Competition
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of famePaksoy
Togan Turan is the partner heading the competition practice of the firm with extensive experience on antitrust matters, acquisitions and corporate law representing a variety of international and domestic clients. He also takes an active role in privatisations and M&A projects in many industries. Togan has in-depth knowledge and understanding of antitrust and competition matters advising clients in antitrust investigations, cartel and abuse of dominance claims, filed exemption and negative clearance applications. He has also extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, privatisations representing a variety of international clients in retail, energy, gas, telecommunications, tobacco, banking, insurance, healthcare, food and steel sectors. His experience covers all aspects of transactions from due diligence investigations, contract drafting, and negotiating and structuring deals to advising on regulatory aspects such as competition board filings for those transactions. Togan also has substantial banking and finance experience acting for international financial institutions, lenders and borrowers in cross-border loan facilities.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Associate Iklim Gülsün Kelekçi specialises in the fields of competition law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments and commercial transactions in sectors such as banking, industry and construction. She has extensive experience in conducting due diligence exercises, reviewing and drafting contracts, and providing legal assistance to companies on their daily operations. She is also a member of the Competition team and regularly advises multinational companies in the context of their investments in Turkey. Admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association in 2012, she graduated from the Law School of Marmara University (Istanbul) in 2009. She obtained a Master 2 Degree in European Union Law & European Policies from Paul Cézanne University (Aix-en-Provence, France) in 2010 and an LLM Degree in European Law from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) in 2011.
Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli
Competition Law Counsel
Neyzar Ünübol leads the Firm’s competition law practice, providing services in all aspects of competition law, such as cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, individual exemption applications, M&As, joint ventures and design and application of merger remedies. She also designs and implements specialized competition law compliance programs for various multinational and local companies and delivers competition law training that is tailored to clients’ needs and the characteristics of the sector in which they operate. She advises various sector-leading clients and private equity funds, such as Duracell, Vitol, HDI Fiba InsuranceLogo Software, SonicWall, Upfield, QTerminals, Gratis, Boyner Group, Talanx (HDI Insurance), ORIX Corporation, team.blue, Turkven Private Equity and Mediterra Capital.
