Jon Polanec’s practice focuses on competition law/antitrust and sports law.

His experience includes complex merger control proceedings, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases, and antitrust counseling, as well as a wide range of issues under EU law and sports-related matters.

His experience covers a range of industries, including steel, energy, AI, social networks, e-commerce, fertilizers, IT, finance, consumer goods, and sports. Jon represented clients before the European Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the Competition and Markets Authority, and other authorities.

Prior to joining Cleary Gottlieb in the Brussels office in 2018, Jon completed a traineeship at the Legal Service of the European Commission and worked at the Court of Appeals in Slovenia, the Embassy of Slovenia in Washington, D.C., and as an associate at a law firm in Slovenia. Jon is currently a resident in the Washington, D.C. office.

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Notable Experience

  • Alstom on its €8 billion acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.

  • ArcelorMittal on its €4 billion acquisition of Ilva.

  • Whirlpool on its divestment of European major domestic appliances business and creation of Beko Europe together with Arcelik.

  • Whirlpool on its divestment of businesses in Russia and Turkey.

  • Temasek on its acquisition of gategroup.

  • Westlake Chemicals in its €1.2 billion acquisition of Hexion’s global epoxy business.

  • Temasek, Sembcorp Marine, and Keppel O&M in a $6.29 billion merger of Sembcorp Marine with Keppel Corp’s offshore and marine unit.

  • CBC-Led Consortium to Acquire Stake in Hugel.

  • A complainant in EU Commission’s formal investigation into anticompetitive practices of Meta.

  • A wide range of institutional investors (including TPG, Sixth Street Partners, Warburg Pincus and Temasek) on merger control and foreign direct investment mandates.

  • Several clients in non-public antitrust investigations and follow-on damages litigations.

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