, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions. ### Languages - English - French - German - Turkish ### Memberships - Istanbul Bar Association ### Staffing Figures - 15 Number of the lawyers

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ENVER SEZER ÇALIŞKAN

Enver Sezer Çalışkan is the founding partner of Caliskan Okkan Toker. He has a wide range of and well-established expertise in M&A providing legal services in various complex transactions including shareholders rights, directors rights and liabilities, corporate and employment structuring, share and asset transfers and spin-offs. He represents foreign and Turkish clients in Turkey and abroad in various projects both as the sell side and the buy side. He also has a well-earned reputation in technology and web-based M&A deals, and is mentioned as a notable lawyer in the web and technology M&A ecosystem. Additionally, he has incomparable experience in start-up and angel investment deals, along with its role supporting incubation houses. He also regularly advises clients on corporate matters and business practice compliance. On the e-commerce side, he has expertise in web and tech-base in website user agreements, web-based value added service agreements, revenue sharing contracts, B2B and B2C contracts, advertising agreements, online game development and software agreements, in-game currency restructurings, localization, and structuring contracts and consumer protection matters. · Corporate / M&A

MUSTAFA TOKER

Mustafa Toker is the founding partner of Caliskan Okkan Toker. He is specialized in drafting and negotiating corporate investment transactions and his experience covers all aspects of transactions from due diligence investigations, agreement drafting, negotiating and structuring deals to advising on regulatory aspects for those transactions. He has also extensive experience representing buyers, sellers and investors in numerous mergers and acquisitions transactions. Additionally, he has experience in start-up and angel investment deals and he regularly advises the clients on corporate and commercial matters, including establishment of companies, corporate restructuring, spin-offs, and corporate governance. · Corporate / M&A

SEZİN OKKAN ÇALIŞKAN

Sezin Okkan Çalışkan is the founding partner of Caliskan Okkan Toker. She has a wide range of and notable expertise in capital markets and banking and finance transactions. Her practice area includes on-shore and off-shore based public offerings, bond and other capital market instruments issuance, licenses and operation permissions, compliance and structural requirements, cross boarder capital markets products and services, derivatives, investment funds, financial markets requirements and payment systems. She has a well-earned reputation in financial sector mergers or acquisitions where she has acted as the representative of foreign financial institutions for their incorporation, opening and/or acquisition of Turkish banks, other financial institutions and representative offices as well as transfer of certain business to another financial institution. She also regularly advises financial institutions on regulatory compliance matters and regulatory filings with the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and the Capital Markets Board. Additionally, she has been acting in various finance transactions covering financing agreements and financial restructuring. · Capital Markets