Due to the importance of disclosure of compliance with sustainability principles in evaluating the performance of companies, to ensure transparency, comparability, and reliability of the disclosures made within the scope of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, regulations have been introduced in the Turkish legal system.

Investment funds in the Czech Republic are regulated by the Czech Investment Companies and Investment Funds Act (ZISIF) and by local implementing regulations (governmental decrees and decrees of the Czech National Bank – CNB).

The Baltic region, comprising Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, boasts an emerging public capital market facilitated by the unified securities trading platform – the Nasdaq Baltic Stock Exchange.

The economic sector of the Republic of Serbia, including the capital market, offers a telling reflection of the global market’s challenges and some regional specifics. Despite periods of uncertainty and stagnation, Serbia’s capital market maintains signs of vitality and potential for growth.

White & Case and its Turkish affiliate law firm GKC Partners have advised Ulker Biskuvi on its USD 550 million Eurobond issuance. Baker McKenzie and its Turkish affiliate law firm Esin Attorney Partnership advised the bookrunners including J.P. Morgan Securities, Merrill Lynch International, Emirates NBD Bank, HSBC Bank, and Rabo Securities.

Linklaters has advised Goldman Sachs Bank Europe as the global coordinator and JLM and LHV Bank as joint lead managers on the offering of a EUR 400 million perpetual green hybrid bond by Eesti Energia.