Çakmak acted as Turkish counsel to Kuwait Finance House in a USD 500 million murabaha financing to Vakıfbank.

03/10/2025

We are pleased to have acted as Turkish counsel to Kuwait Finance House on its USD 500 million, 5-year murabaha financing, marking VakıfBank’s first-ever murabaha financing.

This transaction demonstrates international investor confidence in Türkiye’s banking sector and supports the continued development of cross-border Islamic finance between Türkiye and the GCC, with VakıfBank being Türkiye’s second-largest bank.

The Çakmak team was led by partner Devrim Ergun and included counsel Aslı Pabuççuoğlu.

We congratulate the parties on this successful transaction.

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