The firm has developed an extensive expertise in corporate law, both in consulting and in litigation.

Corporate

The firm assists its clients for the concretisation of their setting up project in Turkey by choosing the most appropriate structure suited to their need.

Once incorporated, the firm advises these companies in corporate governance matters.

GÜRHAN handles the day-to-day activities of companies. Lawyers of GÜRHAN are engaged in day-to-day issues of running a company for ensuring the legal security of their legal documents as well as of the legal formalities near competent authorities.

GÜRHAN is involved in the management of groups of companies: choosing legal structures, setting up holdings, internal restructuring through mergers or contribution of a business branch…

The legal services provided by GÜRHAN are, inter alias:

- drafting of articles of associations;

- achievement of requested formalities for the setting up of a company;

- setting up of relations with competent authorities;

- general assembly meetings;

- board of directors meetings;

- drafting of legal acts such as share purchase agreements;

- capital increase and decrease, bonds issuing;

- drafting of memorandums, etc.

Mergers and acquisitions

The firms assists its clients for all of their restructuring transactions: 

           - direct transfers and/or acquisitions;

           - acquisitions through a capital increase;

           - mergers;

           - partial contributions of assets;

           - joint ventures.

The legal services provided by GÜRHAN are, inter alias:

            - legal due diligence;

            - studying and defining acquisition or restructuring schemes;

            - optimisation of rerun schemes;

            - negotiation and drafting of agreements and pertaining documentation:

                           - acquisition-transfer agreements;

                           - mergers, partial contribution of assets treaties;

                           - investments protocols;

                           - sui generis agreements;

                           - negotiations and analysing of agreements;

                          - drafting of memorandums;

                          - obtaining requested authorisations, etc.

These actions can be naturally supplemented by day-to-day assistance on a basis of a flat rate fee.

Litigation

Lawyers of GÜRHAN regularly assist their clients with corporate law litigation issues: minority assessment, defending directors in liability suits, drawing up assets and liabilities guarantee agreements, settlement of disputes within joint ventures, etc.