Becket McGrath
Partner
Becket advises clients on all aspects of competition law, with an emphasis on behavioural issues, compliance and merger control. Although he works on issues arising in all areas of the economy, he has a particular focus on clients in the technology, communications, media and retail sectors. He also advises on broadcasting and rail regulatory issues.
Becket was formerly a Branch Director in the Competition Enforcement Division at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), with responsibility for enforcing competition law in the media, sport and IT sectors. During his time at the OFT, Becket led teams on numerous high profile cases and had a key role in the preparation of the competition provisions of the Communications Act 2003.
Becket was identified by Global Competition Review in May 2008 as one of the top 40 competition lawyers under the age of 40 worldwide. He is also acknowledged as a "competition law specialist" in the 2007 edition of Legal 500 and is recognised in PLC's publication "Which Lawyer?".
