Hanna Anttilainen

Hanna Anttilainen

Belgium, Brussels
Member of Cabinet at European Commission (EC)
Profession: Lawyer
Industry: Competition, Regulatory / Enforcement, Single Market

About:

Head of Unit  C.1: Antitrust in Electronic Communications in DG COMP of the European Commission. She leads Article 101 and 102 investigations in the electronic communications sector, including chips and standard essential patents. Previously she was a Head of Unit in mergers. Hanna has been at DG COMP since 2011, and in the role of a manager since 2012. Prior to that, she worked for 13 years on competition law matters at Herbert Smith in Brussels.

languages

Finnish, English, French

Expertise:

AntitrustMerger ControlCompetition Policy

W@ events participation:

W@CompetitionCEE Talk on "Due Process in Competition Proceedings"

Nov 29, 2019Poland, Warsaw

W@Competition Talk "Merger Control in Commissioner Vestager's Era"

May 16, 2019Belgium, Brussels

4th Annual W@Competition Conference

Mar 17, 2020Belgium, Brussels

W@ Masterclasses | Exercising Power

Nov 29, 2023Belgium, Brussels

Experience:

European Commission (EC)

Member of Cabinet at European Commission (EC)

December 2024 - Present • Brussels, Belgium

Member of the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné.

Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

3 years 10 mth • January 2021 - November 2024 • Brussels, Belgium

Head of Unit C1: Antitrust in Electronic Communications. Hanna deals with Article 101 and 102 investigations in the sector, including issues related to telecoms, chips and standard essential patents.

Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

4 years 4 mth • September 2016 - January 2021 • Brussels, Belgium

Head of Unit - B4, Mergers in Energy and the Environment

Deputy Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

1 years 6 mth • February 2015 - August 2016 • Brussels, Belgium

Deputy Head of Unit E.4 - Mergers in Basic Industries, Manufacturing, Consumer goods and Agriculture

Case Manager at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

2 years 4 mth • October 2012 - February 2015 • Brussels, Belgium

Case Manager E.4: Mergers in Basic Industries, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods and Agriculture

Case Handler at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

1 years 1 mth • August 2011 - September 2012 • Brussels, Belgium

Case handler in F.1: Mergers in transport and other services

Education:

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law

1992 - 1998

Master of Laws

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