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About
Provided by Juha Koponen
Practice Areas
Juha is a dual-qualified (Finland and New York) transactional lawyer who focuses his practice on capital markets and public M&A transactions. He has advised issuers and underwriters on public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including IPOs, high-yield debt offerings, convertible debt issuances and rights offerings. He also regularly advises bidders, target boards, financiers and large shareholders on tender offers. Juha is also an international fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Juha has significant experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, especially in the cross-border context. Throughout his career, which spans over 20 years, Juha has also gained significant experience in private M&A, venture capital and financing transactions.
Juha heads the firm’s Capital Markets team in addition to the firm’s London and New York offices.
Career
Prior to joining Borenius, Juha was a Partner with another major Finnish law firm. His prior experience includes working as an Associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP for three years (New York and London) and as a Corporate Legal Counsel at Nokia Corporation focusing on securities regulation.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Bar Foundation (International Fellow)
Chambers Review
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Juha Koponen is noted for his active capital markets practice, and is frequently seen to handle large IPOs and high-yield debt offerings. Qualified in Finland as well as in the USA, he has experience dealing in various cross-border transactions.
Juha Koponen is noted for his active capital markets practice, and is frequently seen to handle large IPOs and high-yield debt offerings. Qualified in Finland as well as in the USA, he has experience dealing in various cross-border transactions.
Juha Koponen regularly handles large IPOs, high-yield and green bonds and notes issuances. Koponen is dual-qualified in Finland and USA, which makes him a great choice for cross-border cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He demonstrates great commercial awareness and responsiveness, and is a pleasure to work with."
"Juha is able to provide detail on obscure regulatory requirements in a digestible way."
"Mr Koponen is superb. His knowledge and experience combined with his one-of-a-kind customer-centricity makes him an outstanding partner."
"Juha Koponen is a great and versatile capital markets lawyer."
"Juha is a respected and experienced attorney with sound knowledge of capital markets transactions as well as a well-rounded commercial awareness."
"He demonstrates great commercial awareness and responsiveness, and is a pleasure to work with."
"Juha is able to provide detail on obscure regulatory requirements in a digestible way."
"Mr Koponen is superb. His knowledge and experience combined with his one-of-a-kind customer-centricity makes him an outstanding partner."
"Juha Koponen is a great and versatile capital markets lawyer."
"Juha is a respected and experienced attorney with sound knowledge of capital markets transactions as well as a well-rounded commercial awareness."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Borenius to Open a Representative Office in London
We are thrilled to announce that we are opening a new representative office in the City of London on 13 January 2020, which makes us the only large Finnish law firm to have an office in London.
Borenius to Open a Representative Office in London
We are thrilled to announce that we are opening a new representative office in the City of London on 13 January 2020, which makes us the only large Finnish law firm to have an office in London.
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