Senior Associate / Principal Associate – Competition, Foreign Investment & Trade

Job description

About the role: We are looking for a qualified solicitor (England and Wales) with an enthusiasm for competition law, who has 3 – 5 years' experience of working on a range of significant UK and/or EU competition law matters, and is keen to work on high quality instructions within a supportive team environment. An EU legal qualification, and/or an interest in trade, customs, and sanctions issues would be useful, but is not essential. Gowling WLG's award-winning Competition, Foreign Investment & Trade (" CFIT ") team receives high quality instructions from a diverse client base, and provides clear advice on complex issues. The CFIT team advises national and international clients on a broad range of areas, including: merger control; NSIA / FDI issues; competition investigations (including dawn raid support); market investigations; the interface between competition law and IP; distribution and licensing arrangements; subsidy control and State aid; and trade, customs, and sanctions. In doing so, the team works closely with colleagues across the wider firm and its international offices, including within Gowling WLG's award winning IP, Corporate, and Real Estate teams. Recent instructions...