HPP Attorneys offers comprehensive support in the antitrust space, with particular experience of cartel litigation and proceedings before the National Competition Authority, the Finnish Market Court, and the Supreme Administrative Court. The firm advises clients on complex EU competition matters, including merger control and abuse of dominance, representing Finnish and multinational companies from the finance, forestry, infrastructure, and pharmaceutical sectors. Tuomas Saraste heads the practice and is noted for handling merger control, abuse of dominance, and cartel matters. Co-head Anna Roubier focuses on antitrust issues.
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Anna Roubier specialises in EU, competition and regulatory law. She has extensive experience in handling antitrust matters and merger control proceedings. She regularly represents clients in competition authority investigations in antitrust and merger control matters and advises companies in the related administrative proceedings, both at national level and in proceedings conducted by the European Commission. Anna also advises clients on state aid issues, including foreign (non-EU) subsidies, and represents clients in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) control proceedings before the national screening authority.

Prior to joining HPP, Anna has previously worked in the Brussels office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP and as a legal advisor at the European Chemicals Agency. Anna has also previously practiced at other two leading Finnish commercial law firms. She holds an LL.M. degree from the College d’Europe, Bruges (Belgium), and she is qualified as a Finnish attorney-at-law.

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  • ‘Easy to reach.’ ‘A professional team with a wide range of expertise.’ ‘Customer-centric, quick response times.’

Key clients

  • Metsä Group Finavia Beretta Holding Wihuri FMC Corporation The Simply Blue Group NCC CGI Caverion Stark Suomi Pernod Ricard Sweden Ab Lease Deal Group Oyj Euromaster (part of Michelin Group)

Work highlights

Assisted Metsä Group, a multinational forestry group with an annual turnover exceeding €6bn, in appeal proceedings before the Finnish administrative court in a case involving a question on the legality of EU’s emissions trading legislation.
Represented a multinational, a Canadian based ICT company CGI in the FSR -process at the EU Commission relating to a public procurement process.
Represented Elvera in merger control proceedings regarding a transaction where Elvera acquired Voimatel’s Electricity Network Business.