Practice Expertise
- Banking and Finance Law
- Capital Markets Transactions
- Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Capital Markets Transactions
- Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Profile
Ms. Otcuoglu is a dual educated (both English and Turkish law) counsel who heads the Banking, Finance & Capital Markets (BFC) practice of Pekin Bayar Mizrahi with an outstanding record of advising broad range transactions within the Turkish, EU and UAE markets since 2011. She works in both cross-border and domestic financing/alternative-financing and capital markets transactions including acquisition, project, corporate and asset financing, and other hybrid financing (mostly LMA standard) related to various types of loans such as FIs, bilateral, syndicated and ECA-covered loans, commodity financings, NPL transactions, IPOs, securitizations, offerings and derivatives.
In addition to her BFC practise, she is one of the rare lawyers within the Turkish market with an in-depth M&A and corporate law experience. She regularly advises major corporate and commercial transactions, including M&As, joint ventures and strategic partnerships especially within the area of technology, defence, gaming, gambling, energy, infrastructure and hospitality. She has extensive experience in corporate matters, including shareholders relations, company restructurings, due diligence investigations, preparation of project documents and negotiation and drafting of agreements.
She further has an extensive experience in advising on launching operations and/or products of technology start-ups and mature technology companies in Turkey. She is one of the leading young lawyers in Turkey with an outstanding sector knowledge and experience specifically within the fintech, foreign exchange, crypto and online-gaming/gambling sectors. Her clients include leading crypto platforms, payment service providers and also leading technology, gaming and app-tech companies.
Fatos is listed as the Next Generation Lawyer in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets by Legal500 in 2022 and Highly Regarded in Banking by IFLR1000 consecutively in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
In addition to her BFC practise, she is one of the rare lawyers within the Turkish market with an in-depth M&A and corporate law experience. She regularly advises major corporate and commercial transactions, including M&As, joint ventures and strategic partnerships especially within the area of technology, defence, gaming, gambling, energy, infrastructure and hospitality. She has extensive experience in corporate matters, including shareholders relations, company restructurings, due diligence investigations, preparation of project documents and negotiation and drafting of agreements.
She further has an extensive experience in advising on launching operations and/or products of technology start-ups and mature technology companies in Turkey. She is one of the leading young lawyers in Turkey with an outstanding sector knowledge and experience specifically within the fintech, foreign exchange, crypto and online-gaming/gambling sectors. Her clients include leading crypto platforms, payment service providers and also leading technology, gaming and app-tech companies.
Fatos is listed as the Next Generation Lawyer in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets by Legal500 in 2022 and Highly Regarded in Banking by IFLR1000 consecutively in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Bar Admissions
Istanbul Bar Association
Education
Istanbul University, Turkey, LL.B Law (Turkish Law Equivalency/Denklik),
University of Nottingham, UK, LL.M in International Commercial Law,
University of Hull, UK, LL.B (Hons) Bachelor of Laws
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Capital Markets Transactions
- Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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