Ilkka Leppihalme

Ilkka Leppihalme is Partner at Dittmar & Indrenius (est. 1899) and heads the firm’s Competition & Public Procurement practice. His work covers the full spectrum of EU and Finnish competition law across a wide range of industries. He has been involved in various landmark competition cases and antitrust damages actions, including some of the largest cases. Prior to joining Dittmar & Indrenius, Ilkka Leppihalme made a distinguished career as a Partner and Head of Competition in another leading law firm in Finland. Prior to this, he was with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Brussels. Leppihalme is one of the few members of the Competition Law Expert Group of the Finnish Bar Association. He has been a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, a network of more than 130 competition authorities, since 2010. He is a regular chairman and speaker at competition law conferences and seminars. He is listed as a leading competition law expert in all major international ranking publications. He holds an LL.M. from both the University of Helsinki and King’s College London (University of London).