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Summary
Stephen Tupper joined Watson, Farley &
Williams in 2004 and specialises in EU and competition law. He has been
practising law for over 20 years, including working for a commercial litigation
and environmental claims practice in New York and Washington DC, and in
Brussels for 10 years. Stephen has handled a range of significant competition
law and merger control cases/filings including, for example, a ground-breaking
mediation in the agricultural chemicals industry. He has substantial experience
in the water, utilities, shipping and chemical sector. Recently Stephen
has been heavily involved in advising several water companies with regard
to common carriage and related issues. This has included representing
water companies in three different cases before the Competition Appeal
Tribunal. He also obtained full leniency for a client involved in a significant
construction sector cartel and has been active in advising ship-owning
entities about competition compliance issues on the back of recent rule
changes.
Recent Experience
- Music: acted on behalf of
a music publisher with regard to a complaint filed with the European
Commission
- Bristol Water: representing
Bristol Water as an intervener before the Competition Appeal Tribunal in
a case lodged by Lanara Group
- Medical equipment: advice
with regard to a complaint filed with the European Commission concerning
the anti-competitive activities of an American medical equipment supplier
- Maritime transport: advice
concerning the exchange of information between competitors in a tanker
market
- Home furnishings: advising
a leading carpet manufacturer at the centre of a resale price fixing
investigation
headed by the OFT
- Teekay/Torm/OMI: merger clearance
work for joint acquisition of OMI by Torm/Teekay
Education and Qualifications
| July 1996
| Member of the Law Society of England and
Wales
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| July 1986
| Member of the New York Bar
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| November 1982
| Member of the Bars of England and Wales,
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| 1978 - 1980
| University of Buckingham, B.A., with Honours
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| 1978 - 1979
| Université d’Aix Marseilles, Diplôme en
droit
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1977
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Université Catholique de Lille, Diploma,
French Language |
Languages
Published Materials
| 01/1999
| Environmental Liability, "Claims made
policies"
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| 03/2000
| European Environmental Law Review, "A
long way from Basel clarity: implications of the Basel Convention for the
consumer electronics sector"
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| 06/2000
| Natural Resources & Environment, "The
frontier of power for the EU"
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| 06/2002
| Utility Week, "Room without a view"
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| 04/2004
| Construction News, "Cartels face severe
penalties"
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| 06/2004
| Estates Gazette, "The cover is
blown"
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| 04/2005
| Lloyd's List, "Advent of free market
will pose new challenges"
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| 08/2005
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Building Week, "Crime and
punishment"
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| 10/2006
| Utility Week, "Out with Insets"
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| 12/2006
| Competition Law Journal, "Reform of
the EU's Pesticides Directive Guaranteed to Kill All known
Competition"
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| 02/2007
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Legal Week, "Can Everyone Please
get out of the Pool"
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| 03/2007
| Utility Week, "The CAT's Cradle"
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| 2008
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ECLR Book Review, "Shipping Conferences
under EU Antitrust law - Criticism of a legal Paradox by Luis Ortiz
Blanco"
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| 2008
| ECLR Book Review, "EU Energy Law -
The Internal Energy Market and EU Competition Law and Energy
Markets"
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| 2008
| ECLR Book Review, "Regulating Utilities
and Promoting Competition - Lessons for the Future"
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| 02/2008
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Legal Week, "United for the
Cause"
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| 02/2008
| Legal Week, "Pro Bono competition
venture wins more firms and attracts EC interest" |
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