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Competition Law - UK
Individual Editorial
Stephen Smith has a broad competition law practice encompassing market investigations and merger control filings. He also has experience in matters involving the National Security and Investment Act and frequently advises clients from the TMT and life sciences sectors on competition law issues.
Strengths
Stephen Smith has incredible commercial awareness in a variety of sectors and is very pragmatic in his advice.
Stephen Smith has an exceptional understanding of the real-world realities facing his clients and his advice is always presented as a clear solution to the question asked.
We are very impressed by his knowledge of competition and merger law, combined with his strong commercial focus.
Stephen Smith brings serious intellectual rigour to his work and combines this with significant advisory experience across a range of sectors.
He is always responsive and adept at getting to the key issues quickly.