Firmprofile Turkoglu & Celepci

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banking, finance & capital markets privatization corporate/m&a dispute resolution core practices employment eu & competition insolvency & restructuring energy real estate regulatory infrastructure investment

leading lawyers

Many T&C lawyers are recognised leaders in their specialised areas of law. Our clients profit from the rich diversity of talents, languages and cultures that make our lawyers particularly versatile and adaptive.

banking, finance & capital markets

T&C advises on banking, finance (including project and acquisition finance), debt restructuring and re-financing, acquisition and disposition of distressed assets and loan portfolios, claims trading, capital market transactions involving equity (including equity linked), hybrid & debt, funds, derivatives and other financial services. We provide transactional and regulatory advice. Our lawyers act for major international and regional banks, other financial institutions (insurance companies, funds and asset managers) and corporates (issuers, borrowers and sponsors). T&C’s banking and finance practice has received the top ranking (Band 1) from Chambers Global 2013. Furthermore the firm has a solid standing as Tier 1 advisor for General Business Law SEE (Chambers Europe 2013) and Central and Eastern Europe (Legal 500, 2012).

Services: Banking and other Financial Services Regulatory; Finance (including Acquisition and Project Finance); Debt Restructuring and Re-financing; Transactions in Distressed Assets; Debt and Equity (including Equity Linked and Hybrid) Capital Markets; Derivatives and Structured Finance; Funds, Asset Management and other Financial Services.

corporate/m&a

Our core practice is advising and representing clients on transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters. Over the years, the practice group has built an outstanding record on headline and key transactions in Austria and throughout CEE/SEE. T&C’s M&A teams advise on national and cross-border transactions, including private M&A, public tender offers, transactions for listed companies, private equity and venture capital transactions, auction sales, privatisations, strategic alliances and joint ventures. Dedicated teams within the practice group focus on restructuring and insolvency, working together with the firm’s insolvency specialists to advise on distressed companies M&A. Together with the firm’s regulatory specialists, the corporate/M&A group has developed industry-specific expertise covering inter alia the following sectors: energy, financial institutions, telecoms, automotive, media and pharmaceuticals. T&C’s corporate/ M&A practice has consistently been ranked in the highest tier by acclaimed legal directories such as Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, IFLR1000, and Legal 500.

Services: Corporate Governance; Cross-border Transactions; Joint Ventures; M&A; Privatisations; Public Takeovers; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Compliance Programmes; (Corporate) Restructurings and Distressed Companies M&A; Reorganisations; All Measures of Corporate Structuring and Generational Change in Family Enterprises; Corporate Litigation; Sector-specific Transactions, including Financial Institutions, Energy and TMT.

established The firm’s lawyer turnover is one of the lowest in the industry – and clients benefit from this stability and continuity.

dispute resolution

Our dispute resolution practice group has extensive experience in litigation, as well as commercial and investment arbitration. T&C’s longstanding experience in handling commercial disputes and drafting dispute resolution clauses makes the firm an effective advocate of its clients’ interests. T&C’s dispute resolution practice has retained its top (Band 1) ranking in Chambers Global 2013.

Services: International and Domestic Commercial Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Investment Arbitration; Construction Arbitration; Pretrial Work and Case Management.

employment

Our employment team advises on all aspects of employment law from the beginning through to the end of the employment relationship, for both contentious and non-contentious matters. It focuses on employment issues arising in the course of mergers and acquisitions, transfer of undertakings, workforce and management restructuring, domestic and cross-border transfer of employees, downsizing and closure of production lines, employment tribunal litigation, workforce restructuring and related negotiations with employees and their representatives, as well as general non-contentious employment advice.

