Attorney Name

Gökşin Kekevi

g.kekevi@ozay.av.tr

Gökşin Kekevi

Gökşin Kekevi is the head of the competition law department at Özay Law firm. Kekevi began his career in March 1998 at Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) just after its establishment in November 1997 where he carried out numerous investigations in different industries and contributed to the preparation of various secondary legislations including Regulations on Fines, Leniency and Inspections (Dawn-raids).

In 2014, Kekevi started to work as Competition Compliance Manager at Arçelik where he conducted competition law compliance program of more than 40 affiliates of Arçelik in Turkey and five continents for over 8 years. Kekevi directly represented Arçelik before the TCA and coordinated external counsels’ representation in investigations. Likewise, he coordinated several M&A and clearance notifications before competition authorities in Turkey and abroad. Kekevi, co-coordinator of the Compliance Management Certificate Program at Istanbul Bilgi University, has numerous academic publications in the field of competition law.

Education

  • Ankara University, M.Sc. on European Union and International Relations, 2008
  • Queen Mary, University of London, LL.M, 2006
  • Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Public Administration, 1997

Main Practice Areas

Competition Law

Foreign Languages

English