About

Ozan Alakuştekin takes pride in having given a start to the whole legal structure of THY OPET, which ranks 25th on Turkey’s Fortune 500 list. Head of legal, Alakuştekin has been at THY OPET for five years, since its incorporation. Prior to his current role, he was a senior associate in the market-leading law firm Pekin & Pekin. The biggest challenge he has faced throughout his in-house career was in 2010, while working as a senior associate for Opet Petrolcülük, the second biggest oil supply and distribution company in Turkey. The Turkish Competition Authority had taken a decision that limited the retail agreements of the company for five years. ‘As the legal team, we had terminated all our agreements (1,300 at the time), renewed them and helped the sales team to re-obtain beneficiary rights on the gas stations within 1 and a half months. The most difficult part of that period was that we had to inspect every single agreement in light of the Competition Board decision. Thankfully, at the end of that period, Opet did not face a single imposition regarding the procedures completed’.