Nabi Can ACAR Senior Associate

Nabi Can ACAR 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.

Mr. ACAR assists clients with their day-to-day competition and regulatory compliance matters. He also plays an active role in defending local and international clients before the Ministry of Trade in trade remedy investigations.

Mr. ACAR speaks English and French fluently.

EXPERIENCE & MAIN PROJECTS

• Investigation initiated by the Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") concerning anti-competitive information exchange in MDF & Chipboard market. (ongoing)
• Investigation initiated by the TCA concerning allegations of abuse of the dominant position and resale price maintenance practices of a leading shock absorber producer.

Bilgi University, Istanbul, LLM in Business Law, Candidate, 2018-2020

Koç University, Istanbul, LLB, 2016

1. “Turkish Competition Authority's Vigilance on Digital Markets: Examining Recent Initiatives and Their Implications”, Kluwer Competition Law Blog, May 30, 2023, with Erdem Aktekin, Seda Eliri and Mehmet Mikail Demir
2. "The Constitutional Court of Turkey Examined the Constitutionality of the Amendments Made in 2020 to Turkish Competition Law", Concurrences, April 4, 2023, with Erdem Aktekin and Mehmet Mikail Demir 
3. "The Turkish Competition Authority Fines Elon Musk due to Failure to Notify the Twitter Deal", Concurrences, March 6, 2023 with Bahadir Balki
4. “Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2022 – Turkey”, Kluwer Competition Law Blog, February 14, 2023 with Bahadir Balki, Sera Erzene Yildiz and Hanna Stakheyeva 
5. "The Turkish Competition Authority Takes a Wide Interpretation of the “Technology Undertaking” Exception Applicable to the Turkey’s Merger Control Thresholds", Concurrences, February 1, 2023, with Bahadır Balkı, Erdem Aktekin and Helin Yüksel
6. “The Turkish Competition Authority Sets the Boundaries of its “Technology Undertaking” Definition”, Concurrences, November 2022, with Erdem Aktekin and Helin Yüksel
7. "A New Age for Digital Markets in Turkey? The Draft Amendment to the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition", Kluwer Competition Law Block, October 2022, with Erdem Aktekin, Helin Yüksel, Mehmet Mikail Demir and Seda Eliri
8. "Commitment Mechanism: The TCA’s First Rejection Decision", Lexology, December 2020, with Erdem Aktekin and Doğa Küçükay
9. "Towards a More Effective Enforcement? - Turkish Competition Authority Steps into the Realm of De Minimis", Lexology, Lexology, November 2020, with Erdem Aktekin and Doğa Küçükay
10. "TCA is Acting Heavy Handedly During Covid-19 Outbreak", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, April 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Burak Buğrahan Sezer
11. "TCA is Looking into Banking Sector, Once Again", February 2020, with Burak Buğrahan Sezer
12. "Dusseldorf Court's Decision Suspending the Bundeskartellamt's Facebook Ruling: A Guideline For Examining Alleged Exploitative Abuses", Mondaq, January 2020
13. "TCA is Signalling a Strict Approach to the Prevention of Parallel Trade", February 2020, with Burak Buğrahan Sezer
14. "TCA’s Google Search (Shopping) Case: Fine was Imposed", February 2020 with Bahadır Balkı
15. "TCA’s Preliminary Inquiry into Google’s Shopping Unit Bidding Mechanism", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, February 2020, with Bahadır Balkı and Burak Buğrahan Sezer
16. "Online Food and Grocery Delivery Markets are Getting Crowded Thanks to the TCA’s Yemeksepeti Decision", Concurrences, December 2019, with Bahadır Balkı and Burak Buğrahan Sezer
17. "Automotive Industry is Moving Towards Electrification via Joint Ventures", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, November 2019, with Burak Buğrahan Sezer
18. "Competition Authorities to Investigate Mobile Application Store Dominance", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, October 2019, with Barış Yüksel and Mehmet Salan
19. "The Spanish Competition Authority Initiates Second-Phase Examination in Connection with an Acquisition of a White Cement Production Base (Çimsa/Çimex)", Concurrences July 2019, with Bahadır Balkı and Burak Buğrahan Sezer
20. "Meal Card Companies under the TCA’s Scrutiny: From Full-Functionality to Collusion", Kluwer Competition Law Blog, May 2019, with Ertuğrul Can Canbolat and Aybert Kurt