Anna Haapanen
Partner
Head of Technology, Licensing & Data
Building trust in her skills is something that is usually difficult to achieve, but with Anna, it has come naturally.
– The Legal 500 EMEA 2025, Intellectual property
Anna Haapanen has a pragmatic business understanding and broad experience from the market.
– Chambers Europe 2025, TMT
Anna Haapanen has the ability to simplify complex matters while delivering practical solutions and proposals. She has dedication and focus to practical problem-solving and hands-on involvement.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Intellectual Property
Anna Haapanen is extremely result oriented and wants to deliver high value work.
– The Legal 500 EMEA 2023, TMT
Anna Haapanen focuses on technology transactions, complex IP and ICT-intensive contracts, negotiations and disputes, as well as data assets and intellectual property licensing, with special expertise in free and open-source software.
She is recognized as one of the leading technology lawyers with international education and multijurisdictional work experience. She is dual-licensed attorney admitted to both the Finnish Bar and the New York Bar and has practiced law in Finland, Sweden and the United States. She has earned Doctor of Laws degree in intellectual property laws and advises clients with both non-contentious and contentious technology, IP and data intensive assignments also within the highly regulated fields such as health tech and fintech.
Anna Haapanen is Chair of the International Technology Law Association’s (ITechLaw) Technology Sourcing Committee as well as former President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations (IFCLA) and former Chairman of the Finnish IT Law Association. She has also served at the Delegation of the Finnish Bar Association, the highest decision-making body of the Finnish Bar Association.
Anna Haapanen has extensive legal expertise across the technology sector, including notable visiting lawyer positions at prominent tech companies such as Supercell, Accenture, Nokia, and Comptel.
Dittmar & Indrenius Attorneys Ltd. (2019–present)
Roschier, Attorneys Ltd., Helsinki and Stockholm (2007–2019)
Supercell, Visiting Lawyer (2018–2019)
Accenture, Visiting Lawyer (2016)
Nokia Corporation, Visiting Lawyer (2013)
Software Freedom Law Center, New York (2009–2010)
Comptel, Visiting Lawyer (2007)
Nokia Corporation, Assistant Legal Counsel (2005–2006)
Hantro Products Oy, Lawyer (2005)
University of Helsinki, Doctor of Laws (LL.D., 2017)
Stanford University, Visiting Senior Scholar (2015)
Hanken Svenska handelhögskolan (MSc. in Economics and Business Administration, 2013)
Columbia University, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (LL.M., 2009)
University of Helsinki (LL.M., 2004)
Ranked in Band 3, TMT, Chambers Europe, 2025
Ranked as Leading Partner, TMT, Legal 500, 2025
- Finnish Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Chair of Technology Sourcing Committee of Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
- Former President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations (IFCLA)
- Former Chairman of the Finnish IT Law Association
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