Services: Restructuring and Reorganisation Planning; Transfer of Undertakings; Compensation Structures (Executive and Non-executive); Employment Contracts; Pension Plans; Share Ownership Plans (including Stock Options); Tailor-made in-house Client Seminars; Immigration; Contentious Employment Litigation; General non-contentious Employment Advice.

eu & competition

T&C’s competition practice advises clients from across all industries in merger control, anti-trust and state aid matters on the European and national levels throughout the firm’s comprehensive network in Central and Eastern Europe.

Services: Merger Control/Multinational Filings; Antitrust Investigations/Litigation; Compliance Programmes; Strategic Cooperation / Joint Ventures; Distribution Agreements; State Aid; EU Competition Law

insolvency & restructuring

T&C‘s insolvency and restructuring team offers a unique combination of the know-how of a boutique insolvency firm and the comprehensive range of legal services of an international law firm. The team has a strong record in advising both lenders and distressed borrowers on pre-insolvency reorganization and re-financing and extensive experience in representing creditors in insolvency proceedings and insolvency related litigation. In addition, the insolvency and restructuring team frequently acts as legal advisor in cross-border insolvency proceedings and is permanent counsel for international banking associations in close-out-netting issues. T&C‘s insolvency and restructuring team is well regarded for its ability to efficiently handle also large-scale restructurings and providing comprehensive advice, drawing, where necessary, upon experts from other practice groups, such as banking & finance and corporate/m&a. T&C’s insolvency & restructuring practice is the only Austrian practice to receive the top (Tier 1) ranking in Legal 500, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.

Services: Pre-insolvency Reorganization and Refinancing; Protection of Creditors’ Rights; Representation in insolvency proceedings and insolvency-related litigation; Close-Out-Netting Issues; Distressed M&A.

real estate

full service T&C is a full service firm, offering not only transactional advice of the highest level, but also unmatched expertise in competition, regulatory and other more specialised areas of law.

The real estate practice group is highly regarded across CEE/SEE. It enjoys high visibility in the region’s largest and most important transactions and projects. The team advises clients on all legal aspects of their real estate businesses. The main focus of T&C’s real estate practice is advising investors and development companies on the acquisition and development of real estate, real estate transactions, sale and lease back, joint ventures and PPP projects, energy projects, structuring real estate funds, innovative capital markets transactions and restructurings, and real estate related litigation.

Services: Acquisition/Sale of Real Estate and Real Estate Companies; Project Development; Construction; Due Diligence/Title Investigation; Financing Structures; Structuring of Real Estate Funds and Real Estate Stock Corporations; Lease Agreements; Sale and Lease Back; Claim Management; Contracts for Architects, General Contractors and Builders; Plant Construction and Building Permits; Land Registry Law; Real Estate-Related Litigation; PPP Projects in Connection with Infrastructure; Energy Projects (Solar Parks, Wind Parks, Photovoltaic Parks).

regulatory

T&C’s regulatory expertise and longstanding experience is recognised as the standard bearer for regulatory-related advice. By providing a wide-ranging and consistently reliable service, the regulatory practice group has successfully advised leading players in the infrastructure, energy and utilities (electricity, oil, gas and hydro), waste, pulp, paper, mining, steel, automotive, glass, food, utilities, entertainment, pharmacy and research sectors. The team also advises stakeholders and public authorities on the current legislation and implementation of EU Directives. The practice group’s expertise guarantees comprehensive and first-rate legal advice in all matters of constitutional and administrative law, particularly with respect to environmental, energy, life science, privacy and telecommunications law, as well as privatisations, public private partnerships and public procurement.

Services: Environmental Law (including Environmental Impact Assessments, Construction, Plant Licensing, Waste Management and Clean Ups); Infrastructure; Energy (including Renewables and Emission Trading); Telecoms; E-commerce and Data Protection; Health Institutions and Pharmacies; Privatisations; Public Procurement and PPPs; State Aid; Due Diligence.

innovative

Quality, flexibility, innovation and practical problem-solving in complex commercial mandates are at the core of the T&C philosophy.

We have a track record of getting deals done with our can-do, solution-oriented approach.

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