Dr Michael Grenfell

Biography

Michael Grenfell took up his role as Executive Director, Enforcement, at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in 2015.

Working closely with the Chief Executive, and as a member of the CMA Board, Michael’s role includes ensuring strategic leadership of the CMA’s enforcement portfolio, including the competition law prohibitions of anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance, the criminal cartel offence and consumer protection laws.

Previous career highlights include:

• Senior Director, Sector Regulation and Concurrency, Competition and Markets Authority
• Solicitor and Partner at the international legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (previously Norton Rose), specialising in competition and regulatory law
• Member, City of London Law Society Competition Committee
• Co-author (with Martin Coleman) of ‘The Competition Act 1998’ (Oxford University Press)
• PhD in political thought (London School of Economics); MA (Hons) in history and law (University of Cambridge)

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• Michael Grenfell: The CMA in turbulent times - where we are and where we're going
  • 11 May 2022
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• Michael Grenfell: Should competition authorities intervene in digital markets?
  • 04 November 2021
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• UK Competition Law enforcement: the post-Brexit future
  • 11 June 2019
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• A view from the CMA: Brexit and beyond
  • 16 May 2018
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• UK competition enforcement – where next?
  • 29 November 2017
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• What has competition ever done for us?
  • 07 March 2017
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• Michael Grenfell on antitrust in the digital age
  • 15 November 2016
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• Michael Grenfell on the CMA’s progress in enforcing competition law
  • 09 November 2016
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• Michael Grenfell on the CMA’s approach to competition enforcement
  • 12 November 2015
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