Antitrust and Competition KM Lawyer
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- £165000 - £175000 per annum
- Closing date
- 21 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -102024-151197
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, Professional Support
- Experience Level
- Senior Level
- Contract
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Competition/EU
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Knowledge Management Lawyer (KML) to join the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group of our client, a prestigious US City law firm. This role is offered on a 9-month fixed-term contract, based in their London office, with potential for hybrid working arrangements. The role can be on a full-time or part-time (4 days a week) basis.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
Monitor legal, regulatory, and market developments, keeping the team informed through updates, bulletins, and training.
Draft, update, and maintain standard forms, templates, and guidance notes to support practitioners.
Deliver training programmes to associates and trainees, including sessions on knowledge resources.
Contribute to thought leadership initiatives, generating article ideas and drafting or editing content.
Participate in external forums and industry networks to remain informed of regulatory developments.
Provide technical support to partners and associates on complex legal queries.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will:
Be a qualified Competition Solicitor qualified in England and Wales with a background as a fee-earner who is looking to step into a KML role, or an existing Competition PSL/KML.
Ideally have a minimum of five years' post-qualification experience in competition law within a leading international law firm.
Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to engage effectively at all organisational levels.
Be highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of managing complex projects independently.
Hold a Bachelor of Laws (or equivalent).
What This Role Offers
This position offers the chance to work within an elite law firm, contributing to its leading Antitrust and Competition Practice Group through innovative knowledge management initiatives.
Due to the role starting ASAP individuals must be available on a maximum of 4 weeks' notice, and must be based in the UK.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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