Grant Murray
Biography
Grant is knowledge counsel for Baker McKenzie's Global Antitrust and Competition Group, based in London.
He leads a team of antitrust Knowledge Lawyers spread across the world and is responsible for the knowhow and training needs of an elite practice group comprising over 300 competition lawyers across more than 40 countries.
Grant has been advising on competition law for more than 20 years. He has spent time working on competition matters on secondment in Brussels, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bogota and has advised clients on cartel and merger control matters across a broad range of sectors including media, technology, agriculture, oil and gas, retail and banking and finance.
Grant has a keen interest in shaping antitrust policy. He advises multinational businesses, leading business chambers, think tanks, governments and regulators on policy and combines practical legal solutions with policy insights and cross-border perspective.
Professional Honors
Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards
- Winner, 2025: “International antitrust onslaught against HR practices”
- Winner, 2019: “In Search of Obvious: Object Infringements under EU Antitrust”
- Nominee, 2018: “Paranoid about Android”
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Non-Governmental Adviser to the International Competition Network (appointed by the UK Competition and Markets Authority)
- Assisting Business at OECD (BIAC) on competition issues before the OECD
- Active member of the Firm’s Task Forces for Cartels and Mergers
- Co-chair of the IBA's Sustainability Working Group
- Member of ICC UK Sustainability Task Force
Admissions
- England & Wales (2001)
Education
- University of East Anglia (LLB (Hons))
- Université Lyon III (LLB (Hons))
- King's College London (LLM Competition Law and Economics)
- King's College London (LLM Tutor (2019-2022))