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Dr. M. Fevzi Toksoy is the Managing Partner of ACTECON and has advised in the field of competition law and policy for nearly three decades. Fevzi has grounded his professional life in the principle of fair competition, shaped not only by his academic background and practical experience, but also by a set of lived values that place ethics and compliance at the heart of both business and society.
Over the years, Fevzi has advised international and institutional companies operating across a broad range of industries, contributing to investigations, merger filings, and regulatory reviews in close interaction with the Turkish Competition Authority.
He also contributes to the development of competition policy from the perspective of business and industry. He is one of the Vice Chairs of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD and chairs the Competition Committee of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD). He occasionally participates in meetings of the International Competition Network (ICN), where he contributes to global discussions on enforcement trends and regulatory priorities.
Fevzi teaches EU Competition Law (EUL730.1/ABH709.1) at the Jean Monnet Institute of Marmara University Istanbul and has written extensively on competition law and enforcement.
He serves as an ambassador of the Value of Competition Programme by the Oxford University Centre for Competition Law and Policy, and is a member of the Antitrust and M&A Committees of the American Bar Association. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the George Washington Competition & Innovation Lab’s Türkiye Initiative (GW CIL).
Beyond his academic and professional work, Fevzi is a founding member and the Chairperson of the Foundation for Civil Society, reflecting his long-standing commitment to ethical governance and the public interest.
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Recognized by Who's Who Legal, Trade & Customs as Expert in the Economists and Antidumping Consultants category in 2022.
Peers and clients say: "Fevzi Toksoy is among the best lawyers in Turkey" "He has all the abilities and skills of a successful practitioner" "He is a gem of a lawyer"
Recognized by Who's Who Legal, Trade & Customs as one of the "World's Leading Economists" in 2019.
WWL says: "Fevzi Toksoy is a well-recognised economist who is commended by market sources,
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Marmara University, Istanbul- Jean Monnet Institute, PhD in European Law, 2007
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, MA in International Relations, 1997
Marmara University, Istanbul- Jean Monnet Institute, LL.M. in European Law, 1996
Bilkent University, Ankara, BSc in Economics, 1994
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- Chambers and Partners, International Trade, 2025 Türkiye Chapter, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Zeynep Sude Karakuş
- Private Competition Enforcement, 2025 Türkiye Chapter, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul C. Canbolat and Can Yıldız
- Intellectual Property & Antitrust 2025, Türkiye, Lexology, with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, Alper Karafil and Samil Emirhan
- Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Competition Law in Türkiye, November 2024, with, Bahadır Balkı, Can Sarıçiçek, Özlem Başıböyük Coşkun, Defne Çeler and Ata Yanılmaz
- The Legal 500: International Trade Comparative Guide, Türkiye, October 2024, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Semanur Avcı
- Competition Compliance in the Digital Age: Challenges and Future Trends, Inmagazine, Türkiye, 2024, with Hanna Stakheyeva
- The Legal 500 Türkiye: International Trade, 2024 with Bahadır Balkı and Ertuğrul Can Canbolat
- Cartels & Leniency 2025 18th Edition, Türkiye, ICGL, with Bahadır Balkı and Can Sarıçiçek.
- Intellectual Property and Antitrust 2024, Türkiye, Lexology, with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, Alper Karafil, Şamil Emirhan and Mehmet F. Müezzinoğlu.
- Private Competition Enforcement 2024, Turkey, Lexology, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Muhammed Safa Uygur.
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides Turkey International Trade 2024 with Bahadır Balkı and Ertuğrul Can Canbolat
- International Trade 2024, Law and Practice, with Bahadır Balki, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Deboleena Dutta
- International Trade in Goods and Services in Turkey, 2020: Overview, Practical Law Country Guide in International Trade, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, Emin Kutay Çelebi, Kenan Güler, and Cüneyt Yetgin
- Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2021: Turkey, Kluwer Competition Law Blog, with Bahadır Balkı
- The International Trade Law Review, Turkey Chapter, 7th edition, 2021, The Law Reviews, Law Business Research Ltd., with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, and Emin Kutay Çelebi
- Competition Compliance 2022, Turkey, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Caner K. Çeşit
- Intellectual Property & Antitrust 2022, Turkey, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K.Çeşit, Deniz Kıvanç and Ulya Zeynep Tan
- Trade & Customs, 2022, Turkey, Lexology, Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research, with Bahadır Balkı and Ertuğrul Can Canbolat
- The Private Competition Enforcement Review 2022, Turkey, The Law Reviews, with Bahadır Balkı, Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, and Sıla Coşkunoğlu
- Private Antitrust Litigation 2023, Turkey, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research with Bahadır Balkı and Ertuğrul Can Canbolat
- THESIS: Anti-dumping laws under GATT, EU, US and Turkish Legal Frameworks, 1996
- THESIS: Economic Policies of the EC in the Mediterranean Basin and Turkey, 1997
- THESIS: Competition Law Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the EU and Turkish Law: Does Turkey Call for a Merger Reform? The Answer and a Policy Proposal, 2007
- BOOK: Competition Law and Policies in Automotive Industry, Co-writer, January 2006
- BOOK: Liberal Professional Associations in Turkey, Civil Society and Democracy/Liberal Thinking Group, Co-writer, 2011
- BOOK: Merger Control in the EU and Turkey, A Comparative Guide, Second Edition, Wolters Kluwer, with Bahadır Balkı and Hanna Stakheyeva
- “Of SIEC-Test and Thresholds: Merger Control 2022 in Turkey”, Kluwer Competition Law Blog, October 2022, with Bahadır Balkı and Hanna Stakheyeva
- “The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review: Turkey”, The Law Reviews, July 11, 2023 with Bahadır Balkı, Caner K. Çeşit, Ulya Zeynep Tan and İrem Özdamar
- “Are You a “Technology Undertaking” within the Scope of Merger Control in Turkey?”, ABA Business Law Today, July 12, 2023 with Bahadır Balkı and Hanna Stakheyeva