He also routinely advises clients in relation to their agreements and allegations of cartelisation and has successfully represented Coal India Limited in a cartel complaint against its explosives’ suppliers before the CCI and the appellate tribunal. He represented Globecast Asia Pte Ltd in its leniency application before the CCI and was successful in obtaining a 100% reduction in penalty for Globecast and its officials. He also advises trade associations as well as companies across various industries in relation to compliance with competition laws.

On the merger control side, Yaman helped secure unconditional approval for Vodafone India’s merger with Idea Cellular Limited (then India’s largest M&A transaction), and, more recently, e&’s acquisition of a minority stake in Vodafone PLC and One Rock Capital’s acquisition of Constantia Flexibles GmbH. He has previously advised on Walmart’s acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart (and successfully defended the approval in follow on litigation), and Siemens’ acquisition of Alstom’s mobility business, as well as transactions in the automobiles space (including the capital alliance between Suzuki Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation, and the merger of Fiat with Peugeot), the pharmaceuticals space (including Pfizer’s proposed merger with Allergan, and GSK’s acquisition of Novartis’ vaccines and over the counter drugs business), and the agrochemicals space (including the merger between the Dow Chemical Company and DuPont, the merger between Agrium Inc. and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, and the acquisition by FMC Corporation of the agrochemicals business divested by DuPont as part of the conditions of its merger with Dow). He also routinely acts for private equity investors in relation to obtaining CCI approvals for their acquisitions.

Yaman was included in the Legal 500 list of “Next Generation Lawyers” for India for 2017 to 2019, and “Next Generation Partners” from 2020 to 2025. He was one of two Indian lawyers named by the Global Competition Review in their ’40 under 40’ listing for 2024. He was also recognised by Chambers and Partners, 2025 as a Band 4 practitioner, with clients commenting that he, “is a leader in the competition law space in India and provides exceptional services”, and that his “advice is clear, succinct and business oriented”. He was listed as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation in their 2025 rankings,  and as a “Gennext Leading Lawyer” in the Legal Era Leading Lawyer Rankings for 2023-24 and 2024-25. He has previously been recognized by Chambers and Partners from 2021 onwards, in both its Global and Asia Pacific Listings, with clients commenting that he “coordinates large teams efficiently to deliver top-notch results”, “has a deep and thorough knowledge of the regulatory landscape and laws” and “his competition law knowledge is extensive, his advice is always focused on what’s best for the company, and he effortlessly transitions from explaining legal nuances to providing commercial input.”. He has also been recognised by the Indian Business Law Journal as a Future Legal Leader in 2021, as a “Rising Star” in Competition and Antitrust in The Experts Guides list for 2018 to 2022, and as a “Future Leader” in “Who’s Who Legal: Competition Future Leaders”, from 2017 to 2023, being, “most highly regarded” in 2018 and 2019.

He regularly contributes to competition law publications and has co-authored India chapters for GCR, “Getting the Deal Through”, as well as for PLC. He has also co-authored articles on Indian antitrust law for a Competition Policy International Publication titled, “The Evolution of Antitrust in the Digital Era: Essays on Competition Policy” in 2020, and a Kluwer Publication titled, “Competition and Patent Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector: An International Perspective” in 2016, and assisted in the editing of the sixth edition of SM Dugar’s Guide to Competition Law, also published in 2016. He has also conducted elective courses on competition law and a foundations of legal education course at his alma mater, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and has been an invited guest lecturer at various law universities and online learning platforms across India.

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