Assistant Professor Dr. KEREM CEM SANLI Kurtuluş Deresi Cad No : 47 Dolapdere Beyoğlu 80370 Istanbul/TURKEY Tel : +90 (212) 3115160 e-mail : cem.sanli@bilgi.edu.tr http://rhm.bilgi.edu.tr EDUCATION MARMARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Istanbul, Turkey Doctorate of Law (Ph.D), granted in August 2006 Ph.D. Thesis: Law and Economics and Economic Analysis of Tort Law Supervisor: Professor Cevdet Yavuz HARVARD UNIVERSITY, LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge, USA Master of Laws (LL.M.), granted in May 2000 LL.M. Paper: Monopoly Pricing in Antitrust Laws: Comparative Study of US, EU and Turkish Laws, Supervisor: Professor Kip Viscusi MARMARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Istanbul, Turkey Master of Laws (LL.M.), granted in June 1999 LL.M. Thesis: The Prohibitions in the Act of Protection of Competition and the Nullity Regime of the Legal Transactions Contrary to These Prohibitions, Supervisor: Professor Osman B. Gürzumar ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW, Istanbul, Turkey Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), granted in June 1996 RESEARCH VISITS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY LAW SCHOOL, San Fransisco, USA Visiting Scholar (Fall Term), Visiting Scholar Program, September-February 2013 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge, USA Visiting Researcher (Spring Term), Visiting Research Program, February-June 2004 Faculty Sponsor: Professor Steven Shavell HAMBURG UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF LAW & ECONOMICS, Hamburg, Germany Visiting Researcher (Fall Term), Research for PhD thesis, Sept-January 2003 Faculty Sponsor: Professor Hans-Bernd Schafer EXPERIENCE ISTANBUL BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, COMPETITION LAW RESEARCH CENTER, Turkey Founder and Director of the Research Center, September 2010-to date Promoting Competition Law through Academic Events and Competition Advocacy. Organized Numerous Conferences and Seminars, Most Active NGO in the Area of Competition Law in Turkey ISTANBUL COMMERCIAL COURTS, İstanbul, Türkiye, Expert Witness, matters related to competition law and private law, 2012 to date ISTANBUL BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW, Istanbul, Turkey Full Time Assistant Professor in Civil Law and Law and Economics, September 2007- to date Taught Antitrust Law, Law of Obligations and Economic Analysis of Law Courses in the Undergraduate and the Graduate Programs, Member of Board of Directors since 2008 BİLKENT UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Ankara, Turkey Part Time Assistant Professor in the LL.M Program, October 2008-to date Taught Economic Analysis of Law Course (in English) in the LL.M. Program KADİR HAS UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW, Istanbul, Turkey Part Time Assistant Professor in Civil Law, September 2007-January 2008 Taught Law of Obligations Course in Undergraduate Program ISTANBUL BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW, Istanbul, Turkey Full Time Lecturer in Antitrust and Civil Law, September 2005 August 2007 Taught Antitrust and Civil Law Courses in Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
ISTANBUL BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW, Istanbul, Turkey Full Time Research and Teaching Assistant in Civil Law and Antitrust Law, December 1997 September 2005 PUBLICATIONS A. Books Competition Law For Firms: Practical Guidelines, (with Sahin Ardıyok) XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2013 (127 pages) Law and Economics and Economic Analysis of Tort Law, Beta Publication, Istanbul 2007 (568 pages) The Prohibitions in the Act of Protection of Competition and the Nullity Regime of the Contracts Contrary to These Prohibitions, The Competition Authority Publication, Ankara 2000 (514 pages) B. Editorship Private Law Consequences of Competition Law Infringements: Problems and Solutions, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2013 (545 pages) Abuse of Dominant Position: Problems and Solutions, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2011 (650 pages) The New Era in Turkish Competition Enforcement Policy: Regulations on Fines and Leniency, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2009 (260 pages) Vertical Agreements and the Competition Law, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2009 (313 pages) C. Articles and Published Conference Papers An Outlook to Private Enforcement of Turkish Competition Law, Conference Proceedings of the Private Enforcement of Turkish Competition Law, 17.6.2011, Co-organized by the Competition Law and Policy Research Center and the Turkish Competition Authority, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2013 (45 pages) Vertical Integration in Airline Industry: An Analysis of Three Decisions of Turkish Competition Board Concerning Turkish Air Lines, Legal Journal of Law, Vol.9, Issue 106, 2011, p.4661-4733 (72 pages) European Competition Policy, a Chapter in the Book Called: