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Our International Competition team is expanding and seeking a talented England & Wales qualified lawyer to join our London office as Counsel. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to transactional antitrust matters and have proven experience collaborating directly with Corporate partners on transactional antitrust matters. At this level, you will be expected to work closely with multiple partners across a range of complementary workstreams and must be articulate and comfortable leading calls.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:
- Admission in England & Wales.
- Experience at a leading US firm, Magic Circle, or Silver Circle firm.
- Recent London market experience from a renowned internationally focused competition team (non-contentious), ideally at a Magic Circle or leading US firm.
- Previous exposure to clients in financial institutions, PE/funds, tech/digital, and/or energy sectors.
- Demonstrated expertise in transactional antitrust, particularly in M&A transactions and restructurings.
- Experience in merger control (UK and EU) and foreign investment matters, including running and coordinating multi-jurisdictional filing processes.
- Proven ability to obtain merger control approvals before the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
- Commercially minded, and confident working directly with corporate partners.
- Self-starter mentality with a commitment to continuous development.
- Strong academics needed, with additional post-graduate competition/antitrust studies preferred.
- Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills and must be articulate and comfortable leading calls;
- Foreign language skills and EU FSR experience are advantageous but not essential.
About the team
The EU/UK competition law team advises leading financial institutions and multinationals in complex behavioural, state aid, multi-jurisdictional merger control, foreign investment/national security and litigation cases across industries globally. The London team is led by partners Davina Garrod and Scott Pettifor with 4 counsels, 4 associates, and a research analyst.
Robust cross-border transactional antitrust capabilities led from London: The competition team in London is the firm’s hub for all international (ex-U.S.) antitrust and foreign investment/national security expertise. All cross-border investigations and transactions giving rise to antitrust/competition issues and approvals are handled by the team. The team is known for leading and coordinating international antitrust and merger control investigations, across the full spectrum of transactions, including complex restructurings, M&A, joint ventures (JVs), and strategic, suggestivist and activist investments. We advise clients before the European Commission and other EU institutions, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Investment Security Unit (ISU) and other UK government departments, Office of Communications (OFCOM), Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as well as litigating before the European and U.K. courts.
The London team is supported by a network of Akin competition lawyers located in the key business centres throughout the U.S., Europe, China, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Asia, working closely where appropriate with associated firms throughout Africa and LatAm. A strong London presence underpins the firm’s leading competition law practice, with London being a global financial centre, the seat of a leading competition authority (the CMA has continued its post-Brexit rise to prominence) and the London courts being the forum of choice for an increasing number of competition law damages claims in the EU. We also provide strategic, regulatory advice across a wide number of industries, including, inter alia, technology/digital markets (including on the designated market area (DMA)), financial services, energy, aviation, industrial, chemicals, and life sciences.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic and growing team at the forefront of international competition law. You’ll work on cutting-edge matters, collaborate with top-tier professionals, and contribute meaningfully to high-impact transactions. |
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