Erdem & Erdem Law Office

Competition and Compliance

Partner and Competition and Compliance Leader

Mert Karamustafaoglu is Partner and Competition and Compliance Leader in Erdem & Erdem Law Office. He works specifically in the competition compliance programs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatizations, investigations within the scope of competition law and competition law practices in the energy sector.

Mert Karamustafaoglu graduated from Istanbul University Law School in 1999 and subsequently in 2001 he started working at the Competition Authority as an expert. He worked in the Competition Authority as the Deputy Competition Expert until 2005, Competition Expert between the years of 2005 and 2011 and Chief Competition Expert between the years of 2011 and 2016. Throughout this period, he actively took part in all kinds of competition investigations conducted with regard to competition violations in privatizations in the electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, mining markets, pharmaceutical, cement, ceramic, cinema sectors and public tenders. Moreover, Mert Karamustafaoglu has frequently taken part in law making processes and educational activities conducted within the body of the Competition Authority. Also, he has attended the preparation processes of the secondary legislation on competition law, in-service trainings and certificated internship programs in this regard.

Mert Karamustafaoglu, received his master’s degree on law from Freie Universitaet of Berlin in 2010, currently continues his postgraduate program on energy and competition law. Additionally, he takes part in the publication board of the “Energy Law” journal that is published by the Energy Law Research Institute and he is also member of the Management Board of this Institute.

Turkish, German, English

Istanbul Bar Association Competition Experts Association Energy Law Research Institute, Board Member Energy Law Research Institute, Electricity Market Law Working Group Energy Law Journal Publication Board

Freie Universitaet Berlin (Private Law Doctorate) (2011-) Freie Universitaet Berlin (LL.M.) Istanbul Law School Uskudar Anatolian High school