Johanna Kauppinen specialises in EU, competition and regulatory law. Her areas of expertise include, in particular, antitrust matters as well as merger control. Johanna regularly advises clients in competition authority investigations and generally on competition law compliance matters, including assisting clients with competition law compliance manuals and the related training.

Johanna also regularly assists clients with merger control issues and represents companies in merger control proceedings before the national competition authority. In M&A context, she assists clients with issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) control and the related notification proceedings before the national authority.

Additionally, Johanna regularly represents clients in other contentious competition matters and EU-law based litigation.

Prior to joining HPP, Johanna has completed a traineeship with the Finnish national competition authority where she worked in the authority’s antitrust unit.