Mustafa AYNA Senior Associate

Mustafa AYNA provides 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. "A Critical Approach to Standard of Proof Adopted by the TCA", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, April 2022, with Bahadır Balkı and Özlem Başıböyük

2. "Communiqué Concerning the Mergers and Acquisitions Calling for the Authorization of the Competition Board Has Been Amended", Concurrences, March 2022, with Bahadır Balkı, Özlem Başıböyük and Arda Deniz Diler

3. "The Turkish Competition Authority's M&A Overview Report for 2021 Has Been Published", Lexology, January 2022, with Özlem Başıböyük, Arda Deniz Diler and Selim Turan

4. "The TCA to Promote Competition in Digital Markets: An Analysis in Light of G7's Compendium", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, December 2021, with Arda Deniz Diler

5. "The TCA's Decision Regarding the Turkish Pharmacist Assoiateion Has Been Overturned", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, September 2021, with Arda Deniz Diler

6. "The Turkish Competition Authority Cleared the Merger Transaction Between FCA and PSA, But Subject to Conditions...", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, August 2021, with Özlem Başıböyük and Arda Deniz Diler

7. "The Turkish Competition Authority Has Published its Long-awaited Reason of the Google Adwords Decision", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, August 2021, with Özlem Başıböyük

8. "Turkish Competition Authority Has Published the Preliminary Report on the E-Marketplace Sector Inquiry: Legislation is Around the Corner", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, June 2021, with Özlem Başıböyük

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

10.  "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

11.  "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

12. "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

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

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

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

16.  "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

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