Pekin & Bayar is a full service firm that does possess a particularly good reputation in capital markets and M&A work. "For capital markets work, I wouldn't use anyone else....
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Pekin & Bayar is a full service firm that does possess a particularly good reputation in capital markets and M&A work. "For capital markets work, I wouldn't use anyone else. On M&A too, they would probably be my choice," says one client.
Client feedback is consistently excellent, with a number of qualities referenced. "The main feature of the office and its attorneys is reliability. They do not make statements if they are not sure and do their research and get back to you within the shortest possible time with the correct answer," says a banking client, while a corporate client points to the team's initiative: "We have always been extremely happy with all advice and services provided. These are also frequently of a proactive nature, which we appreciate a lot."
In M&A a team led by Bayar advised Gitti Gidiyor Bilgi Teknolojileri on its acquisition by eBay International in April 2011. The leading online marketplace in Turkey, Gitti Gidivor was a natural target for eBay, the biggest company of its kind in the world.
The banking team, with Selin Bayar and Sila Yavuz leading, assisted the National Bank of Greece and the Dublin branch of Rabobank as lenders of a series of facilities agreements totalling $600 million to Coca-Cola Icecek, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Jordan, Coca-Cola Almaty Bottlers and CCI International Holland. The transaction was finalised in March 2011.
Typically a preferred counsel for Credit Suisse, the capital markets team received two mandates from them this year. In the most significant, Bayar led a team to advise the bank on the $88 million IPO of Aksa Enerji Uretim, including shares offered to institutional investors outside the US and Turkey as well as a public offering of shares to investors in Turkey.
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