Compliance, antitrust, and white-collar irregularities are all mainstays of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law‘s active compliance practice. On a day-to-day basis, the team provides crucial advice concerning new and updated legislation to ensure compliance and tailors programmes to protect corporations in future scenarios. Data protection and due diligence matters are also fruitful sources of work for the firm. The team’s client list includes domestic and multinational companies, including prominent social media players. A highly regarded lawyer in his field, Gönenç Gürkaynak has a broad practice encompassing a wide range of sensitive regulatory matters. Ceren Yıldız Özgökçen offers specialist experience in pharmaceutical and e-service matters. Noyan Utkan enhances the team with strong media and data protection experience.
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Work Department
Competition / Regulatory and Compliance
Position
Founding Partner
Career
Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak is the founding partner dealing with all areas of regulatory and compliance matters, with particular expertise on competition law, including defences to investigations, merger filings, general competition law advice; together with general corporate and contracts law, white-collar irregularities, litigation, technology, media, and telecommunications, and internet law practices.
Dr. Gürkaynak graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law in 1997. Dr. Gürkaynak received his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, and he has received his Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD) degree from University College London (UCL) Faculty of Laws. His Bar memberships are as follows: Istanbul Bar, 1997; American Bar Association, 2001; New York Bar, 2001 (currently non-practising; registered); Brussels Bar, 2003 - 2004 (B List; not maintained); Member of the Law Society of England & Wales, 2004 (currently non-practising; registered).
Dr. Gürkaynak heads the competition law and regulatory department of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law. He has unparalleled experience in Turkish competition law counseling issues with more than 25 years of competition law experience, starting with the establishment of the Turkish Competition Authority. He has a total of more than 200 international and local articles published in English and in Turkish, and two books, one published on “A Discussion on the Prime Objective of the Turkish Competition Law From a Law & Economics Perspective” by the Turkish Competition Authority, and the other on “Fundamental Concepts of Anglo-American Law” by Legal Publishing.
Languages
English, French
Education
Ankara University School of Law - Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree; Harvard Law School - Master of Laws (LLM) Degree; University College London (UCL) Faculty of Laws - Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD) Degree
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Key clients
- Google LLC
- Starbucks
Work highlights
Conducted an in-depth analysis of recent legislative changes and provided Google with legal assessment and advice.
Advised an international law firm in relation to a review of Starbucks products and ensured compliance with Turkish legislation.