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Competition Professional Support Lawyer London

Employer
CMS
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland / London, England
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
29 Dec 2022

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

Job Details

Description - External

Great opportunity to join our Competition Team as a Professional Support Lawyer.

About CMS

CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

About the Role

The PSL will have strong "black letter law" technical and drafting skills but will also bring opinions and ideas to the table, both in respect of optimising the role and delivering the training and know-how required by the Competition Team, and in respect of business development initiatives.


The PSL will work closely with the partners and the business development function and be the "go to" for fee earner support. They will be expected to be visible within the Competition Team and also the wider firm. They will have strong organisational skills and be able to manage multiple competing demands.

The key functions of the role will be to co-ordinate/deliver:
* Competition precedents and know-how bank
* Internal and external training programmes
* Horizon scanning, articles and seminars/webinars
* Client specific updates and other know-how solutions

* Contributing to the drafting of written pitch materials and proposals, in close collaboration with our Marketing & Business Development teams

The PSL will also participate in/contribute to relevant firm wide projects and provide Ad hoc support to fee earners. The successful candidate will work with the Legal Tech Tools Team to implement commercial solutions and will have a future-facing 'eye' on the most efficient ways of working, data capture and added value collaboration tools/platforms that may benefit our clients

About You

The right individual will be well organised, proactive, self-motivated and highly collaborative. They will be used to successfully delivering projects and be able to identify efficient processes. They might be an experienced PSL or currently be in/recently have left private practice.

Role Specifics:

* 3 days per week minimum but this is negotiable
* OC/Senior Associate level and a self-starter
* Mainstream competition experience e.g. merger control, investigations, abuse of dominance, anti-competition agreements, subsidy control, state aid, procurement. Trade or sanctions experience would be a bonus.
* EU qualifications also an advantage (for Brussels support)
* Role will involve black letter law knowledge and competition team training requirements, updating, sanitising and filing precedents, process improvements. BD skills would be an advantage i.e. horizon scanning, client training, pitches etc.

* Although the team is based in London, Edinburgh and Brussel but this role could be in any CMS location with some travel required

Equal Opportunities

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.


For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website.


Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.


Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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Company

CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications.  The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.

We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up.  But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same.  We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.

In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.

We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere. 

Our culture

It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.  We're diverse, supportive, and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.  

Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7367 3000
Location
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom

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