Competition Lawyer

Competition Lawyer (Associate or Senior Associate) 2-6PQE: Bristol

We are seeking to recruit an Associate or Senior Associate for our client's award-winning Competition team, which forms an integral part of our client's broader Commercial Services Group. Depending on their previous experience and interests, the successful candidate will also support wider regulatory, dispute resolution, or commercial matters, requiring competition law support, as part of a varied multi-disciplinary practise.

Role Responsibilities:

As an Associate or Senior Associate in our client's Competition team, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Advising clients on a wide range of antitrust matters, such as merger control work, market and targeted investigations, behavioural advice, compliance training, and associated support.
• Undertaking National Security and Investment Act analyses and notifications.
• Providing advice on subsidy control and associated policy.
• Offering insightful commercial/regulatory advice in a practise tailored to your existing experience and with opportunities for further development.
• Seeking new work opportunities and strengthening existing client relationships through marketing, business development, and client care initiatives.
• Depending on your experience and aspirations, working on competition litigation and appeal cases.
• Sharing knowledge and collaborating as part of a cross-office collegiate team, including assisting with the supervision of more junior lawyers.

As a Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to lead (under supervision) on tasks and smaller projects and may have the chance to lead and manage others in the team, either directly or on a matrix basis.

Skills and Experience:

The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications and skills:

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Registered Foreign Lawyer) (or equivalent) with approximately 2-6 years of post-qualification experience.
• A good level of experience across two or more areas of the antitrust spectrum, including merger control, competition investigations, compliance programmes, behavioural advice, National Security and Investment Act analyses and notifications, compliance training, and ideally some experience in competition litigation and subsidy control.
• Broader experience in commercial and/or regulatory matters (e.g., consumer protection investigations) or a willingness to develop multi-skills.
• Experience working with clients in sectors such as retail & consumer goods, financial services, digital, future energy, leisure, real estate, and government would be beneficial.
• Forward-thinking with excellent analytical, communication, and organisational skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
• Commercially aware with exposure to business development and the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Skilled in developing a deep understanding of clients' business needs and markets.
• Committed to contributing to a friendly, open, and collegiate culture, with an ambition to support the development of junior team members.

The Team:

They have an excellent national and international practise, delivering high-quality competition, regulatory, and commercial work for leading UK businesses across various sectors, including government departments. Their competition expertise complements their full-service commercial offering, which covers corporate transactions, dispute resolution, collaboration agreements, data protection and privacy, consumer protection regulation and investigations, export controls and sanctions, franchising and international development, public procurement, technology procurement, licencing, development, sponsorships and promotions, and supply, distribution, and agency agreements.

Benefits:

Our client values their employees highly and wants them to feel valued. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review and will be eligible for the bonus scheme. They will also have access to an extensive range of benefits through the flexible benefits scheme, including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based on length of service) and private medical insurance.

At our client, they have a progressive fully flexible working approach. They empower their people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients, the wider team, and the firm. This includes a focus on hybrid working and supporting work-life balance. They are open to discussing how flexible working can accommodate the successful candidate's needs in this role.

LHH is an employment consultancy that believes in talent, not labels. It is important to us that we run inclusive recruitment processes to support candidates of all abilities and encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. LHH is committed to building an inclusive, supportive environment to enable candidates to explore the next steps in their careers. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.