Associate -Antitrust/Competition chez Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes.  We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do. 

We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Litigation – Antitrust group in the London office as an Associate. 

The Department:

Mayer Brown's Antitrust & Competition team has an outstanding track record of successfully representing clients involved in some of the most challenging competition cases before competition and regulatory authorities and courts around the world.  Mayer Brown is recognised by Global Competition Review as a top 20 "Global Elite" firm.

It provides counselling and compliance services to many of the world’s largest companies and financial institutions.

The practice focus includes:

• Merger control
• Foreign investment
• Cartels
• Abuse of dominance
• Compliance
• Commercial agreements
• Competition litigation
• Regulated sectors
• Technology
• Public procurement

The Antitrust / Competition team in London has a high quality and growing practice.  It is part of the firm's substantial European and global Antitrust & Competition practice (which is also represented in Brussels, Düsseldorf/Frankfurt, Paris, the USA, Hong Kong and Brazil). 

The team in London is currently involved in complex behavioural investigations, multi-jurisdictional merger control, litigation and other matters, and works closely with contentious and non-contentious practices of the wider firm in London and worldwide.

• Advising on a range of competition law issues
• Drafting, reviewing and amending legal documentation
• Supporting the team in developing excellent professional client relationships

A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with 2-5 years post qualification experience.

Experience, skills and personal attributes:

• 2-5 PQE experience in a leading firm;
• Excellent people skills and strong written and oral communication skills;
• Proven background in providing assistance in transactional contexts (including merger control and foreign direct investment advice)
• The ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team;
• The ability to interact confidently with clients and develop business pro-actively;
• A commercial and pragmatic outlook;
• A degree from a reputed institution, with a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent;
• Self-motivation and a very pro-active attitude.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.

Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.

One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm