Dr. Hanna Stakheyeva is a competition lawyer and academic with over 15 years of experience across Türkiye, the European Union, and Ukraine. She brings a cosmopolitan perspective and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach, underpinned by expertise in cross-border competition law matters. Based in Istanbul, she currently serves as Knowledge Counsel at ACTECON, where she leads the firm’s knowledge strategy—overseeing legal content, publications, training programs, conferences, and innovative knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Her professional trajectory includes legal practice in Istanbul, Brussels (King & Wood Mallesons), and Kyiv (Baker & McKenzie), as well as academic engagements such as lecturing at Boğaziçi University and the ELSA Summer School.
Hanna holds degrees from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and the University of Amsterdam, in addition to an International Baccalaureate diploma from UWC Atlantic (Wales, UK). She is admitted to the Bar of Ukraine and has contributed to numerous international conferences and publications.
Driven by a commitment to fostering international collaboration, she actively engages with global organizations and research institutions to promote impactful developments in competition law. She also leads the regional initiative of the George Washington Competition & Innovation Lab.