Alper KARAFİL Senior Associate

Alper KARAFİL provides advice to national and multinational clients concerning competition law, regulation, international trade and data protection law. He assists clients mainly on the investigations initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority, merger control related matters and day-to-day issues on competition law. Mr. KARAFİL also plays an active role in compliance projects conducted within the scope of the Turkish and European data protection legislations. Before joining ACTECON in August 2019, Mr. KARAFİL worked in the data protection and compliance department of a reputable law firm.

He is fluent in English and German. 

EXPERIENCE & MAIN PROJECTS

• Merger clearance proceedings for multinational mega-mergers with a global counterpart in ophthalmic lens and lodging industries.
• Preliminary inquiry and investigation processes initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") regarding float glass, agriculture and passenger transportation industries.
• Competition compliance programs for a wide range of industries such as flour, online retailing and marketplaces, automotive and passenger transportation.
• Data Protection compliance programs and adaptation to the Turkish Data Protection Law and the case law of the Data Protection Authority.

Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, LLB, 2019

1. GCR, Data & Antitrust  Guide - Second Edition 2025 Türkiye Chapter, with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, Şamil Emirhan and Zeynep Özgültekin
2. Lexology, Public Competition Enforcement, 2025 Türkiye Chapter, Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit and Şamil Emirhan
3. "Where to Draw the Line of the Scope of Right to Access to Personal Data? The Constitutional Court Ruled on One’s Right to Access Their Own Personal Data", Lexology, January 25, 2023 with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Su Başak Satır
4. “Be Warned! TCA Fines Türkiye’s Leading Electric Scooter Rental Company For False and Misleading Information (MARTI)”, Concurrences, December 23, 2022 with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, Muhammed Safa Uygur and Su Başak Satır
5. "The Turkish Competition Authority Fines Auto Expertise Services Providers for Price Fixing and Supply Cartel (Auto / Çözüm / Dyno Max...)", Lexology, January 2021, with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Caner K. Çeşit
6. "The Turkish Administrative Court Decided that the Practices based on Secondary Legislation in Force Cannot be Deemed as Violation of the Competition Law", Lexology, October 2020, with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Caner K. Çeşit 
7. "The Turkish Competition Authority Investigates the Allegations on Leading Energy Drink Company (Red Bull)", Concurrences, April 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Ayberk Kurt
8. "Capacity to Sue of Consumers Whose Interests are Affected was Held under the Microscope of the Administrative Courts in Turkey", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, March 2020, with  Ayberk Kurt
9. "The Role of Standard of Proof in Competition Law: Sahibinden.com Decision", Concurrences, March 2020, with Ayberk Kurt
10. "Turkish Competition Authority Imposed Fine on Five Insurance Companies", March 2020, with Ayberk Kurt
11. "The Turkish Competition Authority Imposes a Daily Fine on a Big Tech Company for not Complying with Obligations Previously Imposed (Google)", Concurrences, November 2019
12. "Individual Exemption by the Turkish Competition Authority to the Leading Mobile Telecommunications Companies", Mondaq, September 2019
13. TCA’s Hefty Fine on Nestle Due to Vertical Restraints in Light of Highlights from Oral Hearing, Loxology, March 2024, with Caner K. Çeşit, Şamil Emirhan and Burçe E. Göçer.
14. Türkiye: Why data commodification warrants updates to current regulatory framework, Global Competition Review, with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, and Şamil Emirhan.
15. Puplic Competition Enforcement 2024, Türkiye, Lexology, with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K.Çeşit, Burçe Göçer and Mehmet F. Müezzinoğlu
16. Intellectual Property and Antitrust 2024, Türkiye, Lexology, with M.Fevzi Toksoy, Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, Şamil Emirhan and Mehmet F. Müezzinoğlu.
17. TCA Reveals Detailed Reasoning of Hefty Fine on Nestle Due to Vertical Restraints, Lexology, January 2025, Türkiye, with Caner K. Çeşit, Şamil Emirhan and Burçe E. Göçer
18. Intellectual Property & Antitrust 2025, Türkiye, Lexology, with M. Fevzi Toksoy, Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit and Samil Emirhan