Competition Stagiaire - Brussels

Slaughter and May; Brussel Hoofdstad; In loco; EUR 32.000 - 52.000; Tempo pieno

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Mentor programme

Secondment to London

International training programmes

Descrizione del lavoro

Slaughter and May in Brussels offers a twelve-month stagiaire programme in our leading Competition group. The role is based in Brussels and stagiaires are hired as independent lawyers as part of our Belgian practice.

You will work with over 100 lawyers across offices, receive a rotating mentor, and have opportunities for inter-office secondments, including a potential secondment to our London office. Applicants should have EU qualification or be close, with a strong academic record, and fluent

Competenze

• Strong academic background and a demonstrable high level of analytical ability.
• EU qualification, or currently obtaining your qualification in an EU Member State.
• LLM in European competition law is preferable.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Mansioni

• Supporting the legal team on a range of competition law matters.
• Conducting legal research.
• Contributing to the drafting of documentation, such as client advice and submissions to regulators.
• Attending client meetings and events, and drafting attendance notes.
• Developing professional relationships with fee-earners, clients and other members of the Brussels competition law community.

Conoscenze

Strong academic background

Fluency in English

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Formazione

EU qualification or in EU progress

LLM in European competition law

Descrizione del lavoro

We are offering a fantastic opportunity for professional, engaging individuals to join our twelve-month stagiaire programme, based in our leading Competition group in Brussels. In line with the usual arrangements in Belgium – the stagiaires will be hired as independent lawyers.

Our Competition practice is one of the worlds leading 'go-to' competition law practices. The group handles a variety of work types across the competition and regulatory fields. We have an outstanding reputation in merger control, antitrust, competition litigation, market investigations, State aid and regulatory work – often working on precedent-setting, high-profile matters across all types of competition and regulatory law. In contrast to many other firms, our fee earners maintain a broad caseload (across both contentious and non-contentious matters) rather than overspecialising. The Brussels office works on EU, UK and global competition law cases, which would give the stagiaire the opportunity to work on a wide variety of assignments.

The group comprises over 100 lawyers based in London, Brussels, Beijing and Hong Kong; they are all specialists in competition and regulatory law. As a stagiaire you would work closely with the lawyers on ongoing matters, in order to give you the best possible insight into our practice. You can expect to be working with a number of trainees, associates, senior counsel and partners at any one time, including colleagues based in other international offices, giving you the opportunity to build relationships across the whole group. You will be allocated a rotating associate/partner mentor who will be your primary supervisor during the programme, and help you navigate the firm and the programme more generally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES //

The key responsibilities of this role – in each case with support from your mentor as required - are set out below:

• Supporting the legal team on a range of competition law matters.
• Conducting legal research.
• Contributing to the drafting of documentation, such as client advice and submissions to regulators.
• Attending client meetings and events, and drafting attendance notes.
• Developing professional relationships with fee-earners, clients and other members of the Brussels competition law community.

CANDIDATE PROFILE //

Candidates for this position must have:

• Strong academic background and a demonstrable high level of intellectual analysis.
• EU qualification, or currently obtaining your qualification in an EU Member State.
• LLM in European competition law is preferable.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Ability to develop and work in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with diverse individuals and all levels of staff, including lawyers, executive assistants and business services.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise work effectively.
• Desire to work in an international and multi-cultural environment.
• Previous stagiaire/traineeship with competition authorities, or competition law departments of business or law firms, is valued but not essential.

Development & training:

The programme's aim is to develop stagiaires with a view to offering them a permanent associate role once they have become a fully qualified EU lawyer.

After a period in Brussels, there will be an opportunity for a short secondment to the competition practice in our London office. This will be a great opportunity to experience the inter-office collaboration between London and Brussels in our competition practice.

We run extensive legal and skills training programmes to support all our lawyers at every stage of their career. This includes training focused on competition law and practice as well as more general legal training and business skills training.

We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status.