Large commercial law firm in the City is looking to recruit a Competition lawyer of 3 or more years’ PQE. The team provides strategic advice and representation on national and global matters on all areas of competition and international trade law, as well as foreign investment controls. They regularly handle the most complex behavioural and investigatory work (civil and criminal), as well as any ensuing litigation.
The practice is very broad and areas of expertise include:
Cartel investigations
Merger control and joint ventures
Distribution arrangements
Export control and sanctions
International trade law proceedings and negotiations
National regulation of foreign investment (including CFIUS reviews)
State aid and EU funding issues
Procurement challenges
Anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations
Wider EU law and regulatory compliance issues
The team is growing hence the opportunity for an experienced competition and trade lawyer to join the team. The team has ambitious growth plans and needs to find the right individual to help them capitalise on the increasing opportunities they are seeing from our international client base. They would expect you to be responsible for relationships with key clients and mandates and work closely with all UK competition partners as well as partners from the non-UK offices.
Applicants will have a breadth of experience gained in a recognised competition and trade practice and will be used to playing an active role on a range of complex, high-value competition and international trade matters and be able to work independently when required. You will also have had plenty of direct exposure to clients, counsel and experts. You will also be expected to assist with the networking and business development activities of the team. In addition, excellent drafting skills and a good understanding of the principles of competition economics are also expected.
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