Jonas Koponen
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Competition: EU
About
Provided by Jonas Koponen
Practice Areas
Jonas advises multinational companies on complex transactions and contentious competition investigations, as well as related dispute resolution. He is a highly regarded international competition lawyer and a recognized leader of the Brussels antitrust bar. Clients value Jonas’ combination of strategic intelligence, leading-edge advice, curiosity, flexibility and deep commercial understanding. He represents clients in a range of industries, with significant experience in the financial services, life sciences, healthcare, telecommunications, software and information technology sectors. Jonas strategically advises his clients on complex M&A, investments and licensing transactions, including with respect to merger reviews by the European Commission and other enforcement agencies. He also counsels companies on internal and external investigations of business conduct and related litigation to address allegations of abuse of dominance, anticompetitive agreements and practices, and cartel behavior, including applications for immunity and leniency. Jonas is a long-standing nongovernmental adviser to the International Competition Network (ICN) and currently advises the European Commission.
Chambers Review
Europe
Jonas Koponen is a well-known practitioner in the Brussels office of Cooley LLP. He has experience acting for defendants on damages actions. He also has experience in pharmaceutical sector merger mandates. He also offers notable experience in handling merger clearance mandates before the Swedish authorities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very seasoned competition lawyer who has been in the game for a long time so he has a lot of experience to lean on."
"Jonas Koponen is a smooth operator. I really enjoy that he is always calm and very much in control."
"In addition to having a very good understanding of competition law, he is someone who really wants to know the business of his clients very intimately and take the time to understand both the commercial perspective as well as the restraints they might face in the future and how to anticipate the problems way before they show up."
"It's really a pleasure to work with him because there will be no surprises."
"He is a very seasoned competition lawyer who has been in the game for a long time so he has a lot of experience to lean on."
"Jonas Koponen is a smooth operator. I really enjoy that he is always calm and very much in control."
"In addition to having a very good understanding of competition law, he is someone who really wants to know the business of his clients very intimately and take the time to understand both the commercial perspective as well as the restraints they might face in the future and how to anticipate the problems way before they show up."
"It's really a pleasure to work with him because there will be no surprises."
