Advisory
We work with companies on the decisions that are hard to undo: entering a market, getting licensed, buying or selling a business, structuring a group, financing a project.
Practices
We help management teams decide where to invest their time and capital, and turn that decision into a plan the organisation can execute. Our work combines market analysis with practical knowledge of how products are sold, licensed and distributed in Türkiye, the Balkans, the Gulf and the EU.
Typical clients
Founders, management teams and boards of growing companies; international groups entering Türkiye or the region.
Services
- Market assessment and entry strategy
- Market sizing, competitive landscape, regulatory barriers and the entry model that fits: direct, partnership, acquisition or licensing.
- Go-to-market planning
- Target segments, positioning, pricing, sales channels and the first twelve months of commercial priorities.
- Business plans and financial projections
- Plans prepared for boards, investors, lenders and regulators, with assumptions that can be defended.
- Partnership and distribution models
- Structuring distribution, white-label, agency and joint venture arrangements.
- Growth and operating reviews
- An outside view of the organisation, cost base and commercial performance, with a prioritised action plan.
Financial services businesses live or die by their licences, their banking relationships and their controls. We support firms through authorisation, build-out and growth, drawing on long operating experience in regulated brokerage and payments across several jurisdictions.
Typical clients
Brokers, payment and e-money institutions, crypto asset service providers, fintechs and their shareholders.
Services
- Licensing strategy and application support
- Choice of jurisdiction and licence type, regulatory business plans, policies and the application file.
- Compliance and AML frameworks
- Risk assessments, onboarding and monitoring procedures, reporting lines and compliance monitoring plans.
- Banking, payment and liquidity partners
- Identifying and assessing banks, payment service providers and liquidity providers, and preparing for their due diligence.
- Operating model and technology set-up
- Target operating model, vendor selection and implementation of trading, CRM and back-office systems.
- Regulatory health checks
- Independent review of governance, controls and documentation ahead of inspections, audits or transactions.
Transactions are won or lost in preparation. We help shareholders and management prepare the numbers, the story and the process, and we coordinate the advisers around them so the deal keeps to its timetable.
Typical clients
Shareholders, family-owned companies, investors and management teams.
Services
- Valuation and financial modelling
- Business valuations and integrated financial models for transactions, fundraising and internal decisions.
- Transaction preparation
- Information memoranda, data rooms, vendor due diligence coordination and management presentations.
- Buy-side and sell-side process management
- Target screening, approach, negotiation support and coordination through signing and closing.
- Capital raising support
- Preparing for equity and debt financing, investor materials and lender discussions.
- Restructuring and post-deal integration
- Separation and integration plans, reorganisations and turnaround programmes.
Most regulatory projects fail on coordination rather than on law. We manage the process: we map the requirements, prepare the business side of the file and keep regulators, lawyers and internal teams aligned. Legal advice and representation are provided by independent law firms we work with, under their own engagement terms.
Typical clients
Regulated businesses, foreign investors and companies with cross-border operations.
Services
- Regulatory mapping
- Which rules apply to a business model, which approvals are needed and in what order.
- Regulatory project management
- Planning and running licence, approval and notification processes end to end.
- Data protection programmes
- KVKK and GDPR inventories, notices, processes and training, with legal review by partner firms.
- Foreign investment and company set-up
- Coordinating company formation, permits and corporate housekeeping for foreign investors.
- Access to partner law firms
- Introducing and managing specialist counsel for corporate, commercial and regulatory matters.
A group structure should follow the business, not the other way round. We design and implement holding, subsidiary and governance structures for groups operating in more than one country. Tax opinions and filings are prepared by licensed tax advisers we work with.
Typical clients
Family groups, holding companies and entrepreneurs with interests in several countries.
Services
- Holding and subsidiary design
- Choice of jurisdictions, ownership chains and the roles of each entity.
- Governance and board structures
- Boards, committees, delegation of authority and shareholder arrangements.
- Cross-border set-up and reorganisation
- Establishing, merging or transferring entities and moving activities between them.
- Investment incentives
- Identifying available incentive schemes and preparing the application.
- Succession planning
- Structuring ownership and management transitions in family businesses.
Energy and infrastructure projects need patient capital and a clear path through permits. We help sponsors and investors test the economics, structure the project and bring in the right partners and financiers.
Typical clients
Project sponsors, developers, landowners and investors.
Services
- Feasibility and financial models
- Technical and commercial assumptions translated into a bankable model.
- Permits and licensing roadmaps
- The sequence of permits, licences and grid or zoning approvals the project needs.
- Project finance and investor search
- Preparing the financing case and approaching lenders, funds and strategic investors.
- EPC and partner selection
- Tendering and assessing contractors, suppliers and operating partners.
- Real estate development support
- Market studies, development plans and investor materials for residential and hospitality projects.
We build software ourselves, so our technology advice comes from practice. We help companies choose where to automate, what to buy and what to build, and how to govern AI once it is in use. Where a custom solution is the right answer, our product studio can deliver it.
Typical clients
Mid-sized companies, regulated firms and public-facing service businesses.
Services
- AI opportunity assessment
- Identifying processes where AI saves time or reduces risk, with a business case for each.
- AI policy and governance
- Usage policies, risk classification, testing and oversight aligned with emerging regulation.
- Software selection and vendor review
- Requirements, market scan, demonstrations and contract points for core systems.
- Digital transformation programmes
- Roadmaps, change management and delivery oversight.
- Custom development
- Design and delivery of bespoke software by our product studio.
How we work
Each engagement is led by a partner, who brings in specialists from our practices and partner firms as the work requires. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before we start.
Nordera Works is not a law firm, tax advisory firm or investment firm. Legal advice and representation are provided by independent law firms, and tax opinions by licensed tax advisers, under their own engagement terms. Nordera Works does not provide investment services or investment advice.
Contact
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