Malcolm Walton
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Competition Law
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About
Provided by Malcolm Walton
Practice Areas
Competition
Career
Malcolm is head of the firm’s competition group and his experience covers a broad range of competition work.
Malcolm has represented a number of clients that have been the subject of investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) (and its predecessors), the FCA and the European Commission into suspected price-fixing or cartel activity and regularly advises interested parties, including complainants, in abuse of dominance cases. He also provides competition law compliance advice, programmes and seminars to both corporate clients and trade associations.
Malcolm regularly deals with the European Commission and the UK’s CMA in merger cases, advising clients from a variety of industry sectors as well as several private equity investors, and manages clearance requirements in respect of many other foreign competition authorities on large cross-border transactions.
Malcolm advises clients on the regulatory requirements in a number of industry sectors including pharmaceuticals and aviation. He also advises clients on a wide range of competition related issues such as licensing and distribution, franchising, parallel importing, commercial joint-ventures and strategic alliances.
Malcolm is recognised as a leading individual in competition law by Chambers. He is a regular contributor to legal journals and speaks at conferences.
Chambers Review
UK
Malcolm Walton often assists clients with obtaining merger clearance before the CMA, frequently acting on behalf of private equity houses and other investors. He also advises clients on behavioural investigations before both UK and European authorities. Walton has experience acting on a number of competition law matters in the sports sector and further assists with subsidy control matters and sustainability issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I have a lot of time for him; he is very helpful and knowledgeable."
"Malcolm Walton is very strong both strategically and tactically."
"Malcolm Walton gives very sound and commercial advice to provide the business with practical solutions."
"Malcolm Walton is a very good lawyer who is pragmatic, knows the law and comes up with pragmatic solutions."
"He makes sure we achieve everyone's objectives and he is creative and solution-oriented."
"I have a lot of time for him; he is very helpful and knowledgeable."
"Malcolm Walton is very strong both strategically and tactically."
"Malcolm Walton gives very sound and commercial advice to provide the business with practical solutions."
"Malcolm Walton is a very good lawyer who is pragmatic, knows the law and comes up with pragmatic solutions."
"He makes sure we achieve everyone's objectives and he is creative and solution-oriented."