Senior Legal Counsel - Competition Counsel
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
- England, London, Hammersmith and Fulham
- Salary
- Benefits, Car Allowance and Bonus
- Posted
- 16 Mar 2023
- Closes
- 13 Apr 2023
- Ref
- JN -032023-5982682
- Contact
- Karli Stephens
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Competition / EU, Telecommunications
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a telecommunications giant who prides themselves as being a forward thinking company and have gone through a period of significant growth in the last 12 months.
Client Details
Our client is a large well known Telecommunications and Technology organisation with a fantastic reputation. My client prides themselves as being a forward thinking company who have through a period of significant growth in the last 12 months.
Description
- Execution of strategic legal advice for the Wholesale & Business directorate for the company: formulating legal strategy, identifying risk, working autonomously across a broad range of competition and regulatory matters (antitrust, subsidy control, merger control, compliance) escalating as appropriate, recommending mitigation, and implementing solutions, demonstrating proficiency at handling multiple demands and working calmly under pressure to meet business challenges.
- Providing legal advice and support to the Regulatory Affairs team within the GCO on telecoms regulatory matters including investigations, projects, and policy.
- Delivering competition law compliance and ring-fencing programmes and crafting and delivering bespoke training needs for business units.
- Horizon scanning and keeping abreast of UK and EU policy developments that might impact the business and its shareholders, working collaboratively with the Public Policy and Corporate Affairs teams on the business policy positioning and stakeholder engagement.
Profile
The person should be a qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction. 5+ years qualified experience gained both in private legal practice and, ideally, in (regulated) industry as well. Experience dealing with competition authorities and regulators and handling formal or informal requests for information against pressured timetables (e., as part of M&A, antitrust, regulatory or market investigations)
Job Offer
Whats on offer;
- Competitive base salary
- £7,400 car allowance
- Up to 20% bonus
- Benefits
- Hybrid working
For further information about the package on offer for this role, please apply to this advert or contact the instructed agent, Karli Stephens of Michael Page Legal.