Senior Associate
Rüştü Mert Kaşka
Department
Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts
Languages
Turkish, English
Contact
rustumertkaska@erdem-erdem.av.tr
Biography
Rüştü Mert Kaşka is a Senior Associate in Corporate Affairs Department of Erdem & Erdem. He especially provides legal advice on energy law, infrastructure projects, project finance, real estate law, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions.
He actively participates in preparation and negotiation of project documentation in infrastructure projects including engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operation and maintenance contracts and sub-contracts. He advises clients regarding regulatory matters concerning energy law. He renders legal assistance in M&A projects by conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating shareholders’ agreements, share purchase agreements, share subscription agreements and conducting signing and closing transactions. He also assists clients on corporate works including incorporation of companies as well as liquidation processes.
Mert is graduated from Yeditepe University Faculty of Law and he completed his LLM degree at Queen Mary University of London.
Service Areas
It covers all stages of a company's life cycle, from incorporation to liquidation.
ESG examines the impact and progress of a company's environmental, social, and governance practices.
The merger of two or more companies and the acquisition of one company by another.
Aims to improve economic efficiency by transferring public institutions and services to the private sector.
Practices subject to insolvency situations or changes in financial structure.
Representative Matters
Contracts
Restructuring and Insolvency
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Advisory
- He advised a Turkish energy company as to its contract for transferring a petroleum license.
- He advised a Turkish energy company as to contracts relating installation of a photovoltaic panels manufacturing facility.
- He advised a Turkish manufacturer as to drafting of its power purchase agreement.
- He advised a Turkish automotive parts company regarding construction of a manufacturing facility.
- He rendered legal assistance as to drafting and negotiation of contracts regarding unlicensed (license-exempt) solar power plant installation projects.
- He advised an automotive manufacturer regarding drafting and negotiation of a supply contracts with several OEMs and suppliers.
- He rendered legal assistance to energy investors and contractors with respect to contractual and regulatory issues regarding unlicensed electricity generation projects.
- He rendered legal assistance as to contract management regarding a solar power plant construction project.
- He conducted legal assistance as to a dispute relating to defective wind turbines.
- He rendered legal assistance on preparation and negotiation of contracts as to installation of a biogas-fired power plant in Denizli.
- He advised a Turkish contractor in negotiation of the construction contract of a manufacturing center construction project carried out by such Turkish contractor in Saudi Arabia.
- He advised a Turkish contractor as to contract management regarding a data center construction project in Turkey.
- He rendered legal assistance on reviewing and negotiation of contracts regarding a thermal power plant construction project in South Africa.
- He provided consultancy services to a foreign energy company regarding their Operation & Maintenance Contracts in the context of their various Operation & Maintenance Projects.
- He provided legal assistance in preparation and negotiation of sub-contracts in the context of a thermal power plant rehabilitation project which was undertaken by a consortium consisting of Turkish and foreign contractors.
- He rendered legal assistance on liquidation of an energy company
- He provided legal assistance regarding drafting and negotiation of transaction documents as to privatization projects.
- He conducted legal due diligence as to a privatization project.
- He conducted legal due diligence as to acquisition of a mining company.
- He conducted legal due diligence as to acquisition of an industrial manufacturing company.
- He conducted legal due diligence as to acquisition of a Turkish subsidiary of a foreign group of companies operating in the bathroom fixtures sector.
- He conducted legal due diligence as to acquisition of a Turkish subsidiary of a foreign group of companies operating in the textile sector.
- He advised a foreign tech company regarding Turkish electricity storage regulations.
- He rendered legal assistance to an automotive parts manufacturer’s contracts with OEMs and other suppliers
- He advised a carbon imported regarding the regulatory issues concerning carbon imports to Türkiye.
- He advised solar energy investors regarding regulatory matters.
- He rendered legal advisory services regarding regulatory matters to an electricity distribution company.
- He rendered general legal advisory services to a Turkish bank regarding their day-to-day requests.
- He rendered daily legal assistance to a Turkish manufacturing company as to their commercial contracts.
- He provided legal analysis regarding Turkish contracts law for a foreign investment consultancy company.
- He assisted a Turkish energy company as to energy efficiency and unlicensed generation regulations.
- He rendered legal assistance to a bank regarding the spot electricity market.
- He rendered legal assistance regarding a price gauging investigation.
- He rendered legal assistance to a Turkish company regarding international sanctions.
- He rendered legal assistance as to a dispute between shareholders of an affiliate of a conglomerate.
- He rendered legal assistance regarding day-to-day legal requests and commercial contracts of a company in the automotive sector.
- He rendered legal assistance regarding preparation and negotiation of contracts as to installation of a biogas-fired power plant in İzmir.
- He rendered legal assistance to a foreign-owned company offering portable power solutions in relation to energy legislation, their commercial contracts and day-to-day activities.
- He rendered legal assistance to a foreign group of companies in incorporating in a free zone in Turkey and securing a free zone operating license.
- He conducted legal analysis regarding violation of a minority shareholder’s rights in a leading office utilities supply company and rendered legal assistance on amicable settlement of the dispute and transfer of the minority shares.
- He assisted an American entrepreneur in expanding its robotic process operation business to Turkey by forming a joint venture.
Education
Queen Mary University of London, LLM
Yeditepe University Faculty of Law
Hayrullah Kefoğlu Anatolian High School
Publications
Newsletter Articles
Other Articles
- Üretim Tesisi Kurulumuna Dayalı Enerji Performans Sözleşmelerinin Elektrik Mevzuatı Açısından Değerlendirilmesi, Enerji Hukuku Dergisi, 2023/1.
- Advantages of Real Estate Investment Funds, Lexology, 13.10.2020.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka/Sena Güngördü, The Legal 500 Oil and Gas Guide – Turkey Chapter, Lexology, 26.12.2019.
- Incorporating in Free Zones in Turkey, Lexology, 22.01.2021.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka, Corporate Authority to Sign Arbitration Agreements, Lexology, 30.04.2019.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka, At a Glance: Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation and Storage in Turkey, Lexology, 16.02.2021.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka, Enforcement of Foreign Judgements, Lexology, 05.10.2019.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka, Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Turkey – Series No. 2, Lexology,19.11.2020.
- Legal Framework of Obtaining Natural Gas Import License In Turkey, Lexology, 25.01.2021.
- Ömer Kesikli/Rüştü Mert Kaşka, 2019 Legal 500 Comparative Legal Guides, Turkey: Construction (2nd edn).
Draft Regulation on the Operation of Carbon Markets
ESG and Sustainability
EFET General Agreement Concerning the Delivery and Acceptance of Electricity
Law of Obligations
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Queen Mary University Alumni
Young ISTAC
Young EDAC
