Becket McGrath

Partner at Euclid Law

Speaker

Becket advises clients on all aspects of EU and UK competition law, with an emphasis on defending companies against investigations, distribution issues and merger control. He is a leading expert on distribution issues raised by e-commerce, including in the context of selective distribution, and has advised leading brands, online retailers, and marketplaces on a wide range of strategic competition issues. Becket also defends companies under investigation by the CMA for consumer law breaches.

Although he advises clients in a broad range of sectors, Becket has a particular interest in the media, technology and life sciences sectors. This interest extends to the growing importance of public interest and foreign investment reviews for these sectors.

Becket is a member of the Competition Committee of the City of London Law Society and the Competition Law Association and is a past chair of the Law Society’s Competition Section. He studied at the University of Cambridge and has an LL.M. in German civil law from the University of Hamburg. He speaks fluent German and is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. Becket has worked in both London and Brussels during his career and is qualified as both an English solicitor and Belgian advocaat.

Becket has experience of enforcing UK and EU competition law at a senior level in the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority) and retains good links with enforcement agencies and regulators in the UK and across the EU.

Becket was previously featured in GCR’s ‘40 under 40’ feature and is listed as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ in the latest Lexology Index directory of leading competition lawyers.