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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Leading Antitrust Lawyer Stephen Crosswell is the chair of Baker McKenzie’s Asia-Pacific Antitrust & Competition Group and the TMT Industry Group. He is also the head of our Greater China Antitrust & Competition team.

Clients laud Stephen for his “years of experience working on competition matters.” He is described as a “vital resource for clients seeking to navigate the nuances not only of the new local competition law regime in Hong Kong but also across other Asian jurisdictions – including China.” He is also one of the leading TMT lawyers in the region.

Stephen has been granted “Solicitor Advocate” status before the Hong Kong Courts, meaning that he is uniquely placed as a specialist competition advocate in Hong Kong, having rights of audience in the Competition Tribunal and appeal courts. He represented one of the parties to the first enforcement action taken in Hong Kong’s Competition Tribunal.

Stephen’s practice covers a broad range of competition law issues in China, Hong Kong and throughout the Asia Pacific, including competition audits and compliance, competition litigation, competition related judicial review proceedings, access claims, multijurisdictional cartel investigations, merger clearance, collaboration/joint ventures and antitrust advisory. Stephen regularly advises on competition policy matters, including regulated industry negotiations with governments and regulators, deregulation, privatization and state owned enterprises reform. He also has extensive experience in TMT regulatory and litigation matters, acting on some of their most complex local and cross-border matters.

Stephen advises across a broad range of sectors, including media and telecommunications, government contracts, oil and gas, electricity, healthcare, retail, banking and finance, property and ports.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Antitrust and competition

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Stephen Crosswell – Baker McKenzie

The team at Baker McKenzie regularly leverages its partnership with FenXun Partners to assist clients with the merger control aspects of joint ventures, and proceedings before the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal concerning price fixing and market sharing. The group is also known for its expertise in dawn raids and compliance audits, often advising clients on matters across the APAC region. Practice head Stephen Crosswell is well-known for his knowledge of multi-jurisdictional cartel matters, leniency applications, and major merger clearance projects. Vivian Tsang maintains a broad practice spanning competition investigations, abuse of dominance issues, competition proceedings initiated by the Hong Kong Competition Commission.

China > Antitrust and competition: foreign firms

Baker McKenzie FenXun is a joint operation between Baker McKenzie and FenXun Partners, giving the international firm seamless cooperation with its PRC counterpart. Based in Hong Kong, Stephen Crosswell is particularly experienced in advising clients in the technology, media, and telecommunications industries. Laura Liu, experienced in both Chinese and European competition law, often advises financial services clients in merger control filing and compliance matters. Liu is based in Beijing.

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