Financial world occupies most central role in business life, as any unprecedented volatility in a highly interconnected markets can create extra uncertainties which brings highly regulated legal framework for operations. On the one hand, such regulations change the way the business is conducted; on the other hand, new financial practices and innovations alter the legal framework. Such dynamic relation between the two necessitates legal professionals to have strong understanding of both changing nature of business, financial risks associated to it and the regulatory framework in order to accurately assist its clients in complex transactions. Standing out from the rest for such dynamic approach, GSI’s finance practice spans every critical area of finance, involving project finance, securitization, debt and equity capital markets, Islamic finance, banking regulations, crisis avoidance and risk management.
Representing the full spectrum of project participants, including lenders, sponsors, project joint ventures, contractors and government agencies, our finance team has gained a sophisticated operational experience in the most critical and pioneering projects of Turkey, in diverse industries such as power and energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, telecommunication and transportation.
Furthermore, our capital market lawyers provide a full range of services in a broad range of areas including but not limited to debt and equity transactions, securitizations, initial and secondary public offerings, corporate governance in anticipation of an IPO and issuance of conventional and non-conventional instruments such as sukuk and murabaha. GSI’s solid capital market team is currently engaged in and pioneering the first-of-its-kind public offering of Istanbul Stock Exchange.