Expertise / BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Verdi is one of the leading law firms in banking law in Turkey. Partners of Verdi have acted as general counsel and assistant general counsel to one of the largest private sector banks in Turkey for over ten years and currently advise numerous banks and financial institutions in Turkey on all kinds of banking matters from regulatory, day-to-day operational, compliance to transactional work. Verdi also seconds some of its attorneys to leading banks in Turkey for day-to-day banking law advice.
 
Lawyers of Verdi have been involved in cutting edge banking transactions in Turkey for the last twenty years in their capacity as in-house or outside counsel. They have been heavily involved in bank mergers and have represented acquirers and acquires in bank acquisitions in and outside of Turkey.
 
Moreover, Verdi has vast experience in a broad variety of financing transactions, from trade finance to corporate finance, from tax based structured finance to straight forward debt raising from syndicated loan markets.
 
Verdi represents various banks, investment banks, underwriters and issuers in their capital raising activities in both debt and equity markets. Lawyers of Verdi have significant experience in all kinds of financing tools used by banks and corporations in Turkey.
 
Verdi advises leading Turkish financial services companies in insurance, leasing, factoring and real estate investment sectors in their financing transactions.
 
Verdi also has experience in venture capital and private equity transactions and management buyouts and has represented not only foreign and local investors but also Turkish targets in such transactions. Lawyers of Verdi have advised in the securitization of all asset categories completed to date by Turkish issuers, from credit card receivables, check or lease receivables to SWIFT receivables. Verdi regularly advises banks and corporations in syndicated loans, club loans, participations, straight bank leading, treasury products, leasing, debt restructuring, asset based and other secured financing, trade financing and bond issuances