Associate / Senior Associate - Competition

We are seeking to recruit an Associate and Senior Associate for our Competition team, which forms an integral part of our broader Commercial Services Group. Depending on your previous experience and interests, you will also support with wider regulatory or commercial matters as part of a varied multi-disciplinary practice.

This is a full time, permanent role, ideally based in Bristol or London, offered on a hybrid working basis.

Your Role 

As an Associate or Senior Associate in our Competition team, you can expect to be involved in:

• advising clients on a wide range of antitrust matters, from merger control work to (market and targeted) investigations as well as behavioural advice, compliance training and associated support;
• undertaking National Security and Investment Act analyses and notifications;
• advising on subsidy control and associated policy; 
• providing insightful commercial/regulatory advice in a practice tailored to your existing experience and with opportunities to further develop;
• seeking new work opportunities and reinforcing existing client relationships through targeted marketing, business development and client care initiatives; 
• knowledge-sharing and working as part of a cross-office collegiate team, including assisting with the supervision of more junior lawyers.

As a Senior Associate, you can expect to lead (under supervision) on projects and tasks and have the opportuning to lead and manage others in the team, whether directly or on a matrix basis.

Your Skills and Experience 

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered) (or equivalent) with circa 2-5 PQE.  
• Good level of experience across two or more areas of the antitrust spectrum covering; merger control, competition investigations, compliance programs, behavioural advice, National Security and Investment Act analyses and notifications, compliance programmes and training. Ideally the successful candidate will also have some experience in competition litigation and subsidy control.
• Broader commercial and/or regulatory experience (including for example consumer protection investigations), or a willingness to multi-skill, would be valuable, as would experience of working for clients in the retail & consumer goods, financial services, digital, future energy, leisure, real estate and government space. 
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines. 
• Commercially aware with some exposure to (and a strong commitment to) developing our business, with the ability to maintain and nurture strong client relationships. 
• Skilled in developing a deep understanding of clients’ business needs and markets.  
• Committed to contributing to a friendly, open and collegiate culture, with an ambition to assist in the development of junior team members 

Your Team 

Our Competition team advises FTSE 100 and 250 clients as well as Government departments. We were recently shortlisted for The Lawyer’s ‘Competition Team of the Year’ at its 2023 awards, as well as the FT’s Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2023 for Disputes. We are one of the few firms to truly offer a UK wide commercial service.  

We have an excellent national and international practice undertaking the highest quality competition, regulatory and commercial work for many of the UK's leading businesses and departments across our key focus sectors. Our competition expertise complements our full service commercial offering, which ranges from corporate transactions to dispute resolution, and captures a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters including collaboration agreements and commercial joint ventures, data protection and privacy, consumer protection regulation and investigations, export controls and sanctions, franchising and international development, public procurement, technology procurement, licensing, development, sponsorships and promotions, and supply, distribution and agency agreements. 

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,400 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2022 we were named Law Firm of the Year at The British Legal Awards, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. 

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role. 

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.  

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on HR-Recruitment@TLTsolicitors.com