Ms. Basgoz is a member of the Executive Committee of White & Case LLP.  Her practice involves a wide range of corporate and financial transactions. Ms. Basgoz has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and joint ventures, particularly in cross-border transactions for multinational and Turkish clients and in sectors including banking and financial services, telecommunications and media, manufacturing services and tourism. She also represents both Turkish and multinational clients in private equity transactions.

Recent matters include the representation of:

• OMV Aktiengesellschaft in the acquisition of 34 percent of Petrol Ofisi A.S. (POAS) from Doğan Holding for a consideration of US$1.054 billion. POAS is Turkey's largest refined oil products distribution company with net sales of US$8.8 billion in 2005.
• GE Consumer Finance in the (i) acquisition of 25.5% of the shares of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S., a publicly traded Turkish bank owned by the Dogus group for approximately US$1.55 billion and 49.2 percent of the founders' shares for US$250 million and (ii) the subsequent mandatory tender offer.
• Global Equities Management S.A. with the due diligence, preparation for bidding for Turk Telekom including commenting on the share transfer agreements and shareholders agreements, initial work for financing the bid.
• Orascom with the bidding for Telsim, Turkey's second biggest GSM company, taken over by the Savings Depositary Insurance Fund.
• Mittal Steel in its proposed acquisition of approximately 46 percent of Erdemir, Turkey's biggest iron and steel manufacturer.
• Liberty International in the bid to purchase Başak Sigorta A.Ş. and Başak Emeklilik A.Ş. from the Privatization Administration of the Republic of Turkey.

Ms. Basgoz is listed as a recommended lawyer in banking & finance and corporate/ M&A by the  current edition of Chambers & Partners Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business. European Legal 500 2006 edition ranks her in the first tier in banking, finance and capital markets and privatization. Ms. Basgoz is one of the top corporate and finance lawyers in Turkey by European Legal Experts 2006 and IFLR 1000.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar

Education
JD, University of Michigan Law School, 1983
BA, Indiana University, 1979

Languages
English
French
Turkish

Citizenship
United States
Turkey