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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.
EXPERIENCE & MAIN PROJECTS
- Merger control proceedings before the Turkish Competition Authority covering a number of industries, most notably passenger cars, agrochemicals, hospitality and stainless-steel tubes.
- Abuse of dominance cases, restrictive practices and cartel investigations in various industries including forestry products and media audit.
- Competition compliance programs for companies dealing with online retailing and marketplaces, insurance, FMCG, cement, and ready-mix concrete.
- Anti-dumping, anti-circumvention and safeguard investigations initiated by the Turkish Ministry of Trade regarding various industries.
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University of Exeter, Exeter, LL.M. in International Commercial Law, 2012
Bilkent University, Ankara, LLB, 2011
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1. Trade and Customs 2021, Turkey, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, with Fevzi Toksoy, Bahadır Balkı and Emin Kutay Çelebi
5. The International Trade Law Review, Turkey Chapter, 6th edition, 2020, The Law Reviews, Law Business Research Ltd., with Fevzi Toksoy, Hasan Güden and Emin Kutay Çelebi
7. "The Turkish Competition Authority Fines Auto Expertise Services Providers for Price Fixing and Supply Cartel (Auto / Çözüm / Dyno Max...)", Lexology, January 2021, with Caner K. Çeşit and Alper Karafil
8. "No Excuses to Not Responding to Information Requests: Financial Institutions Case in Turkey", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, November 2020, with Caner K. Çeşit
13. "Turkish Data Protection Watchdog: If You Use Gmail, You Are Transferring Personal Data Abroad", Mondaq, September 2019
14. "State-Owned Turkish Bank was under the Scrutiny of the Turkish Data Protection Authority",Mondaq, June 2019
15. "Meal Card Companies under the TCA’s Scrutiny: From Full-Functionality to Collusion", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, May 2019, with Ayberk Kurt and Nabi Can Acar
20. "Recent Trade Remedy Investigation in Turkey – Cooperating Parties' Victory", Mondaq, March 2019
21. "Turkish Data Protection Authority Announced Data Leakage of a Dutch Bank", Mondaq, March 2019
22. "Strict Standard of Proof in Anti-Dumping Investigations", Mondaq, March 2019
24. "DPA's Decision on the Statute of Limitations for the Complaints", Mondaq, February 2019
25. "Potential Trade Remedy Investigations in Turkey", Mondaq, January 2019
26. "Turkey's Recent Trade Policy Investigations: Some Completed, Others Launched", Mondaq, January 2019
28. "Turkey Grants Various Zero-Tariff Rates Through Tariff Quotas", Mondaq, January 2019