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Jonas Koponen

Jonas Koponen

Europe 2026

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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

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Chambers European Guide

Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Jonas Koponen is a seasoned practitioner with experience acting for defendants on cartel investigations and 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

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  • Jonas Koponen is a very pleasant person who is also very knowledgeable.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide
  • Jonas Koponen is a highly communicative and intelligent lawyer.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide
  • He did great job explaining it and guiding us through process.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

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