Developments in European Union, Istanbul Bilgi University Publications, 2011, p.157-181 (24 pages) (with Yeşim Atamer) Economic Analysis of Producer s Liability, Tribute to Professor Belgin Erdoğmuş, Der Publication, Istanbul 2011, p.769-815 (46 pages) Analysis of Strict Liability Rules in the New Turkish Code of Obligations, Conference Proceedings of the New Turkish Code of Obligations Symposium, 1-2 April 2011, Organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2011, p.61-83 (22 pages) An Empirical Analysis of the Enforcement Policy of the Competition Board with Respect to Abuse of Dominant Position, Conference Proceedings of the Abuse of Dominant Position: Problems and Solutions, 22.06.2010, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2011, p.15-66 (41 pages) A Different Perspective to Jurisprudence: Economic Analysis of Law Conference Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on the Contemporary Problems of Jurisprudence, Baku, 2010, p.137-145 (12 pages) (with Yeşim Atamer) Limits of Price Control in the Context of Credit Cards Interests and Fees: Legal and Economic Analysis, Banking and Commercial Law Journal, Vol.26, N.4, 2010, Ankara, pages17-60 (44 pages)
(with Şahin Ardıyok) Legal Structure of Turkish Competition Policy, A chapter in the Book Called: The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey, (editors: Oğuz, Fuat and Çetin Tamer), Springer, 2011, (in English) pages 75-121 (47 pages) Private Law and Competition Law Perspective to Distribution Contracts in Petroleum Industry II: Current State, Problems and Evaluations, Competition Journal, Vol.11, N.3, 2010, Ankara, pages 177-230 (54 pages) (with Sevi Bozoğlu) Competition Law Aspects of Distribution Contracts in Pharmaceutical Industry and the Framework Bidding System An article published in the proceedings of 2 nd Health Law Symposium, 2.5.2008 (Organized by the Marmara University Faculty of Law), Roche Publication 2010, pages 118-151 (34 pages) Do Suppliers Have a General Obligation to Maintain the Competitive Structure of Downstream Markets? Implications from two Recent Decisions of the Turkish Competition Board, Tribute to Professor Serozan Vol.II, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul 2010, pages1533-1574 (42 pages) Application of the Regulation on Fines to Previous Cartel Decisions and Some Implications Thereof Regarding the New Era, Competition Journal, Competition Authority Publication, Vol.10, Number 4, in Turkish, Ankara 2009, pages 117-154 (37 pages) The New Era in Turkish Competition Law Enforcement: Some Implications from Cartel Cases, Competition Law: An Instrument for Inclusive Growth, (Published in the Proceedings of the International Competition Law Conference which was held in New Delhi at 6-7 November 2009), in English, International Academy of Law, India 2009, pages 217-237 (20 pages) Legal Treatment of Vertical Agreements in the New Threshold System, Published in the Proceedings of the Vertical Agreements and the Competition Law Conference which was held at 26 June 2008 at the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, in Turkish, Istanbul, 2009, pages 75-195 (70 pages) (with Osman Berat Gürzumar) The Analysis of Civil Law Problems Regarding Distribution Contracts in Turkish Oil Industry that are deemed to Restrict Competition within the meaning of Article 4 of the Competition Act, Tribute to Associate Professor Konuralp, Volume. 3, in Turkish, Ankara, 2009 pages, 549-577 (28 pages) A Criterion in Determining Negligence: Hand Formula, The Marmara University Faculty of Law, Legal Research Journal (special edition for Liability Law from Roman Law to Modern Era Conference), Vol. 14, N.4, pages 99-131 (33 pages) Economic Approach to Tort Liability in Antitrust Law, The Proceedings of the Thursday Conferences, Vol.22, The Competition Authority Publications, Ankara 2008, s.3-21 (19 pages) Economic Interpretation of Negligence: Hand Formula, Tribute to Professor Alacakaptan Volume. 2, Bilgi Publications, Istanbul 2008, pages 561-596 (34 pages) Critical Appraisal of the Civil Law Provisions in Draft Law of the Protection of Competition Competition Journal, Competition Authority Publication, No 30, Ankara 2007, pages 3-70 (with Göktürk Uyan) An Analysis of Court of Appeals Landmark Decision on the Meaning of Possession without Action within the provision of Acquisitive Prescription, Legal Law Journal, 2007 September, pages 2833-2855 (23 pages) Tort Liability in Turkish Antitrust Law, Article published in the Proceedings of the Conference on the Recent Developments in Turkish Competition Law, The Competition Authority Publications, Ankara 2003, pages 211-277 Monopoly Pricing in Antitrust Laws, in Thursday Conferences N. 10, The Competition Authority Publications 2000, Ankara, pages 75-165 REPORTS (with Osman Berat Gürzumar) Legal Opinion on the Private Law Effects of Prohibiting Vertical Contracts in Petroleum Industry, December 2008 (16 pages) (wih Yeşim Atamer) Legal Opinion on the Draft Change of the Article 26 of the Code on the Debt Cards and the Credit Cards March 2008 (3 pages) Report on the Civil Law Provisions in the Draft Law of the Protection of Competition, This Report is submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority in February 2008 (46 pages)
