Mustafa AYNA Senior Associate

Mustafa AYNA provides legal advice to Turkish and multinational companies in issues of competition law, international trade and regulatory projects. He further represents clients in judicial review of administrative actions.

Mr. AYNA is fluent in English.

EXPERIENCE & MAIN PROJECTS

• Investigation initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") concerning anti-competitive information exchange regarding prices and supply conditions, between various poultry producers.
• Investigation initiated by the TCA concerning anti-competitive information exchange in MDF & Chipboard market (ongoing).
• Investigation initiated by the TCA concerning anti-competitive information exchange in chemicals  market (ongoing).
• Merger control process for a leading chemical manufacturing company.
• Merger control process for a leading Turkish luxury hotel chain.
• Individual exemption application concerning the reorganization of the aftersales network of a leading automotive distributor. 
• Negative clearance/individual exemption application for an association of tire manufacturers before the TCA.
• Safeguard investigation regarding nylon thread exporters. 
• Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation regarding acryclic and modacryclic products.

Bilgi University, Istanbul, LLB, 2016

1. "The Turkish Competition Authority Publishes the 2021 Effect Analysis Report", Lexology, March 2021, with Özlem Başıböyük and Burak Buğrahan Sezer

2.  "The Regional Administrative Court Found the Turkish Competition Authority’s Decision concerning Mey İçki Unlawful: Abuse of the Dominance Should Be Evaluated Separately in terms of Each Product Market!", Concurrences, May 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Özlem Başıböyük

3.  "The Undertakings Operating in the Automotive Sector under the Review of the TCA Once Again", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, May 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Özlem Başıböyük

4. "A Record Fine Was Imposed by the Turkish Competition Authority on Four Major Players Operating in the Fuel Distribution Sector", Concurrences, March 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Özlem Başıböyük

5. "The Undertakings Operating in the Automotive Sector under the Review of the TCA Once Again, Concurrences, March 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Özlem Başıböyük

6. "Highlights of the Turkish Competition Authority’s M&A Overview Report 2019", Mondaq, January 2020, with Özlem Başıböyük

7. "May Wrong Interpretation of SHA Clauses Constitute Misleading Information: Jacobs Decision of the TCA", with Barış Yüksel and Emine Bilsin, Mondaq, March 2019

8.  "The Turkish Competition Authority Finds Exchange of Informations and Supply Restrictions from Nine Undertakings During an Investigation in the Poultry Sector," Concurrences, March 2019, with Bahadır Balkı

9. "General Court's Taking on the Responsibility of the Parent Company In Deutsche Telekom and the Case Law in Turkey", Mondaq, January 2019