Overview
As a claimant‑focused competition litigation partner, you will build and lead a new practice area within a Top 100 London firm. You’ll work with an entrepreneurial, collaborative team and leverage the firm’s strengths in class actions and claimant work to scale a standalone practice. Your role combines strategic development, client leadership, and cross‑practice collaboration to drive growth in damages and collective proceedings. This is a high‑impact opportunity to own a practice and shape the firm’s claimant litigation offering. You will partner with the firm to secure resources and position the team for long‑term success.
Responsibilities
- Build a claimant-focused competition litigation practice from the ground up and take ownership of its growth
- Drive strategy and business development to leverage existing client base and contacts
- Lead and manage competition damages claims, collective proceedings, and stand-alone claims with external funders
- Collaborate across practice areas to integrate claimant litigation capabilities
- Develop leadership and contribute to partnership‑level governance and firm strategy
Key requirements
- England & Wales qualified solicitor
- Existing claimant-focused competition litigation partner or ambitious senior associate/director (minimum 10 PQE)
- entrepreneurial mindset
- leadership and ownership
- collaboration and teamwork
- competition litigation
- claimant litigation
- damages claims
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