Turkey’s leading investment services and asset management group ÜNLÜ & Co has been presented with the “Turkey M&A Financial Adviser of the Year” award, at Mergermarket European M&A Awards held in London. In response to the award, ÜNLÜ & Co Chairman and CEO Mahmut L. Ünlü said, “The awards we receive, especially in M&A category, serve as a testament of our reputation both in Turkey and abroad. We will continue our efforts with relentless ambition, driven by our confidence in our country’s future.” Turkey's leading investment services and asset management group ÜNLÜ & Co crowned its achievements in mergers and acquisitions with a new international award. At Mergermarket European M&A Awards held in London, ÜNLÜ & Co was recognized as ‘M&A Financial Adviser of the Year’ in Turkey. The awards recognize financial and legal advisers’ excellence in M&A transactions. Winners are determined based on both Mergermarket league tables and on input from an independent judging panel. ÜNLÜ & Co Group is Turkey’s leading mergers and acquisitions advisor with 123 successful transactions. Moreover, the Company also ranks the first in terms deals above USD 30 million, with total number of concluded transactions, total number of cross-border transactions, and total number of private fund transactions since 2010. 'THE AWARD SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR REPUTATION' In response to the award, ÜNLÜ & Co Chairman and CEO Mahmut L. Ünlü said, “As Turkey’s leading investment services and asset management group, we are delighted with this further recognition. The awards we receive, especially in M&A category, serve as a testament to our reputation both in Turkey and abroad. The successful M&A transactions we have completed to date have reached USD 18 billion in value. We are proud of the investments we helped bring to our country. We will continue our efforts with relentless ambition, driven by our confidence in our country’s future.” About ÜNLÜ & Co Established in 1996, ÜNLÜ & Co Group has become Turkey’s leading merger and acquisition advisory firm with 123 successful transactions and USD 18 billion total transaction value. The Company also ranks first in terms deals above USD 30 mn, with total number of concluded transactions, total number of cross-border transactions, and total number of private fund transactions since 2010. (Source: Mergermarket) ÜNLÜ & Co Group ranks second among all financial institutions with a 22% market share (excluding privatizations) in capital market transactions through 2010-2022, involving initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, and accelerated book building; 32 transactions; and an aggregate transaction value of USD 3 billion. (Source: Bloomberg) ÜNLÜ & Co Group has generated an aggregate volume in excess of TL 2.2 billion through 31 debt instrument issuances since 2013. (Source: Borsa İstanbul) As one of Turkey’s leading non-performing loan management companies, İstanbul Varlık has TL 350 million in aggregate investments, and a portfolio with capital value of TL 4 billion. ÜNLÜ & Co also offers personalized investment advisory services to qualified retail and institutional investors through DAHA Investment Advisory, which operates within its premises. Assets managed in the framework of DAHA operations amount to TL 8.5 billion as of March 2022. In the realm of Asset Management services, ÜNLÜ & Co is active with Fund and Portfolio Management, ÜNLÜ Alternative Assets, and Non-Performing Loan Management, with an employee headcount in excess of 280. Assets managed under Asset Management group amount to around TL 5.5 billion. Headquartered in Istanbul and having a total employee count close to 500, ÜNLÜ & Co also has offices in İstanbul - Bağdat Street, Ankara and İzmir, along with subsidiaries in New York and London.