Bas | Kaymaz Law Firm

Baş | Kaymaz Law Firm is particularly noted for its extensive experience and client satisfaction in competition law.

The firm’s services in this area include:

• Merger control filings
• On-site inspections/dawn raids
• Defences in preliminary inquiries and investigations,
• Negative clearance and exemption applications
• Individual exemption assessments
• Annulment lawsuits against Turkish Competition Board decisions
• Private enforcement of competition law before Turkish commercial courts
• Competition compliance programs

The firm minimizes competition law risks by creating customized compliance programs and conducting trainings tailored to the client's sector and business. These programs can include important contract reviews, competition law trainings, unannounced on-site inspection simulations, and detailed data scans to ensure full compliance.

The firm's partners have authored various publications on topics such as merger control and investigation cases of the Turkish Competition Board as well as new legislation.

In competition law, Baş | Kaymaz provides services to a diverse range of clients, from small and medium-sized enterprises to multinational companies and holdings. The firm's client sectors include energy, natural gas, electricity, EV charge, agriculture, tourism, beauty & healthcare retail, auto-parts, baby products, electrical home appliances, chemistry, fintech, healthcare, sulphate, food wholesale & retail, maritime, construction, insulating materials, steel.

The firm is led by founding partners Baran Baş and Ardan Kaymaz, both of whom have more than a decade of experience.

Baran Baş, an attorney and partner, has extensive experience in competition law, having worked at leading law firms in Turkey before founding Baş | Kaymaz. He is experienced in merger control, anticompetitive practices, abuse of dominant position, private enforcement and annulment lawsuits, and he also runs comprehensive compliance programs for national and multinational clients.

Ardan Kaymaz, also an attorney and partner, has over ten years of experience in competition law, commercial law, labour law, health law, and dispute resolution. He provides regular consultancy to many domestic and international holdings and companies.

The firm is based in Istanbul and its key practice areas include competition law, commercial law, labour law, health law, administrative law and dispute resolution.

Our clients benefit from partner-level attention, rapid turnaround times, and direct access to decision-makers throughout each engagement. We adopt a genuinely client-centric approach, underpinned by fair and competitive fee arrangements tailored to the specific needs of every matter.

This approach has been appreciated by our clients and recognized by The Legal 500 for Client Satisfaction Accolades.