Stephen Ryan
Hong Kong Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
Head (Legal Advisory)
Stephen Ryan is Head (Legal Advisory) at the Hong Kong Competition Commission and has been with the organization since June 2014. He has been involved in the formulation of guidelines and policy documents, advising on Commission investigations, processing of applications for block exemption orders and decisions, and handling of enforcement proceedings before the Competition Tribunal. Prior to joining the Commission, Stephen worked at a major international law firm in their London, Brussels and Hong Kong offices, where he specialised in competition law. During this time, he advised clients in Europe and Asia on a number of complex merger control and abuse of dominance mandates. He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Ireland.
Linked authors
Rasul Butt
Hong Kong Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
Samuel Chan Ka-yan
Hong Kong Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Competition Commission
Hong Kong Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
Yajie Gao
Hong Kong Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
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"Co-operation between competition agencies in cartel investigations"* The International Competition Network barely needs introduction by now. Created in 2001, this worldwide network of competition agencies, with no concrete headquarters or permanent secretariat, works on substantial and (...)
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"The new insurance block exemption Regulation: a modernised framework for insurance industry and consumers, following extensive consultation"* Introduction On 27 February 2003 the European Commission adopted a new block exemption Regulation for the insurance sector, which replaced the (...)
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"Reform of the EU Merger Control System — a comprehensive package of proposals"* On 11 December 2002, the Commission decide upon a comprehensive reform of the EU merger control system, including the adoption of proposals for legislative change and for substantive guidance on merger analysis. (...)
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"Clarifying the application of the competition rules to card payment systems: the Commission’s exemption decision on the Multilateral Interchange Fees of Visa International"* On 24 July 2002 the Commission adopted an exemption decision in its case concerning certain ‘multilateral interchange (...)
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"Commission publishes for comments a draft block exemption regulation for the insurance sector"* Introduction Since 1992, there has been in force a Commission Regulation block exempting certain types of agreements and concerted practices between insurance undertakings. That Regulation expires (...)
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"Green Paper on the Review of the Merger Regulation"* On 11 December 2001, the Commission adopted a Green Paper on the Review of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89, the Merger Regulation. The Paper calls for views on how the effectiveness of the legal framework for EU merger control might be (...)
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"The Commission adopts a Decision against Unilever concerning freezer cabinet exclusivity in the Irish ice cream market"* On 11 March 1998, the Commission adopted a Decision condemning Unilever‘s practice of “freezer exclusivity” in Ireland, with a view to facilitating access by other suppliers (...)
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"Deutsche Telekom"* On the 25th of June, Commissioner Karel Van Miert sent a letter to the German Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Mr Wolfgang Bötsch marking his agreement on a series of conditions for the introduction of new business customer tariffs by Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche (...)
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"Maritime Transport : Commission Gives Green Light To Five Consortium Agreements"* On the basis of proposals from Mr Van Miert, the Commission has recently authorised a series of consortium agreements in the maritime transport sector. These are the first cases involving the application of the (...)
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"Maritime Transport : Commission Gives Green Light To Five Consortium Agreements"* On the basis of proposals from Mr Van Miert, the Commission has recently authorised a series of consortium agreements in the maritime transport sector. These are the first cases involving the application of the (...)
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"Maritime Transport : Commission Gives Green Light To Five Consortium Agreements"* On the basis of proposals from Mr Van Miert, the Commission has recently authorised a series of consortium agreements in the maritime transport sector. These are the first cases involving the application of the (...)
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"Maritime Transport : Commission Gives Green Light To Five Consortium Agreements"* On the basis of proposals from Mr Van Miert, the Commission has recently authorised a series of consortium agreements in the maritime transport sector. These are the first cases involving the application of the (...)
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"Maritime Transport : Commission Gives Green Light To Five Consortium Agreements"* On the basis of proposals from Mr Van Miert, the Commission has recently authorised a series of consortium agreements in the maritime transport sector. These are the first cases involving the application of the (...)
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"Principal Features of Commission Regulation No 870/95"* This favourable treatment on the part of the Commission is explained by the advantages brought about by consortia. In general, they help to improve not only productivity but also the quality and the frequency of the liner transport (...)
