Janja Zaplotnik

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 1

Competition/Antitrust

Slovenia

8 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Janja Zaplotnik

Europe

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

Provided by Chambers

Europe

Competition/Antitrust - Slovenia

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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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Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Janja Zaplotnik

Global Practice Guide

Investing In... 2025
Slovenia | Trends and Developments

Authored by

Janja Zaplotnik, Maja Činč, Ožbej Merc, Nastja Merlak

Article • Dec 2024

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."