Competition Associate 2-5 PQE

at  Addleshaw Goddard

THE COMPETITION TEAM

Our team is one of the leading UK focused antitrust practices, with five established non-contentious Partners based across London and Manchester, alongside wider fee earning and support staff and a market-leading competition litigation team (with which we work closely).
The team experienced in managing high-profile antitrust cases and our broad client base of major corporates trust our team with some of the most complex and high value competition enforcement, merger control, competition litigation and counselling matters in the market.
We also work on cutting edge cases in regulated sectors such as energy, financial services, telecoms and rail. Outside the UK, there are now partners specialising in competition law in our offices in France, Germany, and Ireland.
Last year the team were awarded Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year by the British Legal Awards as well as being highly commended at The Lawyer Awards.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are looking for an Associate to join our Competition Team, either in London or Manchester. Ideally you will be around 2-5 PQE.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in working closely with our UK and International Partners on client relationship development and the continued expansion of the team and practice, which will provide clear career progression opportunities at a pivotal stage in your career.
As well as our own trained lawyers, we have colleagues who have previously been in international, Magic Circle, City, national or boutique law firms as well as in-house at financial services firms, all of whom enjoy working with us.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE:

As an Associate in the Competition team, you will support larger matters alongside senior colleagues and take the lead in smaller-scale matter management, using strong project management skills to drive forward a range of Competition issues.
You will collaborate with colleagues to further grow and develop our Competition business, including involvement in client and targeting teams, and other business development opportunities.
You will support the partners and lead key workstreams on mandates. You would be both positively encouraged and expected to participate fully in business development activities, with a https://www.linkedin.com/in/brionyhannah/