Güniz is always tenacious, and she is determined and a fighter. With the combination of these and the drive to defend her clients, I felt safe.
genuinely fantastic banking lawyer who has expertise in all aspects of finance mandates. She’s very knowledgeable, not just about legal points but the commercial side as well, and we can always call her - she’s easy to access.
Biography
Güniz serves as the Executive Partner of the Istanbul office and is the head of our Debt Finance practice in Istanbul. Her practice focuses on a variety of banking and structured finance transactions. She advises arrangers, lenders and multilateral financial institutions on complex financing operations and has developed particular expertise in cross-border financings and securitizations. She also advises borrowers, including financial sponsors and their portfolio companies, on a wide range of financing transactions, including syndications and restructurings.
She advises and represents clients in deals spanning some of Türkiye's most important sectors, including energy, infrastructure, transportation & logistics, real estate, and mining & metals.
Experience
Representation of Fernas İnşaat A.Ş. and FNS Otoyol Yatırım ve İşletme A.Ş., acting as sponsor and the project company, in connection with the EUR973,769,434 financing for the Ankara-Kırıkkale-Delice motorway project on the basis of the built-operate-transfer (BOT) model.
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 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 the lender consortium consisting of international development banks; IFC, AIIB, EBRD and DEG, along with other international banks, Deutsche Bank, Alpha Bank, National Bank of Greece and Bank of China and Turkish banks; Akbank, VakıfBank, Ziraat Bank, TEB, Garanti BBVA and QNB in connection with the financing of the concession for Antalya Airport ("AYT") awarded to the Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and TAV Havalimanları Holding A.Ş. by the Turkish State Airports Authority by means of a re-financing and a long-term financing/project financing to be extended to Fraport TAV Antalya Yatırım Yapım ve İşletme A.Ş. to secure the long-term financial viability of the Concession for AYT.
Representation of İş Bank and TSKB in connection with the closing of the long-term financing for Ankara Esenboğa Airport up to an amount of EUR342 million.
Representation of the consortium of Senior Financiers including EBRD, AIIB, Deutsche Bank AG, Standard Chartered Bank, Natixis, IsDB, ICD, and Vakıflar Bank 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.
Washington D.C
Market Leader in
-Banking & Finance
-Project Development
IFLR 1000, 2025
Leading Individual in
-Bank, Finance and Capital Markets
-Project Finance/Projects
-Restructuring & Insolvency
Legal 500, 2025
Band 1
in Banking & Finance
Chambers & Partners, 2025
Güniz Gökçe is a great negotiator and one of the best leading lawyers in the project financing world."
Chambers & Partners, 2025
"Güniz Gökçe is very responsive and prompt. She is very supportive for all the matters."
Chambers & Partners, 2024
"Güniz Gökçe is always available, commercial and swift."
Legal 500, 2024
"She is very hands-on and inspires confidence to both the clients and the opposite side with her character and experience."
Chambers & Partners, 2023
"The best in her field."
Legal 500, 2022