Competition Counsel

Lawyers On Demand Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious legal service provider is seeking a Senior Competition Lawyer to cover maternity leave. This role involves advising on competition law globally, managing investigations, and engaging with authorities, all within a hybrid work model in London. The ideal candidate will demonstrate significant expertise in areas like merger control and anti-competitive practices.

Benefits

Flexibility and autonomy

Career-enhancing work with market-leading brands

Training and support from a dedicated team

Variety of flexible working models

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in competition and antitrust law.
• Experience managing investigations and engaging with competition authorities.

Responsibilities

• Advising on competition law matters globally.
• Supporting investigations and interactions with competition authorities.
• Developing internal policies to uphold best practices in competition law.

Skills

Competition law

Antitrust law

Merger control

Abuse of dominance

Anti-competitive agreements

Job description

Lawyers on Demand are looking to bring on a Senior Competition Lawyer to cover a maternity leave. This position will be working for a multinational organisation specialising in energy and digital automation.

The ideal applicant will have a strong expertise in competition and antitrust law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, and anti-competitive agreements. You will be confident managing investigations, engaging with competition authorities, and delivering practical, business-focused advice in a fast-paced, global environment.

As a Senior Competition Lawyer, you would be responsible for:

• Advising on a wide range of competition law matters globally, including providing strategic guidance on antitrust compliance, merger control, and distribution practices.
• Supporting investigations and interactions with competition authorities.
• Working closely with business units, legal colleagues, and external counsel to ensure compliance and manage risk, while enabling the company’s commercial goals.
• Playing a key role in training and developing internal policies to uphold best practices in competition law.

Our assignments are predominantly full-time, working on a hybrid model within the London area and surrounding suburbs.

If this sounds like you and you're looking for your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join LOD?

People come to us for various reasons – seeking time for personal interests, working alongside other projects, or just wanting a change. What they all share is a desire for high-quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models can't offer, but LOD can.

All of our LODs have worked at top-tier firms or as part of major in-house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent but who can work seamlessly with our clients’ teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high-quality assignments.

We can offer:

• Varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with market-leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
• Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full-time on-site with a client to a few hours each week from home.
• Training and support from our dedicated HQ team.
• A variety of flexible working models, including working at the client’s offices or remotely.

About LOD

LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich, and Sydney. We are changing how clients buy legal services and providing talented lawyers with new ways of working.

We’ve achieved rapid growth by creating and leading a new professional service category. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this innovative story.

LOD has attracted a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working globally. Our clients range from globally recognized multinationals to startups, including Google, Barclays, and adidas.