Senior Competition Counsel, EU Competition

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic legal professional to lead competition-related regulatory matters in the UK. This role involves advising senior leadership on strategic issues and shaping the company's long-term vision. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UK and EU competition law, with over 10 years of experience, and possess exceptional communication skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and customer obsession, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the business. This is a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative environment and tackle novel legal challenges.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer with 10+ years in UK and EU competition law.
• Experience in managing critical regulatory and litigation matters.

Responsibilities

• Drive litigation and regulatory matters focusing on the UK.
• Advise on competition-related matters across Amazon businesses.

Skills

UK and EU competition law

Regulatory and litigation management

Exceptional communication skills

Project management

Innovative problem-solving

Education

Law degree

Outstanding academic qualifications

Job description

DESCRIPTION

This position will advise the business and senior leadership on pan-European strategic matters, and lead the team on competition and related regulatory matters in the UK, and help shape the company's long-term strategy on highly relevant and novel issues.

Key Responsibilities

1. Drive litigation and regulatory competition matters focusing on the UK, including integrated partnership with the UK Legal, Public Policy, and Communications teams.
2. Advise the business and legal colleagues on competition-related matters across Amazon businesses.
3. Help shape the company's long-term strategy on high impact and often novel issues.
4. Think Big and look around corners to spot issues and identify developments of relevance for the Amazon business.
5. Partner with our public policy team and engage with regulators and policy makers on a broad range of issues.
6. Contribute as a member of the EU Competition team to develop mechanisms for training, compliance, and cross-functional coordination.

The role is based in London and will report to the Director and Associate General Counsel EU Competition. Some travel will be required.

We are looking for candidates who are innovative, progressive, extremely hands-on, and highly customer-obsessed professionals. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Fully qualified lawyer with outstanding academic and legal qualifications.
2. 10+ years of experience in UK and EU competition law.
3. Experience in independently managing competition related regulatory and litigation matters, with deep demonstrated experience in the UK.
4. Experience independently managing a large number and variety of mission-critical projects and meeting deadlines.
5. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, as well as demonstrated proficiency in working closely with and advising senior executives of an organization.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Sound and practical business judgment as well as common sense.
2. Some experience within the CMA a plus.
3. Experience and/or aptitude in cutting edge technology areas (cloud services, AI) a plus.
4. Ability to work independently in ambiguous situations while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams.
5. A team player and consensus builder with great people skills and a good sense of humor who can effectively and efficiently collaborate and build relationships with attorneys and business clients at all levels throughout the organization.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.