Report on the Prospective Amendments in the Block Exemption Regulation Regarding Vertical Agreements This Report is submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority upon the official request in February 2007 (8 pages) Report on the Prospective Amendments in the Act Of Protection of Competition This Report is submitted to the Turkish Competition Authority upon the official request in July 2003 (23 pages) SPEECHES IN CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Competition Law Enforcement in the Turkish Oil Industry: Risk of Foreclosure and Problems of Intervention (Joint presentation with Şamil Pişmaf, Competition Authority Expert), 7th Imedipa Competition Law and Policy Conference, Athens 7 June 2013 Recent Enforcement Trends in Turkish Competition Law, Workshop on Competition Law and Market Regulation, Dokuz Eylül University, co-organized by the Institute of Social Sciences and Jean Monnet Chais, 5.5.2013 İzmir Developments in Turkish Competition Law, Congress on the Harmonization of European Private Law, organized by the İstanbul University Faculty of Law, 1.3.2013, İstanbul Interplay Between Competition Authority and Civil Courts: Binding Effect of Competition Board s Decisions, Turkish Case, 6 th Imedipa Conference on Competition Law and Policy, Organized by Imedipa, Romanian Competition Council and Bucharest University Faculty of Law, 28-29 June 2012 Bucharest, Romania An Outlook to the Enforcement Policy of the Competition Board, Jean Monnet Seminars organized by the Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Social Sciences, 26.4.2012, İzmir A Framework Analysis for Competition Law Enforcement in Banking Sector A weeklong Conference Series Concerning Competition Law Enforcement in Various Industries, Day I: Financial Services, Organized by Istanbul Bar Association, 19.01.2012, Istanbul, Turkey Vertical Integration in Airline Industry: An Analysis of Three Decisions of Turkish Competition Board Concerning Turkish Air Lines, Conference Named Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in Transport Industry, Co-organized by Competition Authority and Dokuz Eylül University, 14-15 October 2011, İzmir, Turkey An Outlook to Private Law Consequences of Competition Law Infringements, Conference named Private Enforcement of Turkish Competition Law: Problems and Solutions, Co-organized by Istanbul Bilgi University Competition Law and Policy Research Center and the Turkish Competition Authority, 17.6.2011, Istanbul Turkey Development of Turkish Competition Law: A Law and Economics Approach, Conference named Economic Change in Turkey and its Institutional Foundations, Organized by the Yıldız Technical University, 28.4.2011, Istanbul Turkey Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Nullity and Tort Liability, Seminar named Private Law Consequences of Competition Law Infringement, Organized by Istanbul Bar Association, 22.4.2011, Istanbul Turkey An Analysis of the Strict Liability Rules in the New Turkish Code of Obligation, Conference named New Turkish Code of Obligation, Organized by Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, 1-2 April 2011, Istanbul, Turkey Private Law Implications of the Turkish Competition Board Decisions Concerning Vertical Agreements in Petroleum Industry, Symposium named Competition Policy and Petroleum Industry, Organized by Competition Experts Association, 31.1.2011, Ankara, Turkey The Problem Standard Setting Towards Discriminatory Practices of Dominant Undertakings while Establishing New Distribution Networks, 3 rd Symposium on the Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Organized by Istanbul Commerce University, Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Center, 22.10.2010, Istanbul, Turkey The Competition Board s General Enforcement Policy Towards Monopolization, Conference named Abuse of Dominant Position: Problems and Solutions, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Law School and the Competition Authority, 22.6.2010, Istanbul, Turkey
A Different Perspective to Law: Economic Analysis of Law, 2 nd International Conference on the Contemporary Problems of Legal Science, Co-organized by the Baku State University and the Qafqaz University, 29-30 April 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan The New Era in Turkish Competition Law Enforcement: Some Implications from Cartel Cases, International Conference on Competition Law, Co-organized by the International Academy of Law and World Council for Corporate Governance, 6-7 November 2009, New Delhi India Damage Actions in Turkish Antitrust Law, Commentator in the Conference named 3 rd International Conference on Competition Law and Policy, 29-30 May 2009, Athens Greece Application of the New Regulation on the Determination of Fines to the Previous Cartel Cases and