Profile
Work Department
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
Memberships
Education
Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, BA in Law, 2002-2006
Universitat des Saarlandes, EU Law Institute, LL.M. in EU Economy Law, 2007-2008
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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