Antitrust Associate

The role involves advising major clients from all key sectors on complex antitrust matters worldwide. Responsibilities include securing clearances in challenging merger control proceedings and representing clients in multi-jurisdictional cartel, market investigation, enforcement, and dominance cases. The team includes specialists on FDI and FSR matters, as well as CFIUS and trade experts in the US. Collaboration with other groups is essential to help clients manage cross-border investment issues and design compliance programmes.

As an Antitrust Lawyer, you will work across various sectors including technology, consumer goods and retail, financial services, energy and infrastructure, transport, telecommunications, and media. You will advise on a range of matters, including:

• Merger control: carrying out multi-jurisdictional merger control analysis and preparing merger filings to the relevant authorities.
• Foreign investment control: carrying out multi-jurisdictional FDI analyses, preparing filings and advising on undertakings.
• Market investigations / sector enquiries.
• Cartel and abuse of dominance investigations.
• Cooperation, distribution and licensing arrangements.
• Antitrust litigation: appeals from decisions by competition authorities and significant follow-on and stand-alone damages actions.
• State Aid and the control of subsidies (including FSR filings).
• Public procurement.

Developing relationships with clients and engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives is crucial. You will draft legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to support leading multi-national corporates.

Your experience should include strong working knowledge across all areas of competition law, sector-specific regulation, and public policy as a mid-level lawyer, probably gained at a city firm or at an overseas common law practice. An outstanding academic history and proven first-rate legal skills are essential, along with a strong reputation for providing commercial solutions and excellent transactional and management skills.

Excellent document drafting skills, strong communication and analytical skills, and a high level of commercial awareness are required. You should demonstrate an appetite for business development, client relationship management, and thought leadership.

Clifford Chance is one of the largest international law firms in the world, with over 30 offices globally. The firm strives to exceed client expectations by providing high-quality advice and legal insight, combining global standards with local expertise. The firm values an inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work, offering opportunities for growth and development.

From your first day, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and develop your skills and knowledge through formal training, informal coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job learning. This role follows a 'balanced' hybrid working approach, allowing flexibility in line with business needs.

Clifford Chance is committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally, regardless of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. The firm has a variety of flourishing employee networks that advocate for change and promote equality of opportunity and experience.