Senior Competition Law Counsel (m/f)

Airbus; Blagnac; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Employee stock purchase plan

Extra days off

Complementary health insurance

Job summary

Airbus SAS in Toulouse seeks a Senior Competition Law Counsel to join the Competition Law team. You will advise on competition law matters impacting Airbus and its divisions worldwide, contributing to strategy and regulatory responses.

The role requires at least 6 years in EU/US competition law, fluent English, strong communication, collaboration, and strategic insight; you will mentor colleagues and help with M&A, state aid, and tender compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in EU/US competition law.
• Legal experience as lawyer or in-house competition law team.
• Fluent English with excellent writing skills.
• Strong analytical, communication and collaboration abilities.
• Organised, autonomous, proactive and action‑oriented.
• Ability to provide strategic insights and value-added guidance.
• Good internal relationship-building and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist business and legal teams with day-to-day competition law questions.
• Support M&A and Strategy in contemplated opportunities.
• Monitor third-party M&A transactions and liaise with authorities.
• Respond to questionnaires and sector inquiries with collected data.
• Assess state aid aspects of financing for new programs and liaise with state bodies.
• Evaluate EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation implications for M&A and tenders.
• Manage competition law investigations and provide trainings to staff.

Skills

Competition law

Fluent English

Communication skills

Team player

Job description

Job Description: Airbus Commercial is looking for a Senior Competition Law Counsel (m/f) to join our Competition Law team based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of the team advising on all Competition Law related matters impacting Airbus and all its divisions around the world.

Your working environment: Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death).
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Assist the business and legal communities in their day-to-day business for any competition law related question
• Assist M&A and Strategy departments in the context of all contemplated M&A opportunities
• Monitor third parties’ M&A transactions notified before competition authorities and contribute to building a group-wide position through the collection of the inputs of all internal stakeholders and liaising with competition authorities where required
• and respond to questionnaires in relation to investigations relating to third parties and to sector inquiries from various competition authorities after having collected relevant data internally
• Assess, with the support of the Legal community, financing schemes for new programs from a State aid standpoint and, when required, liaise with the relevant State stakeholders
• assess if Airbus M&A transactions and participation in public tenders fall into the EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation and, when required, manage the filing procedure until clearance decisions are obtained
• Manage any Competition law related investigations, pre-litigation and litigation impacting any entity of the group. Provide competition law training for business employees and the Legal community and contribute to the drafting of all competition law-related documentation.

Your boarding pass:

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in EU/US competition law, with initial experiences as a lawyer and/or as an in-house legal counsel in a competition law team
• Fluent English
• Open-minded, autonomous, responsive and creative
• Ability to provide strategic insight and value-added orientation
• Being organised, action-oriented, customer-focused and proactive
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Ability to build excellent internal relationships
• Cooperative and team-player.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: AIRBUS SAS Employment Type: Permanent ------- Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15 Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Legal

We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.

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