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VI law perspective. Our team wrote extensively on the much discussed contemporary issues in competition law this year such as the cinema services sector report, passing-on defense and indirect purchaser rule in compensation claims, and price/ margin squeezing and decisions of the Turkish Competition Board on the Association of Electricity Distribution System Operators (Elder) and Yemek Sepeti, an online food takeaway company. As a GAR100 listed law firm with a proven track record in inter- national arbitration, it was inevitable for us to write on the landmark decision of Swiss Supreme Court for stay of the arbitration pending compliance with multi-tiered arbitration clause. In 2016, we witnessed a lot of amendments introduced to arbitration rules. Therefore our ar- bitration team enjoyed writing on Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC) Rules, ICC Rules on expedited procedure and document production requests under the IBA Rules. In energy law, we particularly focused on writing a series of articles on the legislative amendments made in the licensed and unlicensed energy generation facilities and renewab- les. As customary over the years, we wrote on contemporary issues in capital markets, contract law (law of obligations), labor law and affairs, intellectual property, civil law and bankruptcy and collection litigation as well as tax law. The chapter on Legal Developments provides a global insight into material developments in international agreements, laws, regu- lations, communiqués as well as a synopsis of the decisions of the Turkish Competition Board and the Privatization Authority, and a list of energy legislation made effective in 2016 and extracts of key court precedence. We believe that this last chapter portrays an executive look on legal developments of 2016. This book is the accomplishment of Erdem & Erdem’s legal team who dedicate themselves to this publication from the very beginning. Our team worked with extraordinary devotion and dedication as they believed in the importance of keeping up with the legal developments in Turkey and abroad. They aimed to reflect this body of knowledge to the readers through vigorous scientific research. We are sincerely grateful to and truly appreciate the great efforts each and every author