TURKEY Law and Practice Contributed by: Gökşin Kekevi, Yıldız Akınsal and Öykü İncekara, Özay Law Firm
Özay Law Firm provides high-quality legal services tailored to the evolving needs of today’s business environment. The firm comprises approximately 70 professionals, including 40 lawyers, organised into specialised practice groups covering antitrust and competition; consumer and retail; corporate and M&A; employment; enforcement and bankruptcy; intellectual property; litigation; real estate; and TMT and data protection. The team of experienced attor - neys delivers comprehensive advisory, transactional and dispute resolution services in Turkish, English
and French. Özay is equipped to manage complex, cross-border and time-sensitive matters, enabling it to respond efficiently to clients’ legal and commercial needs. With a strong focus on commercial aware - ness, responsiveness and technical excellence, the firm advises a wide range of local and multinational companies across diverse industries. It combines rigorous legal analysis with a pragmatic, business- oriented approach, transforming academic expertise into practical, commercially effective solutions that create lasting value for clients.
Authors
Gökşin Kekevi is the head of the competition law department at Özay Law Firm. His career began in 1998 at the Turkish Competition Authority, where he conducted numerous investigations across various
Öykü İncekara graduated as the valedictorian of Başkent University Faculty of Law and joined Özay Law Firm in 2024. Her practice focuses on competition law, corporate law, commercial law and contract law.
industries and contributed to the drafting of secondary legislation. In 2014, he became the Competition Compliance Manager at Beko/Arçelik, a leading global consumer durables company, where he managed compliance programmes for all Beko affiliates across five continents, and represented them before the authorities for over eight years. Gökşin serves as the co-ordinator of various compliance certificate programmes at Istanbul Bilgi University, and has authored numerous academic publications in the field of competition law.
Öykü advises both domestic and international clients on the drafting, negotiation and revision of various commercial agreements, and is involved in M&A transactions at different stages. She also provides day-to-day legal support to clients operating in diverse sectors, assisting with corporate governance matters, contract management, and general compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Yıldız Akınsal was admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association in 2018 upon completing her legal internship and subsequently joined Özay Law Firm in 2023. She provides legal services to clients primarily in the fields of
compliance and competition law, and manages ethics and compliance projects. She carries out compliance audits and on-site inspections, conducting tailored risk analyses for clients. Yıldız also represents clients at all stages before the Turkish Competition Authority and the courts.
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