Güniz Gökçe
Biography
“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.
Overview
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.
Washington D.C
Experience
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.
Representation of Rönenans Holding and its Kazakh subsidiary Renell Kokshetau LLP in connection with the financing of the first healthcare facility to be developed under the PPP model in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
Representation of J.P. Morgan on the issuance of US$405 million 7.536% Secured Amortising Notes, which will be used to finance the completion of the Sarıyer-Kilyos Tunnel Project in Türkiye under the BOT model.
Representation of Enerjisa Üretim Santralleri A.Ş. in connection with an up to US$1.012 billion financing made available by a syndicate of lenders including Akbank, DEG, DFC, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Proparco for the financing of the development and construction of 750 MW Wind Energy Power Plants in the Aegean region of Türkiye under the YEKA-2 WPP scheme. Part of the loans are partially backed by Euler Hermes with an export credit cover.
Representation of Borusan EnBW Enerji Yatırımları ve Üretim A.Ş. on a US$120 million facility extended by Akbank, EBRD, İş Bank and TSKB to finance the construction of 80 MW Pelit Wind Power Plant in Sivas and the second capacity increase of 36.3 MW at the Balabanlı Wind Power Plant in Tekirdağ, Türkiye.
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 lenders, including Akbank, ING Türkiye, MUFG Bank Turkey, QNB Türkiye and TEB, in connection with a syndicated loan in an amount of approximately EUR90 million extended to TEMSA Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş.
Representation of Kalyon Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş. in connection with the EUR249 million UK Export Finance (UKEF)-supported facility arranged by Standard Chartered Bank to finance the 390 MWp Anka Solar Power Plant Project, which spans the provinces of Bor-Niğde, Gaziantep, and Şanlıurfa-Viranşehir.
Representation of IFC, Proparco, GGF, Southeast Europe S.A. in connection with the US$530 million financing package extended to Akbank, DenizBank, QNB Finansbank, İş Bank and Yapı Kredi Bank to boost the recovery of micro and smaller businesses in the eleven provinces hit by the earthquake in southern Türkiye. EFSE, BlueOrchard and Symbiotics also participated in this large-scale financing which aims to provide liquidity to the participating banks to help them continue lending to the quake-affected businesses.
Representation of lenders, including Garanti BBVA, İş Bank, VakıfBank, Yapı Kredi Bank, and TSKB, in connection with the execution and necessary amendments of the financing documents to be signed regarding the IPO of GDZ Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş.
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