Competition Solicitor
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- £75.00 - £95.00 per hour
- Closing date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -012025-281598
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Junior Level, Mid Level, Senior Level
- Contract
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Competition/EU
- PQE
- 1-3 Years, 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details

Our client, a leading international law firm is seeking an experienced Competition Solicitor to join their highly regarded Competition Practice on a temporary basis for approximately six months.
This role offers the opportunity to work on a busy and diverse caseload, including a significant advisory project for a major global technology company renowned for its innovation and industry leadership.
Key Areas of Expertise
The group's expertise covers the full spectrum of competition, regulation, and trade matters, including:
- Cartel and other behavioural investigations
- Merger control
- Antitrust advice
- Competition litigation (private enforcement and appeals)
- Regulatory matters
- State aid, public procurement, WTO, and trade
The Role
This position will primarily focus on non-contentious matters, although the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on contentious cases, particularly private enforcement and competition disputes. You will contribute to some of the most complex and high-profile matters in the field, working alongside a market-leading team.
Candidate Requirements
- 1+ years of post-qualified experience in a well-regarded UK or European competition practice.
- Expertise in key competition areas, such as merger control, behavioural investigations, and antitrust advice.
- Strong analytical and drafting skills, with a keen ability to manage complex legal matters.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global team environment.
Why Join?
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a high-performing team on high-value and precedent-setting matters, advising world-leading clients and gaining exposure to cutting-edge competition issues.
You must be available to start a new role on a maximum notice period of one month. The firm is unable to offer sponsorship.
How to Apply
If you are an experienced competition lawyer looking for a challenging and rewarding locum opportunity, please get in touch for further details or to submit your application.
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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Dubai, UAE
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Hong Kong
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Singapore 049712
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Australia
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Melbourne
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