Partner and Head of Corporate
Özgür Kocabaşoğlu
Department
Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Biography
Özgür Kocabaşoğlu is a Partner and the Head of Corporate of Erdem & Erdem. Mr. Kocabaşoğlu has nearly 20 years of experience in national and multijurisdictional complex merger and acquisitions, structuring, banking, capital markets transactions, corporate and project finance.
He has extensive experience of international transactions involving a number of overseas jurisdictions in a variety of business sectors including energy, mining, transportation, ports, airports, construction, finance, retail and real estate.
He focuses on privatizations and public private partnership models and complex cross border transactions involving commercial banks, corporate entities, public and private companies.
In recent years he leads merger and acquisitions in a wide geography including Europe, Latin America, Russia, CIS countries, Africa and Asia. Moreover, he regularly provides consultancy to multinational corporations on every aspects of commercial law, contract law, capital markets, privatizations and merger and acquisitions.
He is a member of Istanbul Bar Association and International Bar Association (IBA).
Service Areas
Transactions between fund owners and fund seekers with various investment instruments.
It covers all stages of a company's life cycle, from incorporation to liquidation.
Protection of ownership and rights of intangible property like business secrets and patents.
The merger of two or more companies and the acquisition of one company by another.
Based on personal rights and freedoms, it protects the privacy of personal information.
Aims to improve economic efficiency by transferring public institutions and services to the private sector.
A type of financing model realized between government and the private sector.
Includes the activities of venture capital funded companies and their sponsors.
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Representative Matters
Mergers and Acquisitions
Banking and Finance
Privatization
Corporate Advisory
Public – Private Partnership (PPP)
- Advising a port company in the acquisition of seven container port terminals in Portugal, two terminals in Spain and one in Peru, that the transaction is the largest investment made by a Turkish company in Portugal as well as one of the biggest port investments in Europe in 2015.
- He played a key role in the sale and transfer of 15,446% shares of a company in glass industry to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- He was the project leader in the purchase and transfer of approximately 4% of shares of a Turkish company to International Finance Corporation (IFC).
- Advising a glass company in the acquisition of Fritz Holding and its group companies in Germany, in the acquisition of majority shares of a car glass factory in Romania as well on the joint venture with French glass company Saint Gobain in Egypt and Russia for float glass and auto glass production and sale.
- He was a lead counsel in the acquisition of chrome mineral operator companies, a ferrochrome factory located in Russia and a mine in Kazakhstan.
- He was the project coordinator in the acquisition of 50% shares of Malta Freeport Ltd. from Malta Port for Euro 200 mio. He provided legal advice in drafting and negotiating the MoU, the share purchase agreement and other ancillary agreements.
- Advising Group Company in the project financing of a mine in Kazakhstan by EBRD and Unicredit for USD 260 mio.
- Representing a Turkish port company in the loan agreement by Japan Bank for International Cooperation and other financial institutions in the extension of a facility of Yen 6 billion (approximately USD 36 mio).
- He was the project leader in bond issuance of an international port company (USD 450 mio), a glass company (USD 500 mio) as well as a bank and a fleet company.
- He represented local and foreign companies as a lead counsel in the tender for privatization of Derince Port, Iskenderun Port, Sea Buses (IDO) Operations, Fenerbahçe – Kalamış Yatch Port, İzmir Port in Turkey, Rainbow Ferry Lines in Republic of Ivory Coast and Oslo Port in Norway.
- He played important role in the tender of privatization of a portfolio of more than 80 airports together including Goa, Amritsar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Channai, Koklata and Trivandrium Airports in India.
- He played a crucial role in a lot of cross-border tender processes for privatization projects such as International Airport (India-Mumbai (Bombay)), New Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport Cargo (India) and Queen Alia International Airport (Jordan).
- Advising a Turkish company for the tender of the concession and operating rights of a port in Ecuador USD 750 mio
- Advising sponsors on the project financing worth of Euro 330 mio, including designing, construction and management (ancillary services) of Kayseri Integrated Health Campus Project, which is the first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project in Turkey’s health care industry.
Education
Gazi University External Trade Master Program
Ankara University, Faculty of Law
Galatasaray High School Courses
Publications
Newsletter Articles
A Brief Comparison between Ecuadorian and Turkish Public-Private Partnership Arrangements
Banking and Finance
Asset Backed Versus Asset Based Sukuk and their Application in Türkiye
Banking and Finance
Coexistence Agreements
Intellectual Property Law
Communiqué On The Principles Regarding Security Investment Companies
Capital Markets Law
European Union Payment Services Directive and Its Effects on the Turkish Payment Systems Legislation
Commercial Law
Healthcare PPP Projects: Funders’ Direct Agreements
Commercial Law
Mandatory Share Purchase Offer
Capital Markets Law
New Regulation in Turkish Capital Markets: Real Estate Investment Funds
Capital Markets Law
One Regulation Applicable To All Turkish Ports
Commercial Law
Presentation of a Cheque and Force Majeure Pursuant to the Law No. 7226 on the Amendment to Certain Laws
Commercial Law
Privilege to be represented on the Board of Directors
Commercial Law
Property Certificates
Capital Markets Law
Regulatory Approaches to Crowdfunding in European Union
Capital Markets Law
Representation in Joint Stock Companies
Commercial Law
Representation in Joint Stock Companies
Commercial Law
The Practice of Green Bonds in the World and Turkey
Capital Markets Law
The Regulation Regarding Angel Investment Capital
Capital Markets Law
Wholesale of a Significant Amount of Company Asset
Commercial Law
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Galatasaray Alumni Association
