Mr Bahadir Balki > ACTECON > Istanbul, Turkey > Lawyer Profile
ACTECON Offices
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Tekkeci Sokak, No:3-5
Arnavutköy, Beşiktaş,
Turkey
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Mr Bahadir Balki
Work Department
Competition/Antitrust, International Trade & Customs, Regulations, Data Protection & Privacy
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Working in ACTECON since 2008. Partner since 2014 and managing partner since 2017.
Bahadir is known for his excellent work discipline together with his intriguing and effective defenses. He has been involved in virtually every significant cartel and abuse of dominance investigations launched by the Turkish Competition Authority concerning insurance, banking, iron&steel, automotive, car parts, cement, telecommunications, broadcasting rights, ro-ro transportation, FMCG, alcoholic beverages, media audit, port services etc. Clients have also benefited from Bahadir’s extensive experience in global merger cases, especially in Phase II procedures, in a variety of industries (i.e. eyewear and lenses, titanium dioxide, crop protection business, iron&steel, FMCG, ground handling, aviation, port management services, ro-ro transportation, cement, movie theatre). He is regarded as a pragmatic and client-focused advisor connected to the business facts.
Beyond successfully leading the leniency applications, Bahadir’s experience is above the rest in terms of leniency enforcement. He contributed to the creation of the first precedent in the Turkish competition law practice in which a leniency applicant still obtained the immunity even if the nature of the violation is not considered a hard-core cartel by the Turkish Competition Authority.
Languages
English
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Associaton, ABA
Education
Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, BA in Law, 2002-2006
Universitat des Saarlandes, EU Law Institute, LL.M. in EU Economy Law, 2007-2008
Lawyer Rankings
Turkey > Competition
(Leading individuals)ACTECON has specialist focus on competition, international trade, and regulations advisory matters, approaching 20 years’ activity in the Turkish market. An impressive client list of multinationals and leading domestic companies instructs the team on M&A and joint ventures with complex competition law implications. Practice heads Fevzi Toksoy and Bahadir Balki are also coveted for representation in investigations by the country’s competition authority. The firm comes with client recommendation for its ‘grasp of litigation procedures‘ and ‘capability to prepare a petition answering all the allegations of the [competition] board with theoretical and practical competition law knowledge‘.
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