Ayşe Yüksel

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented Koç Holding A.Ş. in the proposed sale of its majority stake in Migros Türk A.Ş., after an auction process, to a consortium led by the private equity firm BC Partners, in the largest private equity transaction in Turkey to date. Migros is the largest retailer in Turkey with over 14,800 employees and 900 stores.
• Represented a United Arab Emirates fund in its minority investment in a regional telecommunications company.
• Represented Alghanim Industries, in joint venture with Saint-Gobain, in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Izocam Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş.
• Represented Emirates International Investment Company (EIIC) in an energy joint venture in the Middle East.
• Represented EIIC in the acquisition of a minority stake in an industrial company in North Africa.
• Represented a foreign media corporation in its preliminary bid to acquire the media assets of the Çukurova Group in Turkey.
• Represented Vestel Beyaz Esya, a Turkish white goods manufacturer, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S global equity offering.
• Represented Bank Asya Katilim Bankasi, a Turkish participation bank, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S global equity offering.
• Represented Albaraka Turk, a Turkish participation bank, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S global equity offering.
• Represented Saudi Telecom Company in its bid to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority for the acquisition of the license to operate the third mobile telecommunications network in Egypt. 
• Represented the Koç Holding/Sabanci Holding consortium in its bid in the privatization of Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S., the Turkish state-owned fixed-line telephone company. 
• Represented a bidder in the acquisition of assets of Telsim, a Turkish mobile network operator.
• Represented Zorlu Holding in its joint venture arrangements in connection with the privatization of Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation (TÜPRAS Privatization 2006). 
• Represented Zorlu Holding in its joint venture arrangements in connection with the privatization of Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation (TÜPRAS Privatization 2004). 
• Represented the Koç Holding/Türk Telekomunikasyon A.S. consortium in its negotiations to purchase shares in the privatization of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company. 
• Represented Korteks Mensucat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. in connection with its proposed equity offering in Europe. 
• Represented Yapi Kredi Bankasi A.Ş. in connection with the international institutional offering by Lio Yağ Sanayi, a Turkish producer and exporter of olive oil. 
• Represented the underwriters in connection with the international institutional offering by Zorlu Enerji. 
• Represented the Arab Company for Arts & Publishing (Founoon), a media company operating out of Egypt, in connection with a sale of shares to Rotana Audiovisual Company. 
• Represented Founoon in proposed acquisition of assets in Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. 
• Represented Middle Eastern governmental and non-governmental issuers in the issuance of equity and debt securities in Europe and the United States.