Graeme Maguire

Graeme Maguire is a Partner and Chair of the Board at Bird & Bird, based in the London office. His primary practice area is Telecommunications Law, and he is a leading international regulatory and commercial technology and communications partner.

Since April 2020, he has also been Chair of the Board, working closely with the partnership to deliver on strategic goals.

He advises on complex international projects and transactions involving communications and technology, bringing considerable domestic and international transactional and regulatory expertise and industry knowledge. He has extensive experience working with colleagues on corporate, M&A, financing and disputes matters involving technology and communications, and has worked with some of the world's leading technology and communications companies and new market entrants on many innovative and market-transforming transactions, projects and issues.

He created and led the firm's Technology & Communications sector group, having combined the IT, Communications & Electronics sector groups (2014–18) and previously co-led the Communications sector group (2010–14). He has also undertaken other management roles, including on the then Global Board (2015–17) and Strategy Committee (2015–2019). Prior to joining Bird & Bird in 2005, he was a partner at another global law firm having trained there.

He has been a dedicated technology and communications specialist for over 25 years, supporting clients through several market cycles. Early in his career, he benefited from secondments to the competition policy branch of OFTEL (now Ofcom) and at BT's internet and multimedia legal team.

He has written and spoken widely on communications and technology. He wrote the Communications and Broadcasting Regulation chapter of Graham Smith's 'Internet Law & Regulation' (2007 edition) and co-wrote the chapter on 'Capacity Agreements – From Microwaves to MVNOs' of Ian Walden's 'Telecommunications Law and Regulation' (2018 edition).

He has been top rated or tier 1 in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for the past decade.