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Provided by Stephen Smith
Stephen has 20 years’ experience advising across a range of EU and UK competition law matters. Stephen’s practice includes distribution agreements, merger control, cartels and anti-trust investigations, abuse of dominance and competition litigation.
Stephen has represented clients before the European Commission and the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK and on appeals both to the European courts in Luxembourg and to the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal. He advised the Société Co-opérative de Production (SCOP), the company operating Eurotunnel’s MyFerryLink business, in its landmark appeal. The case was the first ever jurisdictional challenge under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act to reach the Supreme Court in the UK.
More recently, Stephen has been advising Dutch listed home furnishings group Hunter Douglas in respect of the CMA’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews of the completed acquisition of 247 Home Furnishings.
He has also has experience of working inside a regulator, having worked at OFCOM, the UK’s communication regulator, earlier in his career.
MA Modern and Medieval languages, University of Cambridge
Advocaat bij de Balie te Brussel
Admitted in Republic of Ireland (non-practising)
Qualified 2001
Partner 2011
Provided by Chambers
Stephen Smith has a broad competition law practice encompassing subsidy control issues, appeals against authority decisions and merger control filings. He also has experience in matters involving the National Security and Investment Act and in abuse of dominance complaints.
Provided by Chambers
He is very clear in an area that is vague; he cuts through it.
Stephen Smith leads the competition law aspect of our work and has done so for many years, both skilfully and valuably.
He provides advice that is measured while understanding our business.
Stephen Smith provides thoughtful and clear advice, helping to break down complex matters and presenting them in a way that is practical and clear.
I think he is clearly very experienced in his area of specialism. He particularly brings a good understanding of client imperatives and what they are trying to achieve.
He is very clear in an area that is vague; he cuts through it.
Stephen Smith leads the competition law aspect of our work and has done so for many years, both skilfully and valuably.
He provides advice that is measured while understanding our business.
Stephen Smith provides thoughtful and clear advice, helping to break down complex matters and presenting them in a way that is practical and clear.
I think he is clearly very experienced in his area of specialism. He particularly brings a good understanding of client imperatives and what they are trying to achieve.
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Bristows appoints Stephen Smith as new Joint Managing Partner
The competition law expert joins life sciences patent litigator, Liz Cohen in leading the firm
Bristows appoints Stephen Smith as new Joint Managing Partner
The competition law expert joins life sciences patent litigator, Liz Cohen in leading the firm