Some Implications, Conference named The New Era in Turkish Competition Law Enforcement Policy: Regulations Regarding Leniency and Fines, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and the Turkish Competition Authority, 14.5.2009, Istanbul, Turkey Legal Treatment of Vertical Agreements in the New Threshold System, Conference named Vertical Agreements and Competition Law, Organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, 26.6.2008, Istanbul, Turkey Public Procurement and Competition in Pharmaceutical Sector, 2 nd Health Law Symposium, Organized by the Marmara University Faculty of Law, 2.5.2008, Istanbul, Turkey Economic Approach to Tort Liability in Turkish Antitrust Law, Thursday Seminars organized by the Turkish Competition Authority, 20 March 2008, Ankara, Turkey Economic Analysis of Tort Law, A seminar for PhD graduates held at the Koç University, 8 February 2008, Istanbul, Turkey Economic Interpretation of Negligence, International Conference named Responsibility from Roman Law to Modern Law, Co-organized by the Marmara University and the Kadir Has University, 17-18 October 2007, Istanbul, Turkey Basics of Turkish Competition Law and the Comparative Analysis of Article 4 of the Act Competition Law Seminar at Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Organized by Theoretical Law Research Club, 3-4 May 2007, Istanbul, Turkey Tort Liability in Turkish Antitrust Law, Symposium on the Recent Developments in the Turkish Competition Law, Organized by the University of Erciyes, Faculty of Economics and Management, 4.4.2003, Kayseri, Turkey Cartel Agreements, Seminar named Market Economy and Competition Rules, Co-organized by TIKA and Turkish Competition Authority, 31 October and 15 November, Istanbul, Turkey (papers presented both in English and in Turkish) Monopoly Pricing in Antitrust Laws, Thursday Seminars organized by the Turkish Competition Authority, October 2000, Ankara, Turkey CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS Co-organizer of the Panel named Judicial Review of Competition Board Decisions, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University and Policy Center and the Competition Society, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 29.1.2013, Istanbul Co-organizer of the Conference named The New Regime in Concentration Control: the Practical Effects of Regulation Numbered 2010/4, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Competition Law and Policy Center and the Competition Authority, hosted by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, 11 October 2012, Istanbul Co-organizer of the Conference named Contributions of the Turkish Competition Authority to the Turkish Economy in the Past 15 Years, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University and Policy Center and the Competition Society, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 29.3.2012, Istanbul Co-organizer of the Conference named Private Enforcement of Turkish Competition Law: Problems and Solutions, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Competition Law and Policy Center and the Competition Authority, hosted by the Istanbul Bilgi University, 17.6.2011, Istanbul Co-organizer of the Conference named The New Era in the Control of Concentrations: the Regulation Numbered 2010/4 and the Guidelines on Relevant Undertaking, Turnover and Ancillary Restraints, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Competition Law and Policy Center, the
Competition Association of Turkey and the Competition Authority, hosted by the Istanbul Bilgi University, 4.3.2011, Istanbul Co-organizer of the Conference named Abuse of Dominant Position: Problems and Solutions, Coorganized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and the Competition Authority, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 22.10.2010, Istanbul Co-organizer of the International Conference named Remedies in Merger Control, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and the Competition Authority, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 17.6.2009, Istanbul Co-organizer of the conference called The New Era in Turkish Competition Law Enforcement Policy: Regulations Regarding Leniency and Fines, Co-organized by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and the Turkish Competition Authority, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 14.5.2009, Istanbul Co-organizer of the International Conference named Which Competition Policy for the Regulated Industries: Governance and Sector-Specific Perspectives, Co-organized by the University College London, IMEDIPA and Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, 5-6.9.2008, Istanbul Organizer of the Conference named Vertical Agreements and Competition Law, hosted by the Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, 26.6.2008, Istanbul ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Activities and Memberships: Member of Harvard Alumni Association Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent), German (beginner)