A couple of Chinese tourists thought they’d struck gold at the Munich beer festival the other day. For there, kitted out in lederhosen, was none other than Harry Potter. Actually it was Berwin Leighton Paisner competition partner Beckett McGrath. But the likeness was uncanny. Or at least it was after a couple of beers.

Beckett had gamely dressed for the part at a gathering of representatives from Beiten Burkhardt’s referral firms or ‘international friends’. He was the only non-local to respond to an invitation to sport traditional Bavarian attire, although all of Beiten’s partners rose to the challenge.