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Provided by Aljaž Cankar
Competition Law
Commercial Contracts
Mergers and Acquisitions
Real Estate, Construction and Infrastructure
Aljaž Cankar is a managing associate and member of the advisory unit. He has more than eight years of experience and joined the law firm in early 2017. Aljaž advises clients primarily in the areas of competition law and commercial contracts, but he also focuses on state aid and real estate. He was involved in various commercial dispute resolution projects in the past, including a major commercial arbitration. As a lawyer, he has also participated in various proceedings before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU.
Slovene Bar Association (since 2021)
English, Serbian, Croatian
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
Bachelor’s Degree
2021 - 2015
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
Master’s Degree
2015 - 2017
Managing Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (since 2026)
Senior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2021–2025)
Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2020–2021)
Junior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2017–2020)
Associate at one of the Big Four companies (since 2015–2017)
Provided by Chambers
Aljaž Cankar enters the rankings this year on the back of notable activity across the full range of competition law mandates, advising clients on merger control filings, behavioural investigations and state aid issues.
Provided by Chambers
We found him very dedicated to solve a challenge.
He provides very fast feedback and excellent support. He has deep knowledge of and a good understanding of our business.
He is very good at assessing the various options for initiating a legal dispute and assessing the success of concluding a legal dispute.
He is able to analyse various possible steps for the court and prepare a legal case strategy accordingly.
We found him very dedicated to solve a challenge.
He provides very fast feedback and excellent support. He has deep knowledge of and a good understanding of our business.
He is very good at assessing the various options for initiating a legal dispute and assessing the success of concluding a legal dispute.
He is able to analyse various possible steps for the court and prepare a legal case strategy accordingly.