Resolving disputes by litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution is a vital part of corporate risk management and strategy.
The globalisation of business and the expansion of the European single market are resulting in more cross-border disputes requiring high quality, coordinated advice. In addition, the increasing complexity of regulation at both national and European levels has given rise to a need for solutions not only in a commercial context but also in the regulatory sphere.
Our Dispute Resolution practice is leading in:
- domestic commercial litigation;
- large-scale multi-jurisdictional litigation;
- European and international law disputes;
- international and domestic arbitration;
- mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution; and
- negotiation with, and advocacy concerning, regulatory and government agencies.
Our ACT practice is widely recognised as being at the forefront of this practice area with many of our lawyers being seen as leading practitioners based across Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia and Spain as well as the UK and the US, allowing us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many different jurisdictions around the world.
Our clients are companies in the industrial, commercial and service sectors, financial institutions, governments and governmental organisations. We advise on a complete range of competition, antitrust, regulatory and trade issues spanning merger control, licensing and distribution, intellectual property, restrictive practices, market dominance, state aid, cartel investigations, liberalisations, privatisation, public procurement and trade.
Role Summary
We are currently looking for lawyers between 3 – 5 years pqe to join our Dispute Resolution practice and to work closely with our Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice as part of a substantial litigation group, regularly appearing in the European and national courts on EU law, antitrust/competition and trade cases.
The successful candidate would have experience of contentious EU regulatory and competition work.
We are interested in candidates from all backgrounds, including the bar.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
- 2/3 years PQE
- Managing transactions and litigation
- Drafting complex witness statements, expert reports and pleadings or other contract documents
- Advising clients on a range of competition law and commercial issues
- Drafting submissions to competition authorities and courts
- Managing client relationships
- Attending mediation/settlement discussions and draft settlement agreements
- Formulating case strategy
- Actively participating in business development/client events
- Training/managing trainees/junior lawyers
- Establishing a profile and relationships with partners and clients
Key Requirements
- High quality lawyer with strong technical and commercial background.
- Intellectually strong with top class academics
- At least three years good experience at a leading law firm in a similar practice area of EU regulatory work or competition law
Competencies
- Have a tenacious and enthusiastic approach to surpass the expectations or our clients
- Confident and self motivated
- Strong technical and commercial abilities
- Able to work effectively as part of a team and supervise more junior lawyers.
- Highly effective communicator (both orally and in writing)
- Able to take on a high degree of responsibility and manage a challenging workload.
The above job description is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
