Ayberk KURT, LL.M. Counsel

Ayberk Kurt, LL.M provides advice to a wide range of clients on investigations initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority and on merger control issues related to both domestic and cross-border transactions. He also advises in judicial review proceedings filed against the decisions of the Turkish Competition Authority as well as conducts follow-on competition litigation.

Before joining ACTECON, Ayberk was a Competition Lawyer at Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority. Ayberk has been involved in the full range of work undertaken by the Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority. This has included all aspects of competition law investigations from case opening through to appeals, telecoms regulation and security standards, telecom licence modifications, assessments of mergers and acquisitions (finance, insurance and pharmacy sectors) and general governance and compliance matters. Before joining Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority, he was an associate at ACTECON) between 2016-2021. Ayberk Kurt is fluent in English.

Experience & Main Projects

- Merger control proceedings, including Phase II investigations, in the areas of eyewear, ro-ro transportation, chemicals, aircraft leasing, FMCG, packaging.

- Leniency application in banking market.

- Investigations in insurance, ready mix concrete, transportation, forest products, spare parts and HR markets.

- Competition Compliance Programs in insurance, baby food, ground handling services, automotive spare parts, FMCG, beverages, eyewear, poultry, online shopping platform, cement and ro-ro transportation sectors.

- Evaluations of merger control filings as a regulator in finance and pharmacy sectors.

Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Vienna, European Masters in Law and Economics (EMLE), LLM in Law & Economics, 2022

Istanbul Bilgi University, LLB, 2016

1.TCA and Gun-Jumping: Insights into Foreign-to-Foreign Transactions, Lexology, March, 2025 Türkiye, with Seda Eliri 

2.TCA Identified Gun-jumping During Review of Subsequent Transaction (Broadcom/VMware decision), June 2025 Türkiye, with Hanna Stakhyeyeva and Seda Eliri

3.The Turkish Competition Authority’s M&A Overview Report 2024: Key Trends and Insights, Lexology, January 2025, Türkiye, with Erdem Aktekin

4. What have the first two years of “technology undertaking exception” shown us? , Türkiye, December 12, 2024 Lexology, with Bahadır Balkı

5. Turkish Competition Authority Sheds Lights on Labor Markets, Kluwer, December 14, 2024, with Erdem Aktekin, Seda Eliri and Ece Ulusoy

6. "The TCA’s Unstable Approach Towards RPM Practices", Kluwer, June 2019, with Burak Buğrahan Sezer.

7. "Turkish Competition Authority – Initiating More Investigations – Now What?", Mondaq, January 2018, withy Sera Erzene Yıldız.

8. "White Appliances Sector is Under Turkish Competition Authority's Spotlight", Mondaq, April 2018, with Mehmet Salan.

9. "Resale Price Maintenance – Following The Effect", Modaq, July 2018.

10. "Meal Card Companies under the TCA’s Scrutiny: From Full-Functionality to Collusion", Kluwer, June 2019, with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Nabi Can Acar.

11. "The Beginning of the New Challenge: Merger Control in Digital Economy", Mondaq, January 2020, with Barış Yüksel and Celal Duruhan Aydınlı.

12. "Capacity to Sue of Consumers Whose Interests are Affected was Held under the Microscope of the Administrative Courts in Turkey", Kluwer, March 2020, with Alper Karafil. 

13. "The Turkish Competition Authority Investigates the Allegations on Leading Energy Drink Company (Red Bull)", Concurrences, May 2020, with Alper Karafil. 

14. "Amendments to the Turkish Competition Law", Kluwer, June 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Alper Karafil.

15. "The Turkish Competition Authority’s M&A Overview Report for 2020 Has Been Published", Concurrences, March 2021, with Esen Ergül, Cansugül Gayret and Mert Kudat.