Senior Associate – Competition Disputes

Overview

In this role you will join a market-leading Competition, Regulation & Trade team to handle complex competition disputes and private enforcement work for multinational clients. You will navigate High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal proceedings, coordinating multi-jurisdictional disputes with senior oversight. You’ll provide strategic litigation advice, manage timelines and budgets, and mentor junior lawyers. This position offers exposure to cross-border matters within a globally integrated network and opportunities to shape high-stakes enforcement outcomes. You will contribute to business development and thought leadership while upholding the firm’s risk and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Advise on private enforcement, follow-on damages, collective actions before the CAT
• Defend damages actions before High Court and CAT
• Coordinate responses to multi-jurisdictional disputes
• Provide strategic litigation risk advice and interaction with regulatory investigations
• Lead workstreams and supervise junior associates and trainees
• Manage matter timelines, budgets and client expectations
• Develop and maintain client relationships through commercial advice
• Contribute to business development and thought leadership
• Mentor internal teams and collaborate across the firm’s international network
• Ensure compliance with firm policies and risk management procedures

Key requirements

• Approximately 6–8 years’ PQE (flexible for exceptional candidates)
• Strong competition law experience focused on disputes and litigation
• Experience before the High Court and/or CAT
• Desirable: experience with collective actions and private enforcement
• Excellent understanding of UK and EU competition law
• Strong drafting, advocacy support, negotiation and project management
• Ability to manage complex matters and multiple priorities
• Experience supervising and developing junior lawyers
• Strong interpersonal and client relationship management skills
• Commercially minded, proactive, with ownership of significant responsibilities
• Strong academic credentials

• Interpersonal and client relationship management
• Commercial acumen
• Self-motivation and proactivity
• UK and EU competition law principles
• Legal drafting
• Advocacy support

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