Cooley LLP‘s ’irreplaceable’ antitrust and competition team often represents large, multi-national corporates in their merger matters, government investigations, and antitrust litigation. For foreign subsidies regulation, Jonas Koponen is a go-to. Alexander Israel left the firm in early 2025.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The Cooley Team is irreplaceable in our competition work. They are fast, efficient, knowledgeable and professional. The team's work ethic and reliability are outstanding. They are very well connected to all relevant authorities. There is no better team for competition in Brussels or otherwise in Europe!’

  • ‘Long-lasting legal support by the leading counsel on the very broad and complicated issues.’

Key clients

  • Condor
  • Horizon
  • Clarios
  • Stratasys
  • Denso
  • RayzeBio, Inc.
  • VectivBio Holdings AG

Work highlights

  • Defended Horizon Therapeutics successfully against a US Federal Trade Commission and six states’ attempt to block its USD27.8bn acquisition by Amgen.
  • Advises Condor Flugdienst on several highly significant and time sensitive matters for Condor, including in dispute with Lufthansa Group concerning the termination of the parties’ long-standing feeder agreement, margin squeeze, and predatory pricing.
  • Representing Clarios in the European Commission’s cartel investigation “automotive Starter batteries”.

Other key lawyers

Jonas Koponen