Lawyers Bulut Girgin

Bulut Girgin

Bulut Girgin

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Bulut Girgin is the partner heading the Competition and Compliance practice areas. He has over 15 years of experience in sectors such as telecommunications, FMCG, automotive, construction, media and technology. Bulut provides strategic advice on competition law and compliance to both local and international companies. He represents clients in cartel investigations, abuse of dominant position and other competition investigations before the Competition Board, other regulatory authorities, administrative courts and the Council of State. Having managed some of the most complex mergers and acquisitions in the field of competition law, Bulut has extensive knowledge in the conduct of mergers and acquisitions transactions. He also develops comprehensive compliance programmes to help companies comply with changing legislation. These programmes cover competition law as well as anti-corruption, internal investigations and other regulatory compliance processes. Bulut also lectures on competition law at leading universities in Turkey, such as Koç University.


Practice Areas & Work Department

Competition

Investigations & White Collar Crimes

Compliance

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

IT & Telecoms


Languages

Turkish

English

German


Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association

Member of SES

Two-Minute Recap – Competition Law Matters – Around the Globe – 2025 September

In September 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published a practical guide entitled Competing for Talent, focusing on how competition law applies in labour markets.

09.10.2025

Two-Minute Recap – Competition Law Matters – Türkiye – 2025 September

The Competition Board assessed whether undertakings in the white meat sector engaged in strategic information sharing that could affect competition.

09.10.2025

Two-Minute Recap – Competition Law Matters – Türkiye – 2025 July

On 10 July 2025, the Turkish Competition Authority announced on its official website that it had imposed a daily administrative fine on Google amounting to TRY 355 million (approx. EUR 7,5 million) for non-compliance with obligations stemming from the Turkish Competition Board’s 2021 infringement decision.

08.09.2025

Two-Minute Recap – Competition Law Matters Around the Globe – 2025 July

On 30 July 2025, the Italian Competition Authority opened an investigation into Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position by pre-installing its “Meta AI” chatbot on the WhatsApp app without users’ consent.

12.08.2025

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters Around the Globe May 2025

BBVA’s hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell has triggered a regulatory and political tug-of-war in Spain — and drawn the attention of Brussels. Spain’s Minister of Economy confirmed that any Sabadell-related transaction will be assessed using broad public interest criteria including market concentration, regional banking access, employment and social policy.

17.06.2025

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters in Türkiye - May 2025

The Turkish Competition Authority has published its Annual Report for 2024, providing a detailed overview of merger and acquisition transactions reviewed during the year.

11.06.2025

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters Around the Globe - April 2025

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined 17 construction supervision firms a total of KRW 23.7 billion (USD 17 million) for bid- rigging in 92 public tenders between 2019 and 2023.

02.06.2025

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters in Türkiye - April 2025

The Turkish Competition Board (Board) has approved Tofaş’s acquisition of Stellantis’s Turkey operations, marking a historic first by tying the clearance to binding investment obligations.

22.05.2025
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