Suleyman Cengiz
Inhouse Competition Expert, Herguner Bilgen Ozeke
Suleyman received his Bachelor's Degree in International relations from Gazi University in 1996, an MA in International Economic Relations from the University of Konstanz in 2000, and a PhD in Finance from Hacettepe University in 2010. He also attended Penn State University Smeal College of Business as a visiting student on a Fulbright Scholarship granted by the US Department of State.
He is the firm's in-house competition expert where he oversees every competition/antitrust related matter in the firm on every transaction or court case with competition/antitrust elements. He is responsible for providing competition related guidance to every relevant transaction and agreement, as well as interacting with the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) on behalf of all clients, providing all competition training, and 'dawn raid' responses. He was a TCA agent for over 14 years and has worked on some of the largest antitrust cases in Turkey's history, both as a TCA agent and as an adviser to the firm. Recent examples include the TCA's substantial cases where Süleyman has represented a major world-renowned logistics company, a local company which is part of one the largest industrial conglomerates in Turkey and a market leader in the food industry in Japan. Suleyman also represents many clients worldwide who engage in the steel industry in their M&A transactions which are subject to TCA's approval in Turkey.