Andreas Stephan

Andreas Stephan is a Professor of Competition Law and Head of the UEA Law School. He has a background in both Law and Economics and has widely published research on cartel enforcement, corporate antitrust compliance, private enforcement, subsidy control and merger regulation. His survey research on public attitudes to price fixing in the UK and the design of the criminal cartel offence were cited in various government and legislative reports around the world. 

He is a Panel Member of the Office for the Internal Market (OIM) at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This advisory role helps to inform policymaking and monitor trends in trade between the four UK nations. He previously undertook research and held advisory roles for a number of national competition authorities, and also sat on an academic panel advising the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills on economic policy.

Unrelated to his CMA role, in June 2024 he sought to commence opt-out collective proceedings against Amazon under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, as the Proposed Class Representative. The action relates to the treatment of UK third party sellers on the platform. In January 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled in Professor Stephan's favour, in a carriage dispute with a rival claim brought by a trade association. On 24 July 2025 they certified him as Class Representative, granting permission for him to bring the claim.

Andreas has held visiting positions at the University of Melbourne and Hong Kong University (among others). He has acted as a Non Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) and a member of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Research Partnership Platform. He was previously an individual partner of the Asian Competition Law and Economics Centre (ACLEC) in Hong Kong and an author for the e-Competitions Bulletin of the Institute of Competition Law. He is a Value of Competition Ambassador, as part of a programme run by the Centre for Competition Law and Regulation at the University of Oxford.

Andreas regularly comments on competition cases in the UK national press, having been quoted in the Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail (among others) and having been interviewed on BBC national and local radio.

Languages spoken: English and Greek

Andreas' key research interests and areas where he would be willing to supervise students include: 

Competition Law

Subsidy Control and EU State Aid

White Collar / Business Crime

Competiton Law, Anti-Competitive Agreements (Cartels), Subsidy Control (State Aid), Private Enforcement (Collective Actions), White Collar Crime (Criminal Law), UK Internal Market, Research Methods in Law.