Dr Beverley Williamson (Probationary Tenant)

Dr Beverley Williamson specialises in competition law, sports law and general commercial matters. Her experience encompasses both contentious and advisory work, with a particular focus on complex regulatory and market-based disputes. 

Beverley holds a PhD in competition law and has substantial experience at both enforcement and advisory level.  She previously served as Head of Unit for Antitrust Investigations for a national competition authority, where she led complex investigations into alleged infringements of competition law, including cartel conduct, abuse of dominance and Phase 2 merger investigations.   

Beverley has also worked as a specialist competition advisor at a tier 1 corporate law firm in Dublin, advising on EU and domestic competition matters across multiple sectors. Her experience includes merger control, State aid, public procurement, abuse of dominance and antitrust, including one of the European Commission’s earliest investigations into alleged labour market collusion. 

She is also the founder of the European League of Sports Antitrust, an organisation that brings together leading practitioners and academics working in competition law and sport, and is a regular speaker at international conferences on competition law and sports regulation. 

Since joining Kings Chambers, Beverley has developed a broad and steadily expanding practice in general commercial matters. She has experience advising and representing clients across a range of disputes, including contractual claims, debt recovery  and business-to-business litigation.