Pekin & Pekin

Türkiye

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Financial and corporate

Pekin & Pekin is a full-service Turkish law firm founded in 1971 by senior partner Ahmed Pekin.  The firm has its offices in Istanbul and is a member firm of Lex Mundi. The firm provides integrated legal services to both domestic and international clients on legal transactions. The firm has a team of prominent Turkish lawyers led by managing partner Fethi Pekin. The firm has a strong capacity in advising on a wide range of legal practice areas including banking, debt and equity capital markets and M&A.

 

Highlights

The firm advised Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs International and Standard Chartered Bank (as Underwriters) on the $2.75 billion Eurobond issuance by the Republic of Türkiye.

The firm also advised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs International and Morgan Stanley & Co (as Underwriters) on the $3 billion Eurobond issuance by the Republic of Türkiye.

In M&A the firm acted as local counsel to Solenis on its $4.6 billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings.

 

Key clients  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Goldman Sachs International, J P Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley & Co International and Société Générale.

 

Testimonials

"They are responsive, knowledgeable and flexible. It is sometimes difficult working with teams across offices on a tight timeline but work with Pekin & Pekin is generally quite seamless. They are also just very pleasant to work with." (Debt Capital Markets Client)

Very responsive, kind and flexible with regards to timing.” - Göze Yıldırım, Firm Partner