Where experience meets the next stage of growth
M&A advisory for shareholders, companies and investors navigating ownership transitions, acquisitions and capital decisions.
Actonera works with founders, family shareholders, strategic acquirers and private equity investors on selected M&A deals, focusing on sectors where technical understanding, local market knowledge and transaction experience are critical.
About Actonera
Senior-led transaction advice for shareholders evaluating sale, growth, partnership or succession alternatives.
Actonera works with business owners, family shareholders, strategic acquirers and investors on company sales, acquisitions, partnerships and selected capital-related transactions, led by senior advisors with more than 30 years of transaction experience.
We take on transactions where careful positioning, selective outreach and hands-on senior execution can make a practical difference to valuation, terms and closing probability.
Situation-specific advice
Each mandate is shaped around the client’s objectives, transaction alternatives and realistic market options.
Experienced execution team
Transaction work is led by advisors who have seen a broad range of deal situations in Türkiye and cross-border contexts.
Prepared market approach
Each process starts with clear positioning, relevant counterparty mapping and a controlled outreach plan.
Local transaction context
Our work is informed by long-standing exposure to Turkish business owners, strategic buyers and financial investors.
Who we advise
Advising shareholders, buyers and investors in selected transaction situations.
We work with clients where a sale, acquisition, partnership, succession question or capital-related decision requires clear judgement, market knowledge and disciplined execution.
Owners and founders
Business owners and founders considering liquidity, succession, a strategic partnership or a full exit.
Family succession situations
Families facing generational transition and assessing ownership, management, liquidity or strategic alternatives for the business.
Strategic acquirers
Local and international companies looking for relevant acquisition opportunities in Türkiye.
Private equity funds
Financial investors assessing platform investments, add-on acquisitions or exit alternatives in Türkiye.
Services
Advisory across selected ownership, acquisition and capital situations.
Sell-side M&A advisory
Preparation, positioning, buyer universe development, confidential outreach, process coordination and negotiation support for shareholders considering a partial sale, full sale or ownership transition.
Buy-side M&A advisory
Target identification, screening, approach strategy and transaction support for strategic acquirers and investors evaluating Türkiye-based acquisition opportunities.
Financial restructuring advisory
Balance sheet, lender coordination and restructuring-related situations where transaction discipline and stakeholder management are required.
Approach
A disciplined process before going to market.
Transaction outcomes are shaped before the first counterparty is approached: by preparation, positioning, process design and careful sequencing.
01
Situation assessment
Clarifying the shareholder, investor or buyer objective before defining the process.
02
Strategic positioning
Framing the opportunity with credible business logic and buyer-relevant arguments.
03
Counterparty mapping
Identifying relevant strategic and financial counterparties with a disciplined screening logic.
04
Confidential outreach
Managing selective communication without weakening the company’s position or confidentiality.
05
Process management
Coordinating information flow, meetings, feedback and transaction momentum.
06
Negotiation support
Supporting valuation, structure, key terms and closing coordination.
Sector focus
Focused sector coverage.
Our core focus is on industrial, electrical and electronics, machinery, equipment and infrastructure-related businesses, complemented by selected experience in services, consumer and restructuring-related situations.
Core focus
Other sectors
Selected transactions
Examples of transactions led by Actonera’s senior team over their careers.
The transactions below reflect practical experience across common Turkish mid-market deal situations, including shareholder exits, succession-driven sales, strategic acquisitions, investor processes and cross-border discussions with international counterparties.
Selected transaction
Electrical infrastructure & systems
- Role
- Sell-side advisory
- Description
- Advisory experience involving acquisitions in electrical infrastructure, power systems and related equipment businesses.
- Counterparty type
- International and domestic industrial groups
Selected transaction
Healthcare services
- Role
- Sell-side advisory
- Description
- Transaction experience involving multi-site healthcare services platforms and strategic ownership transitions.
- Counterparty type
- Regional strategic investor
Selected transaction
Telecommunications infrastructure
- Role
- Privatisation
- Description
- Participation in a large-scale telecom infrastructure privatisation and related investor process.
- Counterparty type
- Institutional and strategic investor universe
Selected transaction
Real estate & construction finance
- Role
- Financing advisory
- Description
- Financing advisory experience involving institutional cross-border lender discussions for a Türkiye-based development group.
- Counterparty type
- International bank
Selected transaction
Industrial manufacturing
- Role
- Sell-side advisory
- Description
- Balance sheet and lender coordination experience for a manufacturing business with creditor and stakeholder discussions.
- Counterparty type
- Creditor and stakeholder universe
Selected transaction
Consumer and international expansion
- Role
- Buy-side advisory
- Description
- Buy-side and market-entry related advisory experience in international acquisition situations outside Türkiye.
- Counterparty type
- Local market sellers and transaction stakeholders
Leadership Team
Senior involvement from the first conversation.
Actonera’s advisory work is led directly by senior professionals from initial assessment through process execution.
Sevim Koç
Managing Partner
Sevim Koç has more than 30 years of experience across investment banking and corporate finance, with transaction involvement from origination through closing across acquisition, financing, privatisation and restructuring-related situations. Her work combines financial and business analysis with hands-on managerial and execution capabilities.
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Sell-side M&A, acquisition advisory, financing and selected restructuring situations
Role
Senior-led advisory from initial assessment through process execution
Experience
30+ years across finance, investment banking and corporate finance
Contact
Let’s discuss the situation before defining the process.
For selected sell-side, buy-side, shareholder advisory, financing and restructuring-related discussions, please contact the Actonera team.
Address:
EMAR RESIDENCE NO: 82E / Istanbul / Turkiye