Adnan Bekdur

Representative experience includes:

Representation of Marathon Asset Management on its investment into a Brookfield-led single asset fund, established to invest US $2bn by way of Pref Shares into GEMS Education, a global leading private school operator based in MENA.

Representation of Armira on the acquisition of a 40% stake of the Pharos Group, a leading pharmaceutical group based in Greece.

Representation of Blue Water Energy (Bluewater) on the sale of engineering company Kent to Nesma & Partners.

Representation of Kent (formerly Kentech), a portfolio company of Blue Water Energy, in its acquisition of the oil & gas and engineering & consulting business of SNC-Lavalin.

Representation of Alpha Bank on the partial disposal of a large and diverse portfolio of real estate assets in Greece.

Representation of Actis on the EUR 500 million acquisition of a newly carved-out telecom towers business from the state-owned Telekom Srbija (a leading telecommunications operator in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region), encompassing 1,800 towers across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Representation of John Laing Group on its acquisition of HICL Infrastructure PLC's entire equity interest in four UK public-private partnership projects and a 37.5% stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets.

Representation of Mubadala on Project Zenith, the investment  into an investment vehicle (with Starz) for the purpose of originating, acquiring, financing and/or disposing of commercial real estate loans.

Representation of a leading Abu Dhabi fund on its acquisition of an indirect interest in one of the world's leading commodities trading companies.

Representation of Blue Water Energy, a leading London-based energy investment firm specializing in oil and gas, on the acquisition from Carlyle (and others) of Authentix, Inc.

Representation of CVC Capital Partners on its EUR 942m acquisition of the Partner in Pet Food Group (PPF), valuing PPF at an EV of EUR 1.5bn. PPF is a leading pan-European pet food manufacturer.

Representation of FutureLife a.s., a pan-European provider of IVF and related services and a portfolio company of CVC Capital, on its acquisition of London IVF clinic The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health (CRGH).

Representation of Centerbridge Partners and Gallatin Point Capital on their acquisition of a 32.5 percent controlling stake in Phoenix Holdings Ltd, the largest insurance company in Israel, from Delek Group Ltd.

Representation of: (i) Goldman Sachs International in its investment for a minority of stake; and (ii) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in its second round of subscription for a minority stake, in Modanisa Elektronik Mağazacılık ve Ticaret A.Ş., an e-commerce based retailer selling modern conservative clothing and accessories.

Representation of Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investments on its investment in OutSystems, the global leader in low-code rapid application development.

Representation of Blackstone Credit in connection with its disposal of a 15% stake in the Morson Group, a UK-based specialist recruitment group, to Onex Corporation, a Canadian listed private equity firm.

Representation of the controlling shareholders of Advanz Pharma (the global specialty pharmaceuticals company), Blackstone Capital and Bybrook, on its formal sale process culminating in the public offer by Nordic Capital, a leading private equity investor, for an equity value of US$846 million.

Representation of Blackstone Credit on its debt and equity financing to support the acquisition of Datasite Global Corporation by CapVest Partners LLP. Unitranche was then partially retranched into a PIK financing, with the remaining unitranche financing taken out by a first lien syndicated financing.

Representation of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, one of the world's largest credit-oriented alternative asset managers, in the sale of Alcontrol Group Limited and the structuring and upstreaming of proceeds.

Representation of Blackstone Credit on various alternative capital transactions, financings or restructurings, including in relation to Cobham plc and KP1.

Representation of Anchorage Capital Group LLC, GIC and Davidson Kempner in the sale of their interests in Eir, the principal provider of fixed-line and mobile telecoms services in Ireland, to Toohil Telecom Holdings Limited (a company controlled by NJJ) for an enterprise value of €3.5 billion.

Representation of GIC in its financing of an acquisition by CD&R of Epicor in the US.

Representation of the Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) in relation to its 100% acquisition of Al Mansoori Petroleum Services LLC (AMPS), a provider of oilfield services in the Middle East based in Abu Dhabi, for c. US$1 billion.

Representation of Harbour Energy Limited, the energy investment vehicle managed by EIG Global Energy Partners, on its agreement to lead the US$3 billion acquisition by Chrysaor Holdings Limited of North Sea oil & gas assets from Shell UK and its affiliates.

Representation of York Capital Management on the sale of an indirect stake in NBG Pangaea Real Estate Investment Company, Greece's largest REIC, to Castlelake.

Representation of A15, a leading tech investment fund, on its sale of a 76 percent stake in its United Arab Emirates-based fintech company TPAY Mobile FZ-LLC (TPAY) to Africa's leading private investment firm Helios Investment Partners.