Janja Zaplotnik
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Janja Zaplotnik
Practice Areas
Competition Law
Commercial Contracts
Mergers and Acquisitions
Career
Janja Zaplotnik is Partner and Head of the Advisory Unit. She is specialised in the field of competition law and state aids, as well in terms of ensuring the compliance of operation with competition law and representation in proceedings before competition protection authorities and courts as in terms of competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Janja deals also with commercial contracts and consumer law.
Joined Jadek & Pensa in 2012 as Attorney Candidate, Attorney at Jadek & Pensa since 2014, Partner since 2019 and Head of the Advisory Unit since 2023. She is specialised in the field of competition law and state aids, as well in terms of ensuring the compliance of operation with competition law and representation in proceedings before competition protection authorities and courts as in terms of competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Janja deals also with commercial contracts and consumer law.
Professional Memberships
Slovenian Bar
AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers)
Experience
Head of the Advisory Unit at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)
Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2019)
Attorney at Law at Jadek & Pensa (since 2014)
Associate at Jadek & Pensa (2012–2014)
Judical Trainee at the Ljubljana High Court (2009–2011)
Education
King’s College London (2012)
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
University of Ljubljana Law School (2009)
University Degree Bachelor of Law
Languages Spoken
English
French
Chambers Review
Europe
Janja Zaplotnik enters the top tier of the rankings this year on the back of strong client feedback and impressive activity on state aid matters and merger control filings. She offers further expertise in representing clients in allegations of abuse of dominance and advising on the competition compliance of distribution strategies.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Janja Zaplotnik is very responsive and attentive to the details. She is aware of how the business works and provides very thorough and detailed opinions, as well as realistic ones, which is also a very important point when doing business."
"We appreciate both her excellent breadth of knowledge and superb client-facing skills."
"She was very well prepared and always very responsive."
"She is very bright, full of knowledge and a practical, open and very responsive person."
"It was a great pleasure to work with her."
"Janja Zaplotnik is very responsive and attentive to the details. She is aware of how the business works and provides very thorough and detailed opinions, as well as realistic ones, which is also a very important point when doing business."
"We appreciate both her excellent breadth of knowledge and superb client-facing skills."
"She was very well prepared and always very responsive."
"She is very bright, full of knowledge and a practical, open and very responsive person."
"It was a great pleasure to work with her."