Bio

Johanna Lilja is a Helsinki-based Partner and Head of Roschier’s Data Protection practice. She regularly advises clients on all aspects of data protection and privacy from operational matters to implementation of EU General Data Protection Compliance programs. Johanna is also specialized in intellectual property with a particular focus on patent litigation Johanna has first and second chair trial experience of IP litigation before the Market Court, Helsinki District Court, Helsinki Court of Appeals and the Finnish Supreme Court. The matters have involved questions on infringement through equivalence, burden of proof, infringing acts, availability of preliminary injunctions and calculation of damages and reasonable compensation for use. She also has extensive experience of acting in anti-counterfeiting enforcement cases. Johanna also regularly advises clients on various employment law related issues, such as employee invention, trade secret and privacy matters. In addition, Johanna specializes in various industry-specific regulatory and marketing issues, with a focus on the pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare sectors, and she has advised clients in a number of administrative appeal proceedings. She also has experience from various compliance cases, internal investigations and audits relating to data protection, anti-bribery, FCPA compliance and marketing. Johanna’s experience includes working for Nokia Corporation and Pfizer Oy as a visiting lawyer. She is President of the Finnish AIPPI Group and a member of international AIPPI’s Standing Committee on Client Attorney Privilege and Standing Committee on Pharma and Biotech. Johanna is a member of the working group assembled by the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland to draft the Finnish IT2018 standard contract terms and conditions. Johanna frequently writes and lectures on topics relating to IPR, data protection, marketing and compliance issues. She is a certified CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe, IAPP 2015).