Senior Associate, Competition Disputes

About the role

Practice group/team Main areas covered competition litigation | general competition (antitrust) | cartels and other behavioural investigations | | merger control | regulatory matters | state aid | public procurement | EU | WTO and international trade Sector expertise includes | energy and natural resources | financial institutions | consumer goods| infrastructure | transport | manufacturing and industrials | retail | telecoms, media and technology The Team Our Competition, Regulation and Trade group is consistently rated as one of the leading practices in its field, with a team of lawyers based in Europe (London, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Madrid and Paris), Asia and across Australia. Amongst our clients are leading financial institutions, top Fortune and FTSE companies from all industry sectors, regulatory bodies and national governments. Our team covers the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious competition, regulation and trade work globally, including: competition litigation (private enforcement and appeals) including both follow-on and standalone claims and multiple collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal cartel and other behavioural investigations merger control antitrust advice regulatory matters state aid, public procurement, WTO and trade This role will have a predominant focus on contentious matters, in particular private enforcement and other competition disputes. We have a market-leading competition litigation practice integrated within the Competition, Regulation and Trade group. We have particular expertise in defending follow-on, hybrid and stand-alone claims across multiple jurisdictions and in collective actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. This includes acting on many of the most complex recent and on-going cases in the UK, as well as providing expert strategic advice on private enforcement risks and the relationship with the public enforcement process. The role would involve - in addition to other matters - assisting in the defence of damages actions in the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal, and managing the response to multi-jurisdictional claims. Recent Matters Meta in connection with a proposed collective action in the CAT alleging an abuse of a dominant position based on allegations of unfair terms and unfair pricing in respect of the Facebook social media platform Google in connection with claims in the CAT and across Europe seeking damages against Google for abuse of dominance on grounds similar to those raised by the European Commission in the Google Search (Shopping) and the Google Search (AdSense) decisions Google in connection with a collective action on behalf of an online publisher class alleging that Google has abused a dominant position in ad tech tools Amazon in connection with two CPO applications alleging abuse of a dominant position in respect of the Buy Box Iveco and Fiat Chrysler as European coordinating competition litigation counsel in relation to follow-on damages claims stemming from the European Commission's settlement decision in Trucks Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in connection with litigation stemming from the European Commission's infringement findings in relation to foreign exchange trading Severn Trent in relation to an application for a CPO alleging an abuse of a dominant position in respect of alleged misreporting of sewage discharges