Associate
Nil Zeren Özdemir
Department
Competition and Compliance
Languages
Turkish, English
Biography
Nil Zeren Özdemir works as an Associate in Competition and Compliance Department of Erdem & Erdem. Nil Zeren mainly provides legal consultancy on competition law matters including investigations and mergers and acquisitions.
Nil Zeren has represented a wide variety of leading multinational corporations operating in a wide range of geography including Turkey, Europe and United States in connection with competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She has also advised many multinational and local companies on competition law matters. She further represents undertakings in annulment lawsuits and appeals pertaining to decisions of the Competition Board.
She also provides assistance and consultancy with regard to data protection law and compliance programs.
Service Areas
Field of law that regulates and protects competition in a free market economy.
It covers all stages of a company's life cycle, from incorporation to liquidation.
The merger of two or more companies and the acquisition of one company by another.
Representative Matters
Competition
Compliance
- Provided competition law consultancy on a regular basis to leading domestic and multinational firms operating in various industries such as technology, media, construction and infrastructure.
- Represented a leading cement manufacturer in an investigation regarding anti-competitive information exchange and concerted practice before the Competition Authority.
- Represented a global media company in the acquisition of another global media company that was active in the audiovisual content production and supply and prepared the merger control filing that was submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority.
- Prepared a competition law assessment report regarding the acquisition of a technology product retail chain by a global technology product retailer.
- Represented a global media company in the digital markets legislation study conducted by the Competition Authority and in the investigation concerning abuse of dominance allegations before the Competition Authority.
- Represented two of the leading container and cargo handling equipment manufacturing companies in Europe concerning their merger and prepared the merger control filing that was submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority.
- Represented two global investment companies regarding their acquisition of a US based company active in the online financial payment services and prepared the merger control filing that was submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority.
- Preparing corporate competition compliance programs and competition law trainings.
Education
Bilkent University Faculty of Law
Publications
Newsletter Articles
Other Articles
- Non-Poaching Agreements in the Perspective of Competition Law, On İki Levha Publishing, August 2024
- Gönenç Gürkaynak, Dilara Yeşilyaprak, Nil Zeren Özdemir “The Board Conditionally Clears A Horizontal Transaction In The Online Comparative Ticket Sales Market”, Mondaq, 16 Mart 2022
- Gönenç Gürkaynak, Öznur İnanılır, Berfu Akgun, Nil Zeren Ozdemir “The Turkish Competition Authority Accepts For The First Time In The Preliminary Investigation Stage The Commitments Proposed By A Glass Manufacturing Company To Remedy The Competition Concerns Relating To Abuse Of Dominance In The Glass Production Market (Şişecam)”, 21 Ekim 2021
- Gönenç Gürkaynak, Dilara Yeşilyaprak, Zeynep Ayata Aydogan, Nil Zeren Özdemir “Were You Benefiting From The Block Exemption Mechanism For Vertical Agreements? Make Sure You Double-check Your Market Share This Year”, Mondaq, 17 Kasım 2021
A Different Approach to Monetary Fines for Hindering On-Site Inspection: The Decision of the Ankara II. Administrative Court
Competition Law
Competition Boards Doğuş Otomotiv Decision on Vertical Restrictions in Labor Markets
Competition Law
Competition Law Practices in the Online Advertising Market
Competition Law
Is the Missing Piece of the Puzzle Found in the Intersection Between GDPR and Antitrust Law?
Personal Data Protection
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
