Stephen Tupper

Stephen Tupper is partner and Head of the Competition and Regulatory Group at Watson Farley & Williams in London, where he has over 20 years of relevant experience. Mr. Tupper has considerable knowledge of utilities, chemicals, consumer products, music, shipping, construction and numerous other markets as a result of his case work down the years. Mr. Tupper has handled a range of significant competition law and merger control cases/filings including a ground-breaking mediation in the agricultural chemicals sector. Recently, he has been heavily involved in advising several water companies with regard to common carriage and related issues, including representing water companies in three different cases before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Mr. Tupper also led a successful challenge to the OFT's first notification decision under the Competition Act 1998 and obtained full leniency for a client involved in a significant construction sector cartel. Other transactions include acting on behalf of a music publisher with regard to a complaint filed with the European Commission; advised with regard to a complaint filed with the European Commission concerning the anti-competitive activities of an American medical equipment supplier; and advised concerning the exchange of information between competitors in a tanker market. Prior to this, he was a partner and the Head of the European Law Department at Hammonds. Before that, Mr. Tupper was a partner at Stanbrook and Hooper. (This is me - Update Profile)