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Our Competition practice, co-led by Hakan Özgökçen and Sinan Diniz, has grown to be one of the largest in Türkiye and is highly regarded for the efficient manner in which it performs and obtains approval for complex filings. We outshine our competitors in Türkiye; with our extensive merger control advice, multi-jurisdictional merger filing coordination capabilities and our remarkable client portfolio, we are able to work on many big ticket matters in the market. Our team provides a practical and sound approach to competition issues. The team has extensive experience in advising on competition law in Türkiye and in the last year we have been instructed on several significant competition law matters for large corporations.

We also have a very strong investigation defence practice and expertise in representing clients facing unusual and complex Competition Authority investigations, which is bolstered by the arrival of counsel Hüseyin Çoşgun, the former acting Vice-Head of the Turkish Competition Authority's Legal Department, in November 2021.

We can help clients with:

•Antitrust Litigation

•Cartels, Investigations and Dawn Raids

•Compliance & Audits

•Competition Assessments & Trainings

•Distribution

•Dominance / Monopolization

•Horizontal & Vertical Agreements

•Merger Control Filing & Joint Ventures

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Competition/Antitrust - Turkey

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Esin Attorney Partnership, member of Baker McKenzie International, regularly acts for multinational corporations on merger clearance notifications in Turkey, including during phase II investigations. Its lawyers have additional experience assisting with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour and appeals against fines. The law firm often acts for international clients from the technology, FMCG and pharmaceutical sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Esin acted for Speyside on a phase II investigation into its proposed acquisition of Mester Demir.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Hakan Özgokçen
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Hakan Özgokçen
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 2

Hakan Özgokçen represents clients in investigations into possible unfair commercial practices, such as alleged abuses of dominance and cartels. In addition, he assists clients with obtaining competition law approval for proposed mergers, including those requiring phase II investigations. He has further experience in competition law compliance mandates.

Hakan Özgokçen's proactive advice and trainings have ensured the pre-emption of risk, and his in-depth and concise advice has been invaluable in preparing our defence when necessary.

He is very approachable.

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Hakan Özgokçen
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Hakan Özgokçen
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 2

Members

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Hakan Özgokçen

Hakan Özgokçen

Head of Department

Hüseyin Cosgun

Sinan Diniz

Head of Department

Clients

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Cigna Corporation

LLC

Sika AG

Silver Lake Group

Industries

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Automotive sector

Building materials

Electronics

Energy

FMCG

Logistics

Online Retail

Petrochemicals

Pharmaceuticals and medical devices

Printing/decoration

Steel

Telecoms

nsurance