Competition Associate 1PQE+
OUR CLIENT
Our client stands out for being consistently excellent in advice: they not only provide technical excellence and experience but crucially, they also demonstrate real insight into their clients and what really matters to them. Their knowledge of their chosen sectors and markets, and their investment in their client relationships sets them apart. They are a natural choice for talent - a firm where people fulfil their potential in an environment where they are developed and valued. They do fantastic work: exciting, challenging, fulfilling work that adds significant value to their clients, their people and their business. They are also known for their uncompromising quality. Everything they do - large and small, with their colleagues and their clients - stands up alongside the best. They are recognised for their extraordinary effort that creates sustainable value and a consistently positive experience for their clients, people and communities.
The Competition team has earned its enviable reputation based on an acknowledged technical excellence, an ability to provide commercial and practical advice and an in-depth understanding of markets and regulatory regimes. The team advises on the entire range of UK and EU competition law matters, mergers, state aid and procurement. It handles dawn raids, cartel, abuse of dominance and market investigations and merger control clearances before both the Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission in the UK and the European Commission inBrussels. It has a recognised reputation for competition litigation and mediation and represents client before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union and national courts in England Wales.
THE ROLE
This role requires a solid foundation and strong experience in competition law. The successful candidate will be an active member of the team and will be expected to have strong technical experience gained in a leading competition practice in London or Brussels, with at least one full year post qualification experience (or equivalent). The candidate must also have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop client relationships and contribute to the development of a team that has an impressive breadth of clients. Some experience in competition litigation would be helpful (but not essential).
All candidates will be expected to demonstrate a track record of strong performance.
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate will have:
* Excellent academic achievement with a minimum 2:1 degree
* Experience of competition law gained within a strong, well recognised team and
* Clear understanding of the operation and structure of a Top 15 law firm
* Ability to achieve continuous improvement
* Strong interpersonal and business development skills
NEXT STEP
Please contact Richard Greenway at Laurence Simons at richard.greenway@laurencesimons.com or +44 (0) 207 645 8551, quoting ref 534400 for further details.
ABOUT LAURENCE SIMONS
Founded in 1988, Laurence Simons is a specialist international legal recruitment consultancy. With offices across four continents, Laurence Simons truly is an international recruiter. We cover the whole spectrum of permanent and temporary legal positions in both the Private Practice and In-House markets from Newly Qualified through to Partner and General Counsel level roles.
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