TURKEY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Gökşin Kekevi and Yıldız Akınsal 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 indus -
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
tries 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 compli - ance certificate programmes at Istanbul Bilgi University, and has authored numerous academic publications in the field of competition law.
compliance and competition law, and manages ethics and compliance projects. She carries out compliance audits and on-site inspections, conduct - ing tailored risk analyses for clients. Yıldız also represents clients at all stages before the Turkish Competition Authority and the courts.
Özay Law Firm Kerim Bey Köşkü, Göztepe Mah. Tanzimat Sok. No: 63/1 Kadıköy/İstanbul Türkiye
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