Education
Georgetown University, LL.M., 2017
Ankara University School of Law, 2001
Language
English, Turkish

Bar Admission
Istanbul, 2015

Biography

Gülçin Dere is an antitrust and competition law specialist with more than 16 years of experience in antitrust and competition matters. Ms Dere worked as a Chief Competition Expert at the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) before moving to private practice.

She has in-depth knowledge and understanding of antitrust and competition, mergers and acquisitions cases mainly in automotive, banking and financial services, construction, energy markets, media markets and has significant experience in investigation and reporting cartel cases and drafting legal opinions. She participated in major dawn raids, cartel investigations and represented the TCA in international forums.

Ms Dere attended the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as a legal extern and conducted legal research and provided legal assistance in relation to international competition law issues.

In addition, she performed extensive legal research in a law firm in Washington D.C. during her education.

She is a regular speaker in competition law seminars and conferences.

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