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Erdem & Erdem Law Office Offices
Ferko Signature, Büyükdere Caddesi
No. 175, Kat. 3
34394 Esentepe - Sisli, Istanbul
Turkey
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Ms Merve Bakırcı
Work Department
Competition and Compliance
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Merve Bakırcı is an Senior Associate in Corporate Affairs Department of Erdem & Erdem. Her practice especially focuses on competition law matters, joint ventures, preliminary investigations and investigations within the scope of competition law, M&A transactions, and general corporate matters. She has represented a wide range of leading national and international private corporations in preliminary investigations and investigations before the Turkish Competition Authority. She also has vast experience in assisting clients in Turkiye, Europe and United States in relation to competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She has also advised many multinational and local companies on competition and corporate law matters.
Merve Bakırcı provides consultancy to the clients with respect to Turkish and European Community competition legislations and assists them to comply with competition law compliance programs. She further represents clients in all phases of the competition law investigations before the Competition Authority.
She further provides counseling for local and multinational corporations in relation to daily corporate matters regarding all aspects of general corporate governance work including preparation of articles of association, general assembly resolutions, board of directors’ resolutions and capital increases and decreases. In addition, Bakırcı provides legal counseling and intra-company trainings for her clients in relation to anti-corruption law.
She completed her LLB degree in University of Southampton and her Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the College of Law, London, UK
Languages
English, Turkish
Memberships
Equivalency for Accreditation, Dokuz Eylül University (2014)
The College of Law, LPC (January 2012 – August 2012)
University of Southampton, LLB
Mef Schools (2004–2008)
Education
Equivalency for Accreditation, Dokuz Eylül University (2014)
The College of Law, LPC (January 2012 – August 2012)
University of Southampton, LLB
Mef Schools (2004–2008)
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Competition
With its ‘unwavering dedication to providing comprehensive and client-centric competition law solutions‘, Erdem & Erdem Law Office advises financial institutions and major domestic and multinationals across the automotive, hospitality, beverages, manufacturing, logistics, tech, energy and consumer goods sectors. The practice’s full service covers investigations, merger control matters, contracts and distributorship systems. The practice is led in Istanbul and Izmir by Mert Karamustafaoğlu, who draws on his 15-year experience in Turkish Competition Authority in the design of compliance programs; and founder and senior partner Ercüment Erdem
. Other key figures include managing associate Ecem Süsoy Uygun, a specialist in merger control and exemption filings, and senior associates Merve Bakırcı and Can Yıldız.