Citizenship Law Firm of the Year in Turkey Award

As Soner Alemdar, we have been awarded as the Citizenship Law Firm of the Year 2018 in Turkey by the respected Lawyers World media. LW annual awards mark excellence for the world’s leading law firms, nominated firms are independently judged to ensure the the best firms are chosen each year for every practice. Speaking on the courtesy of awards, Soner Alemdar's Managing Partner Mr. Soner Alemdar told that: "We have successfully initiated several applications and obtained citizenships for our clients within the Turkish citizenship by investment scheme in 2018, we are therefore very pleased for being awarded such prestigious award and named amongst the other leading and expert advisers from around the World. This award will further increase our motivation to provide best legal services on Turkish and global citizenship and migration matters to our clients".

Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

As a Tier-1 firm on Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in Turkey, we provide advice and represent our corporate clients before Turkish courts on several complex commercial matters and disputes.

We also regularly represent our clients before international arbitration bodies such as ICSID, ICC as well as ad-hoc arbitration tribunals. We can provide litigation finance solutions on large arbitration cases through our network of litigation funders based in London.

Within the last year, we have strengthened our position with representation of new international clients before Turkish and International courts. Our commercial litigation practice has therefore strengthened and expanded with new assignments from our clients based in the US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Canada and also China, Malaysia. We have advised extensively on commercial, corporate, real estate, energy as well as white collar criminal disputes.

Real Estate & Private Equity

As Soner Alemdar, we have advised a European Private Equity fund in relation to their commercial real estate acquisitions in Turkey, UK and Europe.

Commercial Law

Whereas we have strengthened our commercial law practice with the assignment of new matters from international clientele and addition of new litigation partners and advisors on commercial and corporate litigation.

Energy

Soner Alemdar advises a leading U.S. energy company. Our client is currently evaluating investment alternatives into Turkey’s electricity distribution and generation privatizations as well as renewable energy licenses.

We have also been representing Turkish Wind and Solar project owners and matching them with foreign investors.

Soner Alemdar represents a German solar power giant in their photovaltic investments in Turkey.

As Soner Alemdar, we have also recently advised a leading Spanish Solar Energy company in relation to their solar power and photovaltic investments in Turkey.

Soner Alemdar has been advising one of the leading Chinese Solar Energy companies in relation to their corporate entrance to Turkish market.

Corporate and M&A

Soner Alemdar has been rendering legal services to a leading Canadian governmental financial institution with respect to aircraft finance matters in Turkey.

We have also recently advised the shareholders of a fast growing Russian Airline Company to clarify the Company strategies going forward, set-up corporate financial reporting standards, study alternate ways of positioning the company going forward and strategic or financial partnership options.

Soner Alemdar have been advising a leading US climate systems company on their merger with an Istanbul based Turkish company.

We have started working together with one of the preminent Japanese funds in relation to their investments in Turkey.

European Real Estate Outlook for 2019

Despite the geopolitical uncertainties looming in the year ahead, the outlook forEuropean real estate remains positive with a broadly supportive economic backdropand bullish market sentiment. Even Spain, one of the hardest hit European countriesduring the 2008 financial crisis, has come back strongly and is now seen as one ofthe stable investment bets in the region.

“Germany replaces the UK as Europe's Number 1 safe haven’’A number of institutional investors are betting on Germany as one of the winninglocations and they are not alone. Transaction volumes in Germany overtook the UKfor the first time in 2016 since 2012, due to the cooling down of the London market inparticular. Thomas Barrack, CEO of US private equity company Colony Capital, andincidentally one of Trump’s key advisors, believes that Europe as a whole representsa big opportunity. Interestingly, his firm has also been targeting Germany, inparticular Berlin, as well as markets such as Ireland, our CapitalWatch editor RobinMarriott writes in his monthly.

For 2017, Hutchings sees room for prime yields in Western Europe to tighten by 30-40 bps while rents are set to rise by 2-3% across the board. Spain in particular is wellpositioned for the coming years, our Madrid briefing heard. Following its new-foundpolitical stability, the country is heading for a period of sustained and sustainablegrowth as it continues to move from being one of the most uncertain to the moststable market in Europe. As David Brush, chief investment officer of MerlinProperties, put it: ‘Spain is the adult in the room.’

Despite the many political and economic uncertainties clouding Europe’s future, thereal estate industry is upbeat about most of its major markets. But Brexit is re-shaping the European real estate map.

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