Bahadir Balki
Managing Partner
ACTECON
More information‘ACTECON, with its extensive knowledge and experience in competition law, provides a very high-quality service’ to domestic and multinational businesses across such sectors ranging from tech, energy and building materials to e-commerce, food and beverages. The group’s comprehensive service covers merger control filings, investigations, sector inquiries, litigation, compliance programs and negotiations with the Competition Authority. The practice is led by managing partners Bahadir Balki, an authority in global merger transactions and cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and Fevzi Toksoy, an expert in merger notifications and customs issues. Other key figures include counsels Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, an international trade remedy specialist; economist Erdem Aktekin; Caner K. Cesit, a specialist in follow-on litigation; and Mustafa Ayna, who handles judicial reviews of administrative actions.
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Testimonials
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‘Actecon team differs significantly in terms of accessibility, client-oriented applicable approaches and service speed.'
‘ACTECON, with its extensive knowledge and experience in competition law, provides a very high-quality service with prompt replies to queries and very regular status updates to its clients.’
‘Bahadir Balki - always available, solid reputation and very strategic.'
‘ACTECON Team is a big support to our in-house team because they provide services in a very close-up and detail-oriented manner. They feel like a part of our legal team due to their kind and warm relationships with everyone in the company.'
‘Bahadır Balkı, the managing partner of ACTECON, is a powerful figure in Turkish competition law community and he is very well-known for his strategical intelligence. Mustafa Ayna, counsel at ACTECON, is a very skilled lawyer, always on-time, always very accurate and detail oriented.'
‘ACTECON has one of the best antitrust practices in Turkey. With extensive experience, expertise and a relevant network with the government regulators, time and again, ACTECON has proven to be a truly reliable local antitrust counsel for Turkey.’
Key clients
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- EssilorLuxottica
- Suez
- Bundesministerium Der Finanzen (Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany)
- AmerisourceBergen Corporation
- Audi AG
- Volkswagen AG
- NielsenIQ
- Hanwha Corporation
- GIC Group
- Iveco
- Mondelez
- Coca Cola
- DFDS
- Kronospan
- OYAK Cement
- Getir
- LeasePlan
- Domino’s
- Erdemir
- Teknosa
- Wingie Enuygun Group
- Migros
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts
- Çelebi Aviation Holding
- Bupa Acıbadem Insurance
- Flixbus
- AgeSA Pension and Life Insurance
- Doğuş Planet Elektronik Ticaret ve Bilişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (n11.com)
- ENI S.p.A
- Toros Tarım
- RHI Magnesita
Work highlights
- Representing Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) before the TCA in WhatsApp User Data Investigation.
- Represents EssilorLuxottica S.A. before the TCA in the investigation concerning the alleged abuse of dominance via contractual and/or de facto exclusivity in the ophthalmic lens market.
- Provided advisory services to Nielsen IQ for the transaction concerning the indirect acquisition of sole control over GfK SE.
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Fevzi Toksoy
Practice head
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Bahadir Balki, Fevzi Toksoy