Sevde Nur Paksoy is a Senior Associate in the Corporate/M&A team with a focus on capital markets and the real estate sector. She advises domestic and foreign investors on all their corporate, commercial and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Lexist, Sevde worked on one of Turkey’s largest infrastructure (airport) investment projects in recent years, gaining critical experience on the preparation of Public Private Project (“PPP”) documents , including implementation agreements.
Highlights of her practice at Lexist to date include being involved in the legislation preparation processes for the creation of the legal basis for a real estate project (this project was concerned with the establishment of a regional financial centre twice the size of Canary Wharf); representing clients under investigation by the Turkish Competition Authority on the preparation of defence statements and drafting and submitting of response petitions; and providing counseling services to companies operating in the engineering and construction sectors on all aspects of several successful IPOs during the Covid-19 restructuring phase that hit Turkish businesses.
Generally Sevde conducts due diligence, drafts and negotiates agreements, advises corporate clients both on their day-to-day business and on a project basis concerning strategic matters where her deep knowledge of the client is crucial in recommending successful solutions.
Sevde also assists listed clients on compliance with capital markets legislation during and following IPOs.