Anna Haapanen

Practice Areas

Partner Anna Haapanen leads the Technology & Data service area at Dittmar & Indrenius. She 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 has a unique mix of in-house counsel and law firm experience and advises clients on technology transactions, complex IP and IT intensive contracts and negotiations, including FinTech projects, as well as related disputes.

Anna Haapanen is experienced in intellectual property licensing with a special expertise in free and open source software.

Career

Prior to joining Dittmar & Indrenius, 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.

Professional Memberships

Anna Haapanen is Vice-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.