Juha Koponen

Partner Juha Koponen is a dual-qualified (Finland and New York) transactional lawyer who focuses his practice on capital markets, M&A and private equity 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 has also advised bidders and target companies on tender offers. Juha has significant experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, especially in the cross-border context. He has also advised on many venture capital investments. Juha heads the firm’s Capital Markets team and the New York office. · Borenius

FinlandCapital Markets, Corporate / M&AFinnish, English, Swedish

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Juha Koponen is a dual-qualified (Finland and New York) transactional partner who focuses on capital markets, corporate / M&A and private equity, advising issuers and underwriters on public and private equity and debt offerings and advising bidders and target companies in tender offers. He heads Borenius's Capital Markets team and the firm's New York office and has significant experience in cross-border M&A and venture capital investments.

Practice areas

Capital MarketsCorporate / M&APrivate EquityVenture Capital

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Finland

Borenius · Partner Juha Koponen is a dual-qualified (Finland and New York) transactional lawyer who focuses his practice on capital markets, M&A and private equity 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 has also advised bidders and target companies on tender offers. Juha has significant experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, especially in the cross-border context. He has also advised on many venture capital investments. Juha heads the firm’s Capital Markets team and the New York office.

Finland

Expertise

IPOsHigh-yield debt offeringsConvertible debt issuancesRights offeringsIssuer and underwriter representationTender offersCross-border M&AVenture capital investments

Education

LLM, Columbia University School of Law, 2001 (Fulbright Scholar)
Master of Laws, University of Turku, 1999
M.Sc. (Econ), Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1998

Admissions

Finland
New York (U.S.)

Languages

FinnishEnglishSwedish