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Dittmar & Indrenius Offices
POHJOISESPLANADI 25 A
00100 HELSINKI
Finland
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Dr Anna Haapanen
Work Department
Technology & Outsourcing; Intellectual Property
Position
Focus on technology transactions, complex IP and IT intensive contracts and negotiations as well as intellectual property licensing with a special expertise in free and open source software.
Partner Anna Haapanen is recognized as one of the leading international technology lawyers with international education and work experience both cross border and overseas and has practiced law in Finland, Sweden and the United States. She is dual-licensed attorney admitted to both the Finnish Bar and the New York Bar. She has earned Doctor of Laws degree in intellectual property law and advises clients with both non-contentious and contentious assignments.
Career
Prior to joining D&I, Anna Haapanen worked at Roschier Attorneys in Helsinki and Stockholm, at Software Freedom Law Center in New York and as in-house counsel at Nokia and Hantro as well as held visiting lawyer positions at Supercell, Accenture, Nokia and Comptel.
Anna Haapanen is President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations (IFCLA), representative of Finland at International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) and former Chairman of the Finnish IT Law Association. She is a member of the Delegation of the Finnish Bar Association, the highest decision-making body of the Finnish Bar Association.
Languages
Finnish, English and Swedish
Memberships
Finnish Bar Association, New York Bar Association
Education
University of Helsinki, Doctor of Laws (LL.D., 2017)
Stanford University, Visiting Senior Scholar (2015)
Hanken Svenska handelhögskolan (MSc. (Economics and Business Administration, 2013)
Columbia University (LL.M., 2009), Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
University of Helsinki (LL.M., 2004)
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > Intellectual property
Dittmar & Indrenius offers expert guidance on patents, copyrights, and related transactions. The firm advises clients on IP asset identification, protection strategies, licensing deals, and enforcement actions and excels in providing strategic counsel on acquiring, managing, and defending IP rights. Anna Haapanen, adept at handling copyright and patent aspects in IP, data, and technology sectors, jointly heads up the practice with Iiris Kivikari and Juli Mansnérus.
Finland > TMT
(Leading partners)The ‘seasoned team’ at Dittmar & Indrenius is well placed to handle corporate issues, disputes and transactions, with strong regulatory, IP, technology and data law expertise. The practice stands out as a key choice for clients seeking advice on all facets of technology deals involving complex technology elements, R&D collaboration projects and contentious work. The practice is co-led by Anna Haapanen, Iiris Kivikari, Jukka Lång and Juli Mansnérus. Haapanen is well-equipped to handle contentious and non-contentious technology matters; Kivikari is a specialist in IP and media law; ICT lawyer Lång regularly represents clients in data protection and cyber security matters, and Mansnérus is experienced in all types of technology litigation, transactions, and regulatory matters. Eila El Asry is highly skilled in the technology and data assets fields.