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Nilufer Cerezci
Managing Director of Tax and Treasurer
Lotus Consulting Solutions
Turkey
Corporation - Privately-Held
Professional Summary
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OF NILUFER CEREZCI
• Executive Management and Tax Consultant
• Financial and Legal Advisor
• Strategic Planner
• Controller and Internal Auditor
A highly experienced professional possessing a broad knowledge and a managerial background within the audit and finance industries. Responsible for various tasks including control of financial reports and business activities, shareholders’ agreements and high level corporate auditing. Hard-working self-starter who invariably understands exactly what a project is all about from the outset, and how to get it done quickly and effectively. The assigned projects are being completed duly in time and functioned well in tight deadlines. Area of expertise includes;
Tax auditing, structuring and consultancy for local and multinational companies,
Rendering tax due diligence on mergers and acquisitions,
Consultancy on international tax,
Analyzing data on project specific various tax and legal matters.
Major clients for tax services includes; Georg Fischer Piping Systems Ltd.,Spokane, Falck Renewables Ltd., Ulker Group, Yahoo, TAIB Bank, Wyeth, Unilever Group, Bayer Group, GSK. Some of the major assignments are listed below:
Due diligence at Ports of Global Menkul AS. on behalf of Deutsche Bank;
Due diligence at ATV/Sabah on behalf of RTL;
Due diligence at Carlsberg-Tuborg on behalf of Coca Cola Central Bottling;
Due diligence at Ipekyol on behalf of Miroglio;
Due diligence at Canan Kozmetik on behalf of L’oreal;
Due diligence at Yapı Kredi Sigorta-Insurance on behalf of AIG;
Due diligence at Millenium Bank on behalf of Bank Appoliam-Bank Pozitif.
Due diligence at AFM Sinemaları on behalf of A1 Group Ltd.;
Due diligence at Yeni Ilac on behalf of Recordati Spa;
Due diligence at Ferizan Peker Ilac on behalf of Henry Schein.;
QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANT TITLE :
MEMBER OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS
LOTUS CONSULTING SOLUTIONS-Istanbul, Turkey 2010 –cont’ Managing Director
MAYER CARS AND TRUCKS CO. LTD., Istanbul, Turkey 2009 – 2010 Head of Internal Audit
DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU, Istanbul, Turkey. 2007 – 2009 Tax Manager in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Department
NUMIL GIDA AS , Istanbul ,Turkey Feb-Nov. 2006 Accounting Manager
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, PwC, Istanbul, Turkey 1998 – 2006 Tax Manager
Experience
Lotus Consulting Solutions
Turkey
Turkey
Managing Director of Tax and Treasurer
Corporation - Privately-Held
2010 - Present
“LcS” is an independent firm providing tax consulting and structuring services to selected clients.
Whether you are
- making an acquisition,
- disposing of a business,
- going through a merger,
- entering into a joint venture,
- restructuring your business,
- reassessing management incentive plans or refinancing,
tax risks need to be managed and net cash flows optimized.
Tax planning at an early stage can add significant value to every transaction, whether by minimizing transaction tax costs, managing long-term sustainable tax rates and cash flows, and ultimately planning ahead for a tax efficient exit.
Our M&A tax specialists can work with you to achieve the optimal tax solution for your business model.
We deliver thorough, quantitative analysis, rigorous implementation and leading-edge structuring techniques.
We can:
• Advise Companies on how to structure their business affairs in a tax efficient manner, in respect of M&A, disposals, reorganizations and other international tax matters.
• Advise on pre and post deal tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, de-mergers, management buy outs, disposals, joint ventures, reorganizations and reconstructions, including cross border transactions.
• Review, draft, and advise both the seller and purchaser on, tax aspects of sale and purchase agreements and tax deeds (e.g. tax warranties and indemnities issues).
• Advise on M&A including tax due diligence, debt pushdown and thin capitalization and advise on lease and leaseback structure and tax efficient real estate offshore fund structures.
• Interpret tax laws with respect to various issues such as corporation tax, loan relationships and capital gains tax and advise on International Tax issues including Double Tax Treaties, and Transfer Pricing.
Whether you are
- making an acquisition,
- disposing of a business,
- going through a merger,
- entering into a joint venture,
- restructuring your business,
- reassessing management incentive plans or refinancing,
tax risks need to be managed and net cash flows optimized.
Tax planning at an early stage can add significant value to every transaction, whether by minimizing transaction tax costs, managing long-term sustainable tax rates and cash flows, and ultimately planning ahead for a tax efficient exit.
Our M&A tax specialists can work with you to achieve the optimal tax solution for your business model.
We deliver thorough, quantitative analysis, rigorous implementation and leading-edge structuring techniques.
We can:
• Advise Companies on how to structure their business affairs in a tax efficient manner, in respect of M&A, disposals, reorganizations and other international tax matters.
• Advise on pre and post deal tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, de-mergers, management buy outs, disposals, joint ventures, reorganizations and reconstructions, including cross border transactions.
• Review, draft, and advise both the seller and purchaser on, tax aspects of sale and purchase agreements and tax deeds (e.g. tax warranties and indemnities issues).
• Advise on M&A including tax due diligence, debt pushdown and thin capitalization and advise on lease and leaseback structure and tax efficient real estate offshore fund structures.
• Interpret tax laws with respect to various issues such as corporation tax, loan relationships and capital gains tax and advise on International Tax issues including Double Tax Treaties, and Transfer Pricing.
Deloitte
Turkey
Turkey
Tax Manager/Tax Audits & Planning
Public Accounting Firm - Big Four
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Turkey
Turkey
Tax Manager/Tax Audits & Planning
Public Accounting Firm - Big Four
Education
BS, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,Business Administration Department 1994
Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey