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TURKEY
Gurel & Yoruker Law Firm: Ahi Evran Cad. Polaris Plaza K:13 D:58-59 Maslak 34398 Istanbul
Telephone: +90 212 346 03 99 E-mail: yty@yty.com.tr
FIRM PROFILE Since its formation in 2002, Gurel & Yoruker Law Firm has served clients on numerous M&A transactions, anti- trust, corporate, labor, intellectual property, foreign investment, securities, competition law, hotel and resort management and leasing matters and in commercial and labor litigations and enforcement matters.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
The main focus is on corporate and litigation matters with specific emphasis on M&A work, competition and advising foreign investors and local companies in Turkey on corporate, commercial, labor, financing and litigation matters. With a team of 14 lawyers, the firm also represents major international clients and governments in arbitration proceedings and litigation matters.
Corporate/M&A: The firm represents foreign and domestic investors in a wide variety of complex cross-
UKRAINE
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year
border M&A's, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, private equity transactions and in the establishment of new companies and businesses covering a broad spectrum of industries. The firm has extensive experience in data room preparations, conducting of legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating letters of intent, share purchase and shareholders agreements, asset transfer agreements, joint venture agreements, escrow agreements, share pledge agreements, loan agreements and corporate issues of both limited liability companies and private and public joint stock companies. The firm has been granted an M&A Advisor award for the Corporate /Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Between $100mm and $1Billion).
Labour: The firm has substantial experience with employment contracts, collective agreements with unions, codes of conduct, employee handbooks and social security matters and advises on the application of the Turkish labour law.
Competition: The firm provides legal assistance in competition law and the analyzing of its implications and filing requirements and has handled notifications for many major cross border and local M&A's, agreements and Competition Board investigations of companies in various industries.
Real estate and Hotel Management: The firm is one of the most experienced offices in Turkey in negotiations for hotel and resort management agreements, and all other ancillary agreements for prestigious hotel projects for global brands for hotels constructed in various cities of Turkey and in Azerbaijan.
Dispute Resolution: Litigation expertise includes commercial disputes, employment and social security disputes, debt collection, intellectual property lawsuits, criminal and administrative lawsuits regarding tenders, real estate and lease disputes. The firm is currently involved in several ICSID and UNCITRAL cases for a foreign state in relation to investment disputes.
Shipping & Maritime Law Firm of the Year
ANK Law Firm 9, Lanzheronovskaya Street Odessa, Ukraine, 65026
Tel./fax: +38 0482 348 716 Email: office@ank.odessa.ua l Website: www.ank.odessa.ua
Alexander Kifak Managing Partner, Attorney-at-law
Artyom Volkov
Head of Maritime Law Practice, Attorney-at-law
FIRM PROFILE The Law Firm “ANK” was established in 1996 and is
one of the leading legal firms in Ukraine. For more than 18 years we have been successfully advising the clients in all the branches of legal practice.
As a result of dynamic development we have managed to gain the unique experience and create the qualified professional team being able to support large-scale infrastructure projects and advise our clients on the most difficult issues. Today the ANK team has 28 qualified lawyers and each of them is the experienced specialist in his field of legal practice.
We have advised sea ports, grain and oil terminals, stevedoring companies in large
infrastructure projects in Ukrainian ports. ANK has acted as legal advisor to leading shipping lines, insurance companies and P&I Clubs for maritime cases. Our corporate law team can offer full range of legal services for purchase of business or restructure process inside the holdings. Along with that we have tax advisors and auditors who can advise clients on tax law issues.
Due to the network of correspondent offices abroad, the ANK Law Firm is capable of offering effective legal assistance almost anywhere in the world. In 2012 ANK was the first among other Ukrainian law firms to join the alliance “Geneva Group International” present in more than 100 countries
and with a total amount of 550 offices around the world. This fact will allow the “ANK” to render more effective services abroad.
The working languages of the “ANK” are Ukrainian, Russian and English.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Antitrust Law
• Arbitration and Litigation • Corporate Law and M&A • Infrastructure and Real Estate Projects • Shipping and Maritime Law • Tax and Legal Due Diligence