Müfit Arapoğlu is a Partner in the Istanbul office and the head of the Capital Markets service line in Turkey. He also serves as the head of the firm-wide Banking, Finance & Capital Markets service line and the co-head of the firm-wide Financial Institutions (non-transactional) sector.

Müfit has extensive experience in equity and debt capital market transactions, including primary and secondary public offerings, debt instruments, and eurobond, sukuk and covered bond issuances, representing Turkish and foreign companies in relation to voluntary and mandatory tender offers, providing general securities law advice to public companies and Capital Markets Board licensed institutions, as well as the sale and purchase of companies in various sectors such as cybersecurity, FMCG, banking, and cement production.

Müfit Arapoğlu is great to work with: experienced yet very approachable partner.

The most important thing for us, they [Kinstellar] made us feel like we are a team. Müfit Arapoğlu and Dila Topuz managed not only capital markets process, but also due diligence process at the same time. Moreover, they are always accessible. Thanks to Müfit Arapoğlu and his team approach, very difficult process became easy.

Legal 500, 2023

EDUCATION

• 2005: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, School of Law, LL.M. in International Business Law
• 2001: Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Istanbul Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Turkish, English, German