Derin Altan

Derin Altan

Counsel, Head of Capital Markets
Derin Altan
Derin Altan

Derin Altan

Counsel, Head of Capital Markets
Derin Altan

Overview

Derin is a counsel in our Capital Markets practice. He specializes in both equity and debt capital markets issuances, including Islamic products. Derin represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings and projects involving shares, covered warrants, public disclosures, derivative instruments, over-the-counter products, foreign securities and intermediary institutions.

Additionally, he regularly advises clients on regulatory issues and M&A transactions involving listed entities.

Derin speaks regularly at industry conferences and seminars relating to equity and debt capital markets as well as financing and M&A transactions of public companies. Derin also appears as a guest lecturer at universities and industry groups.

Derin holds an "Advanced Level Capital Markets License" and a "Corporate Governance Rating License" issued by the Association of Capital Markets Intermediary Institutions Association of Türkiye.

In recent years, Derin has been involved in most of the market-leading debt capital markets transactions and several prominent equity capital markets transactions.

Istanbul Bar Association
MA, Boğaziçi University, Economics and Finance
LLB, Istanbul University, Faculty of Law
English
Spanish
Turkish

Leading Individual in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
Legal 500, 2025

Band 1 in Capital Markets
Chambers & Partners, 2025

"Derin Altan has a very good understanding of the capital markets domain and all stakeholders involved, he is extremely competent and has a very pragmatic approach that helps clients through complex transactions."
Legal 500, 2025

"Derin Altan has a wide-ranging practice which covers both debt and equity capital markets. Clients describe him as "detail-oriented, knowledgeable and very commercial" and laud his "ability to build bridges between parties."
Chambers & Partners, 2024

"Very smart and hard-working lawyer."
Chambers & Partners, 2021
 

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