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«The Gspröch» Episode #3: Assessing the Impact of Turkey’s New Crypto-Assets Regulation

Welcome to «The Gspröch» Episode #3: Assessing the Impact of Turkey’s New Crypto-Assets Regulation With Esin Attorney Partnership

Date of recording: 12th July 2024

Guest: Muhsin Keskin, Partner and Head of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets at Esin Attorney Partnership  

Host: Stuart Petersen, Chief Revenue Officer at Wyden 

 

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This time on The Gspröch, Stuart welcomes Muhsin Keskin, Partner and Head of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets at Esin Attorney. Esin is an international law firm based in Istanbul, part of the Baker McKenzie legal network. Muhsin is currently guiding his banking clients through the transition to a regulated digital asset market in Turkey, following the Turkish government’s approval of a new bill.  

In this episode, Stuart and Muhsin dive deep into the details of the new bill, where Muhsin shares his expertise on areas including:  

  • The strategic context and factors driving the formation of the new regulation; 
  • An overview of the requirements it introduced for CASPs, including timelines;  
  • What CASPs should be doing to prepare; 
  • Anticipated next steps regarding secondary legislation and further alignment with MiCA. 

“Gspröch,” a Swiss term for “conversation,” embodies our Swiss heritage here at Wyden. As a podcast, it serves as a vibrant space for engaging discussions, reflecting our roots, and inviting guests to delve into the dynamic world of institutional digital asset trading.  

 

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Bio Guest: Muhsin Keskin is a partner and head of Esin Attorney Partnership’s Banking and Finance and Capital Markets practices. He specializes in finance and capital markets laws in various areas including financial restructuring, NPLs, acquisition finance, project finance, securitization and sustainable & structured finance and equity and debt issuances. He represents international and Turkish banks, corporates and private equity funds in their transactions in Turkey and has advised numerous banks and financial institutions on several of Turkey’s most technically challenging deals in recent years. Muhsin has been recommended by various legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, IFLR, Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal. He has also been awarded the Client Choice award for Banking and Finance Turkey. 

Bio Host: Stuart has a wealth of leadership experience in scaling highly complex fintech business models. Starting out at Thomson Financial, he then embarked on a 15-year career with quantitative solutions provider Algorithmics to build up the firm’s buy-side business. After Algorithmics, he joined industry leaders such as S&P Global, IBM, and Arria NLG, a leading provider of Natural Language Generation solutions. 

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