Umay Rona Süerdem

Senior Associate at Moroğlu Arseven Avukatlık Ortaklığı

September 2022 - Present • Istanbul, Turkey

Advising clients in complex merger control filings, including Phase II cases. Representing clients in various sectors (primarily in FMCF, automotive, consumer electronics, e-commerce and retail) before the Turkish Competition Authority and Turkish courts. Assisting international and local companies in preparing compliance programs and providing services in all aspects of competition law such as full-fledged investigations, individual exemption cases, DD process' and risk assessments of M&A, and compliance.

Associate at ACTECON

2 years 5 mth • March 2020 - August 2022 • Istanbul, Turkey

Advising clients in complex merger control filings, including Phase II cases. Resenting clients in various sectors (primarily in FMCF, automotive, consumer electronics, e-commerce and retail) before the Turkish Competition Authority and Turkish courts. Assisting international and local companies in preparing compliance programs and providing services in all aspects of competition law such as full-fledged investigations, individual exemption cases, DD process' and risk assessments of M&A, and compliance. Co-authored various articles titled: (i) Competition Compliance 2020, Turkey, Lexology, (ii) Getting the Deal Through, with Fevzi Toksoy, Bahadır Balkı, and Ertuğrul Can Canbolat; (iii) "Guards up for Multinational Companies in Case of an On-The-Spot Inspection", Lexology, December 2020, with Bahadır Balkı.