Europe Guide 2026 : Turkey
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Provided by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law delivers the top competition practice in Turkey with 52 competition law specialists. The firm has four partners and nine counsel in the practice, with the team led by Dr Gönenç Gürkaynak, ELIG Gürkaynak's founding partner.
In addition to unparalleled experience in merger control issues, ELIG Gürkaynak has vast experience in defending companies before the Turkish Competition Board in all phases of antitrust investigations, abuse of dominant position cases, leniency handlings and before the courts on issues of private enforcement of competition law, along with appeals of administrative decisions of the Turkish Competition Authority.
ELIG Gürkaynak has in-depth knowledge of representing defendants and complainants in complex antitrust investigations concerning all forms of abuse of dominant position allegations, and all forms of restrictive horizontal and/or vertical arrangements, including price-fixing, retail price maintenance, refusal to supply, territorial restrictions and concerted practice allegations.
ELIG Gürkaynak also has considerable expertise in administrative law, and is well equipped to represent clients before the High State Court, both on merits of a case and for injunctive relief. ELIG Gürkaynak also advises clients on a wide range of business transactions that almost always contain antitrust law issues including distributorship, licensing, franchising and toll manufacturing issues.
Provided by Chambers
Highly esteemed by clients from the banking, technology and pharmaceutical sectors, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law remains a market leader for competition law matters in Turkey. The law firm is highly active in both merger clearance notifications and behavioural investigations before the Turkish authorities. The team also has experience in competition law compliance mandates.
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ELIG advised Stellantis and BBVA on the merger control aspects of the joint acquisition of FCA Compania Financiera.
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ELIG are extremely diligent and punctual while providing very high-quality support.
The lawyers have deep specialist knowledge.
We appreciate the very meticulous handling of all relevant work, combined with top-level antitrust experience.
In terms of timing, the team are very quick in responses and understand us.
The lawyers are very experienced in competition law and have a good reputation in terms of their way of working.
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One of the leading competition lawyers in Turkey, Gönenç Gürkaynak is highly esteemed for his ability to handle both merger control filings and behavioural investigations. He is a particularly popular choice with clients from the technology, pharmaceutical and financial services sectors.
He is a highly versatile individual with profound expertise, a visionary mindset, and a dynamic attitude that consistently drives impactful results.
Gönenç Gürkaynak is very practical and has good connections, which is useful to navigate the Turkish landscape.
He is the pre-eminent lawyer for competition matters in Turkey.
He is the one I would call for Turkish matters.
Korhan Yildirim frequently assists clients from the technology sector with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour and with competition law compliance mandates.
We greatly value the close collaboration.
We are consistently impressed by the expertise and positive attitude Korhan Yildirim brings to our projects, which significantly contributes to our success.
Öznur İnanılır enters the rankings this year following notable activity supporting clients in merger control filings and behavioural investigations.
She is someone who has experience.
Head of Competition/Antitrust
Competition/Antitrust
Competition/Antitrust
Provided by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
Sinem Uğur
Kağan Uçar
Görkem Yardım
Berfu Akgün
Ebru İnce
Harun Gündüz
Betül Baş Çömlekçi
Onur Özgümüş
Eda Duru
K. Korhan Yıldırım
Öznur İnanılır
Dr. Ekrem Kalkan
Korhan Yildirim
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