An excellent opportunity to join one of the largest Antitrust, Competition & Trade teams in Europe. You can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow.
About The Role
The team handles a broad range of high-quality work including competition and mergers work, competition litigation, behavioural advice and a wide range of regulatory and trade work, including sanctions. The team also advises extensively on public procurement matters, UK subsidy control and consumer enforcement issues.
The team is currently expanding and we are looking for a motivated, ambitious associate to be based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow. We are looking for candidates with a passion for competition and regulatory law and with an interest in working closely with our highly rated Technology, Media, Life Sciences and Energy & Utilities teams where we are seeing a continued increase in competition-related instructions.
The UK team comprises 7 partners and a team of 16 other fee-earners, plus a dedicated Professional Support Lawyer. The team is based largely in London, but also in Edinburgh/Glasgow and in Brussels. It is part of a wider Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group across CMS comprising more than 225 competition lawyers worldwide. This is therefore an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career in a dynamic and internationally focused competition team, with a balanced practice across transactional, contentious and advisory work.
Associates are encouraged to take on high levels of responsibility and client contact is encouraged. From day one your role will include being embedded in client relationships and involved in business development activities within the team and across the firm’s sector groups. The team undertakes a significant amount of work in Scotland and for clients across the UK. We are also heavily engaged in cross-border work, cooperating on a daily basis with our international offices and the role will include travel within the UK and internationally. We are committed to investing in our team and we provide comprehensive training to develop knowledge and skills, including adoption of tech and AI.
About You
The ideal candidate will:
* have a solid background and experience/training in UK and EU competition law, a willingness to learn FDI, public procurement, state aid/subsidy and/or trade law and a general desire for a balanced practice across the different areas of transactional, contentious and advisory work,
* 3-6PQE+
* have excellent communication and drafting skills – the ability to communicate succinctly is a must
* have strong commercial acumen and be able to provide clients with focused strategic advice
* be a collaborative and supportive team player
* seek opportunity and lead by example
* be abreast of market trends
* recognise the importance of service delivery
* have a positive attitude and drive to secure the role
What’s in it for you?
Benefits
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
* Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
* Flexible, hybrid working policy
* Generous bonus scheme
* Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
* Holiday exchange scheme
* Private medical insurance
* Enhanced parental leave
* Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.