Yersu Sahin

Yersu Sahin

Netherlands, Rotterdam
Global Competition Compliance Manager at Unilever
Profession: Manager, Lawyer, Compliance Officer
Industry: Competition, Compliance, Food & Beverages
At W@: Team of W@CompetitionTR

About:

Yersu currently serves as Global Competition Compliance Manager at Unilever, based in Rotterdam, where she advises the business on a broad range of global competition matters. Prior to joining Unilever, Yersu was Group Competition Compliance Manager at Anadolu Efes. Earlier in her career, she served as Senior Case Handler at the Turkish Competition Authority. With diplomas in Law and Business, Yersu holds an LL.M. in Competition Law from King’s College London and an M.A. in Law and Economics.

languages

Turkish, English

Expertise:

AntitrustAbuse of DominanceAdvocacyCartelsCommercial agreementsCompetition PolicyCompliance ProgrammesAntitrust LawInvestigationsLegal AdviceMerger ControlAntitrust DamagesVertical Agreements

Experience:

Unilever

Global Competition Compliance Manager at Unilever

July 2026 - Present • Rotterdam, Netherlands

- Providing day-to-day competition law legal advice to all Unilever business groups (personal care, beauty and wellbeing, home care, nutrition, and previously ice cream) in all geographies and all functions (sales, supply chain, marketing, HR, R&D, etc.). - Preparing and updating guidance materials, and upskilling global and local legal and business colleagues. - Conducting trainings and leading audits. - Leading relationships with competition authorities, including but not limited to RFIs and investigations. - Pursuing competition law damages claims.

Global Competition Compliance Manager at Unilever

2 years 5 mth • January 2024 - June 2026 • Remote, Turkey

- Providing day-to-day competition law legal advice to all Unilever business groups (personal care, beauty and wellbeing, home care, nutrition, and previously ice cream) in all geographies and all functions (sales, supply chain, marketing, HR, R&D, etc.). - Preparing and updating guidance materials, and upskilling global and local legal and business colleagues. - Conducting trainings and leading audits. - Leading relationships with competition authorities, including but not limited to RFIs and investigations. - Pursuing competition law damages claims.

Competition Compliance Manager at Unilever

September 2021 - false • Istanbul, Turkey

- Executing, monitoring, and updating the competition compliance program. - Sitting at CDLT (Sales leadership team) for sustaining full compliance. - Providing continuous consultancy to all Unilever categories (ice-cream, personal care, beauty and wellbeing, home care, nutrition), channels (traditional, modern, digital commerce) and departments (incl. HR, supply chain, finance, etc.). - Giving continuous trainings, and leading regular audits. - Leading the relationship with Turkish Competition Authority, including competition cases. - Supporting the Central Competition Team of Unilever.

Anadolu Efes

Group Competition Compliance Manager at Anadolu Efes

5 years 9 mth • November 2015 - August 2021 • Istanbul, Turkey

- Led competition compliance program for Turkey and international operations in 70+ countries in Anadolu Efes, leading beer company jointly controlled by AB InBev. - Provided consultancy to all departments and relevant third-parties, gave continuous trainings, executed regular audits and handled the relationship with Turkish Competition Authority, including competition cases (in particular, verticals, M&As, dominance).

Education:

Atilim University

Law (Ranked 3rd in the Faculty)

King's College London

LLM in Competition Law (Full scholarship - Jean Monnet scholarship funded by the EU)

Bilkent University

MA in Law and Economics (Ranked 2nd in the Program)

Ankara University

Business Administration (Ranked 2nd in the Department)

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