Seyda Duman

Special Counsel

Contact
F +44 20.7615.3100

London

100 Liverpool Street

London, UK EC2M 2AT

T +44 20.7615.3269

F +44 20.7615.3100

As special counsel in the Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, Seyda has extensive experience advising commercial banks, export credit agencies, other multilateral finance institutions and project sponsors, on a variety of cross-border project financings in various industries and sectors. Seyda is also a fluent Turkish speaker and has extensive experience in Turkey. 

Primary Focus & Experience

Prior to joining Milbank, she was an associate at a “Magic Circle” law firm and during her time there, moved to Istanbul to support the establishment and development of the firm’s office in Istanbul.

Her recent experience includes advising:

  • the export credit agencies and lenders on refinery project in Turkey (recognised as “Middle East and Africa Refinery Deal of the Year” as part of the 2014 Project Finance International Awards);

  • the sponsor in relation to the acquisition and greenfield development of lignite power plants and adjacent mines in Turkey;

  • the sponsors on the refinancing of the financing for the development of an offshore gas field in Israel; and

  • the lenders on a solar thermal power project in Israel.

Additional Details
Education
  • Institute of Law and Finance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe – Universität, Frankfurt, LL.M.
  • Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, L.P.C.
  • University of Cambridge, M.A.
Admissions
  • England and Wales