Profile
Position
Counsel
Career
Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, LL.M. has extensive knowledge of and experience on all aspects of competition law, antitrust and international trade remedies.
Mr. Canbolat provides advisory services regarding day-to-day competition and regulatory compliance, the investigations initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority, merger control issues related to both domestic and cross-border mergers as well as exemption applications and representing clients in judicial review proceedings.
Furthermore, he leads the trade remedies practice of ACTECON and has extensive experience in defending international clients in trade defence investigations. His experience includes crafting responses to the questionnaires, constructing successful defence strategies, conducting dumping & injury margin analyses in accordance with various scenarios, preparing strong counter arguments against the domestic industries’ claims and findings of the investigating authority, advising clients in presenting their case to the investigating authority. He has attended many verification visits, public and private hearings and represented European, Korean, Indian and Chinese clients in anti-dumping, anti-circumvention, safeguard and expiry review investigation proceedings. He has hands-on experience on the procedural and practical issues implemented. Mr. Canbolat also defends Turkish exporters in dumping investigations initiated by foreign authorities and has experience in international proceedings.
He also provides advisory services to companies wishing to carry out their activities in compliance with internationally accepted principles and customs rules ranging from tariff classification, rules of origin, and customs valuation to foreign exchange regulation.
Mr. Canbolat speaks English and German fluently.
Languages
Education
University of Exeter, Exeter, LL.M. in International Commercial Law, 2012
Bilkent University, Ankara, LLB, 2011
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very practical and commercial.’
'Mustafa Ayna is very responsive, experienced and easy to communicate with.’‘The team works very effectively with international clients -- they are very responsive, fast and accurate, well-connected with the competition authority and have excellent judgment.’
‘Bahadir Balki has great strategic judgment and runs a very high-quality team.’
'A Turkey-focused competition and regulatory boutique that blends legal insight with rigorous economic analysis. The team is deeply familiar with Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) practice and procedure, translating fast-moving enforcement trends into practical, business-ready advice for multinational and Turkish clients.'
'M. Fevzi Toksoy is known for thoughtful and policy-aware arguments and rigorous effects analysis.' 'Can Sarıçiçek brings insider procedural fluency and deep digital-markets experience.'‘A highly skilled and agile team delivering surgical and pragmatic advice.’
Key clients
- ABB ADNOC American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. Associated British Foods Audi AG CMA CGM China Minmetals Corporation Cj ENM. Coca Cola Cohesity lnc. DFDS De Lage Landen International B.V. ERDEMİR Ege Crete Ege Kimya Eni Plenitude Enuygun EssilorLuxottica GIC Group Goodyear Hillhouse Investment Management, Ltd. IFF IVECO Insight Partners Jacobs Douwe Egberts Korozo LeasePlan Mastercard Meta Platforms, Inc. Migros Mondelez Mubadala Capital LLC Nissan Türkiye Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority Reliance Industries Limited Renault Rieter, Lenz & Staehelin Saint Gobain Sidara Limited SoftwareOne Holding AG Syntagma Capital VW AG Versuni