“She is very strong on PPPs and project finance transactions with her broad experience on different structured projects with different sizes. Her vast experience and knowledge along with leadership skills makes her one of those who decides the strategy as if she was a part of the company.”
Biography
Gökçe is a partner of our Debt Finance practice in Istanbul. Her practice focuses primarily on structured finance deals and regularly advise multinational corporations and financial institutions on their investments and projects in Türkiye in various sectors, mainly infrastructure, transportation, and construction. She also advises Turkish sponsors and Turkish banks, in a wide range of financings including project finance, acquisition finance, corporate and asset financings.
Experience
Representation of IFC on its investment in the international bond subscription of up to US$100 million issued by QNB Türkiye.
Representation of senior financiers including the Deutsche Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, ICBC, Silk Road Fund, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, Kuveyt Türk, Akbank, Garanti BBVA, QNB, VakıfBank, and Ziraat Bank in connection with the EUR1.7 billion senior secured financing for the Antalya-Alanya motorway project on the basis of the built-operate-transfer (BOT) model, supported by ICIEC under a non-honouring of sovereign financial obligations (NHSFO) policy cover.
Representation of Turk Ventures Advisory Limited in connection with the acquisition financing from Akbank for the acquisition of 80% of the shares of Çağatay Evcil Hayvan Mamaları ve Yem Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Türkiye's second-largest dry pet food producer.
Representation of Kolin İnşaat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. as the sole sponsor in the EUR884,066,610 financing of the construction and operation of the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi section of the Çeşmeli-Erdemli-Silifke-Taşucu Highway Project carried out on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model basis. The financing was provided by Akbank, Barclays, DenizBank, DZ Bank, İşbank, VakıfBank, Yapı Kredi Bank and Ziraat Bank and was partially covered by a credit insurance from the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC).
Representation of Aksa Yenilenebilir Enerji Üretim A.Ş. in connection with the financing to be provided by TSKB regarding investments to (i) the solar power plant in Gaziantep, Türkiye with a total installed capacity of 40.5 MWe and electricity storage facility with 40.5 MWh storage capacity; (ii) the solar power plant in Kırşehir, Türkiye with a total installed capacity of 50 MWe and electricity storage facility with 50 MWh storage capacity (iii) the electricity storage facility in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye with a storage capacity of 62 MWh.
Representation of the consortium of Senior Financiers including EBRD, AIIB, Deutsche Bank AG, Standard Chartered Bank, Natixis, IsDB, ICD, and VakıfBank in connection with approx. EUR1,1 billion financing of the Nakkaş-Başakşehir Motorway, final section of the Northern Marmara Motorway, being developed by Nakkaş Otoyol Yatırım ve İşletme A.Ş. owned by Rönesans Group, and a group of Korean Sponsors including Samsung C&T and Korean public organizations, including Korean Expressway Corporation, KIND and PIS Fund. The financing to be extended by the commercial banks are backed by the ECAs including Atradius, the ICIEC, and SERV.
"I have had the opportunity to work with Güniz Gökçe and Gökçe Uluç and they are all very competent lawyers, who drive the project development and financing process with exceptional stakeholder management tact and skills."
Legal 500, 2024
"She is very strong on PPPs and project finance transactions with her broad experience on different structured projects with different sizes. Her vast experience and knowledge along with leadership skills makes her one of those who decides the strategy as if she was a part of the company."
Legal 500, 2023