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The Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has completed revising the Guideline on Vertical Agreements ("Guideline") and published the updated version on its official website on March 30, 2018.

The Turkish Competition Board has concluded its investigation into Ay Yapım and Med Yapım, two major TV series production companies, imposing approximately TRY 124 million in fines for exchanging competitively sensitive information...

In this second issue of our Compliance Quarterly, we continue to inform our clients about the global and local compliance rules and regulations which impact Turkish businesses.

Recently, Turkish Competition Authority published its Annual Report for 2018. The report provides a broad range of statistics related to TCA's activities in 2018 as well as an overview of the competition policy in Turkey.

Transfer of assets and transfer of a commercial enterprise are regulated under the Turkish Code of Obligations numbered 6098...

In July it appears that Turkish merger control activities left the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic behind. Based on the M&A decisions table, the number of M&A decisions shows a...

The Turkish Competition Authority has issued a groundbreaking decision ordering the withdrawal of registered 3D trademarks, marking an unprecedented intervention in intellectual property rights under competition law.

Trade secrets bear critical value for companies to stand out and become distinct from their competitors in the competitive market conditions.

On October 1, 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan held the signing ceremony for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Tokyo.

A privacy policy is a statement in privacy law that declares a firm's, company's or website's policy on gathering and releasing information about a visitor or a consumer.

In March 2022, the Authority incorporated a new terminology into Turkish competition law, namely "technology undertakings", with the primary objective of identifying...

In a typical sprint, jumping the gun means moving before the starter's signal, an eager but costly mistake that can get even the best runner disqualified.

In its decision dated December 6, 2017, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") answered the questions referred by the Frankurt - Higher Regional Court in its request for a preliminary ruling.

The electricity distribution and retail industry have entered into a brand new period with the privatizations carried out within the scope of the restructuring and liberalization process of the Turkish electricity market.

On 16 May 2019, the European Commission has fined Barclays, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG Bank (formerly Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi) for taking part in two cartels ...

The European Commission ("Commission") has opened an investigation against Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq for allegedly coordinating their activities in the financial derivatives market. The Commission is examining potential cartel behaviour in breach of Article 101 TFEU...

In 2018, the European Commission fined French telecoms operator Altice a sum of EUR 124.5 million for breaching the notification and standstill requirements in its acquisition of PT Portugal.

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has reached a proposed settlement under which KKR & Co. GP LLC (“KKR”) would pay USD 250 million for repeated breaches of U.S. premerger notification rules. If approved, the fine would be the largest ever imposed for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the federal law requiring advance notification of certain large mergers and acquisitions, and more than 20 times the DOJ’s previous record.