Competition Lawyer
- Employer
- Burges Salmon LLP
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 30 Apr 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Competition/EU
Job Details
Team
We are one of the UK’s leading Competition practices offering expert advice and representation before competition and regulatory authorities on antitrust investigations, cartels, abuse of market power, behavioural and compliance issues, and merger control.
We work with our litigation team on contentious matters, and deliver commercial and innovative solutions for our clients.
We are ranked by Chambers and Partners as the sole firm in Band 1 for Competition Law outside London. Chambers describes us as a ‘Market-leading team based in Bristol… Highly esteemed by clients for its assistance with both contentious and non-contentious matters.’
Work
Our work includes:
• Defending clients subject to cartel, abuse of dominance and other competition investigations
• Advising clients on market studies and market investigations
• Representing clients on merger control investigations before the CMA and European Commission
• Advising clients operating in regulated sectors, in relation to competition and economic regulatory matters
• Advising clients on the application of competition law to commercial agreements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, business strategies and conduct
• Devising compliance policies and programmes, audits and training
Recent highlights include advising Co-operative Group on its merger with Nisa; Yeo Valley on the sale of Yeo Valley Dairies to Arla; Arora on the CMA’s investigation into airport parking at Heathrow; a main party to the CMA’s cartel investigation into design, construction and fit-out services; and major transport operator Abellio on the EU merger filing relating to its acquisition, along with its JV partners Mitsui and East Japan Railway Company, of the West Midlands rail franchise.
Requirements
You should be willing and able to manage your own cases day to day and to supervise team members with less experience while still being part of a supportive and collaborative team.
You will need excellent academics, coupled with evidence of experience at a leading law firm in non-contentious and/or contentious competition law. A desire to contribute to serving our existing client base and developing our market leading practice will also be important.
You should also be a strong team player and be able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively. You should have business development experience and, the ability to work with and adapt to a wide range of clients.
Whilst by no means a prerequisite, a postgraduate qualification in competition or economics, and/or experience in regulatory or economic matters, would be advantageous.
Further information
https://www.burges-salmon.com/expertise/specialist-expertise/competition/
We believe Burges Salmon offers something very different from our competitors, particularly in this practice area where many candidates will be looking to relocate from the City. We`re committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns. The successful candidate will need to be willing to travel to meet the needs of our clients and could choose to be based predominantly in our Bristol or London office.
Contact
For further information please contact, in confidence, victoria.lewton@burges-salmon.com. Tel: 0117 307 6942.
Applications
To apply, please visit our website to upload your CV and covering letter.
Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
No agencies please.
Company
Burges Salmon is the independent UK law firm whose unique model and collaborative culture delivers the best mix of advice, service and value.
Our clients range from the largest private and public sector organisations and institutions, to entrepreneurial businesses and wealthy individuals and families. Working from our offices in Bristol and London, we have built a progressive service culture based on collaboration and teamwork that is shaped around the needs of our clients to deliver a fantastic service and experience.
Operating in selected markets where our knowledge, experience and skills deliver highly effective solutions to our clients’ complex needs, we aim aims to be a leader not a follower in these markets. Burges Salmon works for clients in all three UK jurisdictions and across the globe, through an international network of leading independent law firms – our preferred firms.
Our objective is to provide clients with excellent service and advice, working with these preferred firms around the world to meet clients’ international needs, where relevant. The firm’s international experience spans all major sector and practice areas and primarily focuses on supporting its international clients around the world and overseas clients with their investment activities into the UK.
We are also focused on a number of corporate responsibility activities and collaborate with a wide range of organisations to build strong, sustainable relationships that have a lasting impact across three main areas: community, education and environment. The firm was a founder member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance and, is committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing our carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices.
Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Burges Salmon is the independent UK law firm whose unique model and collaborative culture delivers the best mix of advice, service and value.
Our clients range from the largest private and public sector organisations and institutions, to entrepreneurial businesses and wealthy individuals and families. Working from our offices in Bristol and London, we have built a progressive service culture based on collaboration and teamwork that is shaped around the needs of our clients to deliver a fantastic service and experience.
Operating in selected markets where our knowledge, experience and skills deliver highly effective solutions to our clients’ complex needs, we aim aims to be a leader not a follower in these markets. Burges Salmon works for clients in all three UK jurisdictions and across the globe, through an international network of leading independent law firms – our preferred firms.
Our objective is to provide clients with excellent service and advice, working with these preferred firms around the world to meet clients’ international needs, where relevant. The firm’s international experience spans all major sector and practice areas and primarily focuses on supporting its international clients around the world and overseas clients with their investment activities into the UK.
We are also focused on a number of corporate responsibility activities and collaborate with a wide range of organisations to build strong, sustainable relationships that have a lasting impact across three main areas: community, education and environment. The firm was a founder member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance and, is committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing our carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices.
Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Website
- http://www.burges-salmon.com/
- Telephone
- (0117) 939 2000
- Location
-
One Glass Wharf
Bristol
Avon
BS2 0ZX
GB
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