Established in 1946, Garanti Bank is Turkey’s second largest private bank with consolidated assets of US$ 96.2 billion as of December 31, 2015.
Garanti is an integrated financial services group operating in every segment of the banking sector including corporate, commercial, SME, payment systems, retail, private and investment banking together with its subsidiaries in pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, brokerage, and asset management besides international subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Russia and Romania. As of December 31, 2015, Garanti provides a wide range of financial services to more than 13.8 million customers with 19.7 thousand employees through an extensive distribution network of 971 domestic branches; 7 foreign branches in Cyprus, one in Luxembourg and one in Malta; 3 international representative offices in London, Düsseldorf and Shanghai with 4,504 ATMs, an award-winning Call Center, internet, mobile and social banking platforms, all built on cutting-edge technological infrastructure. Moving forward to maintain sustainable growth by creating value to all its stakeholders, Garanti builds its strategy on the principles of always approaching its customers in a “transparent”, “clear” and “responsible” manner, improving customer experience continuously by offering products and services that are tailored to their needs. Its competent and dynamic human resources, unique technological infrastructure, customer-centric service approach, innovative products and services offered with strict adherence to quality carry Garanti to a leading position in the Turkish banking sector.

Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance is one of the world’s pre-eminent law firms with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. As a single, fully integrated, global partnership, the firm strives to exceed the expectations of the clients, which include corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators and trade bodies.

After having advised domestic and international businesses active in Turkey for more than 30 years, Clifford Chance has been operating on the ground from Istanbul since 2011 in cooperation with Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership on Turkish law matters, focusing on a wide range of PPP, energy, infrastructure, finance, M&A and capital markets work where the firm already enjoys a strong reputation with major domestic and international businesses active in the Turkish market, holding also a strong track record with various landmark projects in Turkey.

Clifford Chance considers Turkey, as one of the exciting markets and keeps a long-standing commitment to Turkey which has given the firm a deep understanding of the Turkish market and unparalleled expertise in relation to cross-border transactions.

Clifford Chance Istanbul
Büyükdere Caddesi No: 185, Kanyon Ofis Binası
Kat 10, Levent 34394 Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 339 0000

Further information about the Firm is available at:

 http://www.cliffordchance.com

CIFTCI Law firm is the leading Turkish law firm working in cooperation with Clifford Chance in relation to Turkish law matters, advising major domestic and international banks, governmental entities and corporates on their Turkish and international operations. Through our professional association, we bring global expertise to our international and domestic clients active in the Turkish market and provide first class advice on Turkish law aspects of transactions.

Further information about the Firm is available at:

www.ciftcilaw.com.tr