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Associate, Competition

Employer
Ashurst
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
23 Apr 2019

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Vacancy Type
Solicitors – Private Practice
Contract Type
Permanent
Practice Area
Competition & EU
Experience Level
0-2yrs PQE, 2-5yrs PQE, 5+ yrs PQE
Role Classification
Lawyer

Job Details

About Ashurst

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a history spanning almost 200 years, and clear strategy for our future growth. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing exceptional standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit here.

In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Team overview:

The Ashurst London Competition team are highly sought after and have remained at the forefront of the market across the full spectrum of UK and EU competition law for many years, advising clients on a wide range of high-profile, and often ground-breaking matters before national competition authorities and the European Commission. Our team is highly experienced across the full suite of competition law issues including merger clearances, advising on and responding to investigations and prosecutions for cartel conduct, competition and consumer law issues, as well as advising on market investigations and market studies, misuse of market power issues and competition litigation.

The market leading nature of our practice is illustrated by the fact that, in addition to advising on investigations conducted by the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission, the team is currently advising clients on Competition Act investigations being carried out by concurrent sectoral regulators including Ofcom, the FCA and Ofgem, in their only competition cases.

The London competition team sit within a market-leading global competition and antitrust practice, with a team of over 80 specialist antitrust lawyers across Europe and Asia-Pacific. The team are consistently ranked in the Global Competition Review 'Global Elite', which recognises the world's top 25 competition practices.

Our in-house economists also remain a unique part of the team's proposition. We believe we continue to be the only London law firm able to offer clients fully integrated legal and economics expertise, and clients consistently identify this a crucial differentiating factor that adds significant value across the board but particularly in complex matters.

 Job overview:

Associate in Ashurst's EU Competition Team, based in London. You will be part of the European Competition team advising on a full range of EU and domestic competition matters, including: domestic and multi-national merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, appeals of infringement decisions before EU courts and domestic courts, market investigations, state aid and public procurement.

In particular, you will be expected to help the group advise clients involved in the media and telecommunications sector.

Essential skills and experience:

Experience on a range of competition law matters (merger control and behavioural matters). Highly desired would be experience in advising on competition and telecom regulation issues for clients operating in the media and telecommunications sector/digital economy.

Recent Work:

As an illustration of the work of the group we are currently acting, or have recently acted:

  • As global coordinating counsel for a top three global tobacco manufacturer representing the client in respect of NCA cartel investigations in Spain, Holland, France and Belgium.
  • For Intel on the remittal to the EU General Court following its successful appeal to the ECJ in the rebates case. This is the most significant Article 102 judgment in more than 40 years and the first time the Commission has been defeated in an Article 102 case since 1979.
  • For Royal Mail on its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal against Ofcom's decision which found that Royal Mail had engaged in unlawful price discrimination in breach of Article 102.
  • For Hargreave Hale in the FCA's first competition law investigation (relating to an alleged information exchange), and other financial institutions in relation to several of the FCA's market studies.
  • For Arla Foods in relation to its acquisition of the Yeo Valley dairy business
  • For SYNNEX on its $2.8 billion acquisition of Convergys which were notified to the EU Commission.
  • For Liberty House Group in relation to its proposed acquisition of the assets being required by the EU Commission to be divested by ArcelorMittal
  • Ryder Limited and four other subsidiaries in a £250 million private damages action against 20 defendants arising from the European Commission's decisions in relation to the trucks cartel.

Representative Skills:

Candidate will have:

  • Strong drafting capabilities
  • good legal research and analytical skills
  • ability to evaluate and deploy factual and economic evidence
  • familiarity with market economic principles
  • a strong drive to deliver good outcomes for clients

 Career advancement:

An established Associate Career Path Framework is in place clearly defining expectations and outlining opportunities for promotion.

Secondment opportunities:

Opportunities often arise for associates to spend time on secondment in house with a key client of the firm. From time to time, secondment opportunities also come up within other Ashurst offices in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

Salary Competitive

Company

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history spanning more than 200 years. We are proud of our history and are future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit  www.ashurst.com

Company info
Telephone
+44 20 7638 1111
Location
London Fruit & Wool Exchange
1 Duval Square
London
E1 6PW
United Kingdom

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