McCann FitzGerald LLP

Antitrust and Competition

Of Counsel

Stephen joined the firm in June 2023 and practises in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group.

Stephen advises on all aspects of EU and Irish competition law (including merger control, vertical agreements, anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance and State aid) and general matters of EU law. Prior to joining the firm, Stephen worked as a senior legal advisor at the Hong Kong Competition Commission for 8 years, where he handled several precedent-setting pieces of competition litigation. He also spent 6 years  in private practice with leading UK and US firms in London, Brussels and Hong Kong. With this experience, Stephen brings an additional international best-practice perspective to the team.  Stephen was educated in Trinity College Dublin and the College of Europe in Bruges.

BPP Law School, College of Europe, Bruges (LLM) and Trinity College Dublin (LLB)