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Baker McKenzie and Esin Attorney Partnership Advises DFDS on Acquisition of Ekol Transport

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Baker McKenzie and its Turkish affiliate Esin Attorney Partnership advised DFDS on its acquisition of Ekol Transport and the international transport network connecting Turkiye and Europe from Ekol Logistics and individual sellers led by founder Ahmet Musul. Caliskan Okkan Toker reportedly advised the sellers.

DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company.

According to Esin Attorney Partnership, Ekol Transport conducts international transportation business in Europe with more than 10 subsidiaries established in Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Romania, and Slovenia.

The Esin Attorney Partnership team included Managing Partner Eren Kursun, Partner Orcun Solak, and Associates Mehmetcan Atasoy, Batuhan Hamamcioglu, Hilal Aydin, Kaan Karagol, and Bera Pektas.

The Baker McKenzie team included Warsaw-based Managing Partner Weronika Achramowicz and Associates Michal Pakosz, Hanna Wiejowska, Anna Pawluczuk, and Mikolaj Karniszewski, Budapest-based Partner Akos Fehervary and Associate Nora Zsuzsanna Kovacs, as well as further lawyers in Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, France, and the Netherlands.

Editor's Note: After this article was published, Caliskan Okkan Toker confirmed its involvement to CEE Legal Matters. The firm's team included Partners Sezer Caliskan and Mustafa Toker and Senior Associate Hazal Boduroglu.

Additionally, Zepos & Yannopoulos announced that it had advised DFDS. The firm's team included Partner Stefanos Charaktiniotis, Senior Associates Elpida Karathodorou and Anastasia Veneti, and Associate Rania Koliouli.

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