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Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Capital markets
Capital markets
Banking and finance
Firm overview

Okat Law is a corporate commercial law firm with a special expertise in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets and which has experience in litigation. The Firm focuses on cross-border transactions with Turkish banks and corporate counterparties. We are a flexible and dynamic law firm catering to the growing needs of modern financial entities and companies, with client satisfaction at the center of our philosophy.

Okat Law is an İstanbul-based law firm that redefines legal practice with its unwavering commitment to excellence by providing timely, innovative, high-quality legal services to its international and local clients. We have profound expertise across a diverse spectrum of products and industries. Our success originates from this particular understanding, which enables us to produce the correct outcomes in any circumstance continuously.

At Okat Law, we seek to provide clients with the highest international standards of legal services and advise leading international and local financial institutions and growing companies on the most challenging legal matters. We are experienced in the most complex transactions, and we are well-known for our sharp, to-the-point advice on most complex regulatory issues by delving deeply into the nuances of each subject.

Okat Law was established by Y. Özge Okat after 25 years of transactional and regulatory legal practice, 12 years in law firms and 13 years at the Capital Markets Board. Legal 500 lists Okat Law in Banking, Finance & Capital Markets rankings and IFLR selected Özge Okat as a "Highly Regarded Lawyer” five years in a row.

Okat Law is a boutique firm specialized in the area of Banking, Finance and Capital Markets practice, providing legal and professional consultancy services to both domestic and foreign companies and representing companies and individuals for dispute resolution matters.

Tel: +90(212) 317 41 42 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.okatlaw.com/
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Linked Reviews
Banking

Okat Law is an independent Turkish law firm based in Istanbul. The firm was established in 1997 by Y Özge Okat after 25 years of transactional and regulatory legal practice, 12 years in law firms and 13 years at the Capital Markets Board. The firm offers high quality legal services to both international and local clients across diverse practice areas including Banking and finance, and Capital markets.

 

Key clients 

Dinamik Investment Securities, Gedik Investment Securities, Gelecek Asset Management, Packaging Industry, and Seğmen Kardeşler Food Production.

 

Testimonials

“Professionalism, experience, deep knowledge, promptness.” – Financial services regulatory Client.

“He has deep knowledge of banking, regulatory and corporate legislation. He is highly experienced, business oriented, and solution driven. He is deemed as highly trusted and responsible.” – Özge Okat

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