Public Procurement & State Aid Lawyer

Leading international law firm have a niche role and are looking to hire a specialist lawyer to focus on Public procurement and State aid/subsidy control law. This role can be based in Birmingham or Glasgow and hybrid-working is also on offer.

Role Profile: The subsidy control/state aid, procurement and trade team covers private as well as public sector clients on the complete spectrum. The team is part of the wider CEUT group which comprises 10 partners, 3 legal directors and over 20 other lawyers based in the UK, Germany, Ireland, South Africa, and Hong Kong. The group is highly regarded, sizable and experienced with strength across all areas of competition law. The successful candidate will be working closely with colleagues across the wider CEUT group.

Recent projects include:

• Advising the Ministry of Justice on procurement matters relating to high profile and high value prison operation, probation services and the 20,000 prisoner places programme.
• Advising an international client in the rail industry in relation to a public procurement law dispute in the High Court.
• Advising on high profile and strategic nuclear projects.
• Advising Wincanton Holdings Limited, a logistics company, in connection with its ongoing procurement challenge and court dispute against Supply Chain Coordination Limited relating to a $4.4bn procurement process to appoint a new logistics provider.
• Advising E.ON UK PLC in its appeal against the Administrative Court judgment, which dismissed its claim for a judicial review of the decisions by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to provide substantial government subsidies to Bulb Energy Ltd and/or Octopus Energy Retail 2022 Ltd and, separately, the decision to approve the Energy Transfer Scheme relating to the deal between the administrators of Bulb Energy Ltd and Octopus for Octopus to acquire Bulb’s 1.5m customers.
• Assisting a company in relation to its application with the Trade Remedies Association, seeking the revocation (with retroactive effect) of countervailing measures that are adversely affecting its imports and hindering their ability to compete in the market effectively.
• Advising multinational clients on the implications of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as well as the Northern Ireland Protocol on their business activities in the UK and the EU.
• Advising Green Recovery Projects in its procurement litigation against Hartlepool Borough Council.

Candidate Requirements: You will have excellent research skills and understand how to take a risk-based approach when advising in the “grey areas” of procurement law. You will also be commercially aware and enthusiastic about internal and external business development, and have an interest in innovation. You should be familiar with, and ready to advise on, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and/or the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023. Ideally, you will have some knowledge of UK subsidy control and EU State aid and must be eager to develop your knowledge in these areas. You must be willing to work in the areas of procurement law, UK subsidy control, EU State aid and trade law.

On Offer: On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package and a company that offers excellent work/life balance and career progression.

To Apply: For a confidential discussion about this position, to request the full job description or to apply, please contact: David Thomson - Director Edinburgh: +44 (0) 131 450 7164 Glasgow: +44 (0) 141 244 0260 London: +44 (0) 203 174 2482 Dublin: +353 (0) 1 699 1360 Email: david@thomsonlrc.com