Competition Litigation Associate

Overview

An elite US law firm is seeking a Competition Litigation Associate to join its growing London disputes platform. This is a high-quality, targeted search for a 2-4 PQE lawyer with genuine contentious competition experience and the technical grounding to contribute to complex, high-value matters from the outset.

The team operates with a lean structure, giving associates strong partner visibility, early responsibility and exposure to substantive litigation work. The role is well suited to an ambitious lawyer looking to build a specialist competition litigation profile within a leading international platform.

What You’ll Do

• Work on complex competition litigation and contentious antitrust matters.
• Advise on cartel damages claims, follow-on litigation, collective actions, behavioural investigations and abuse of dominance disputes.
• Take on meaningful responsibility within a leanly staffed team.
• Draft pleadings, submissions, correspondence and other key litigation documents.
• Support partners on high-stakes disputes, including strategic case management and client-facing work.
• Collaborate with associates and partners across the wider disputes and antitrust practices.

About You

• Ideally 2-4 PQE, with flexibility for standout candidates slightly outside this range.
• Strong competition litigation experience is essential.
• Trained and retained at a Magic Circle, Silver Circle, elite US or comparable peer litigation platform.
• Experience across cartel damages, follow-on claims, collective actions, behavioural investigations, abuse of dominance or wider contentious antitrust work.
• Able to operate independently in a lean, fast-paced team environment.
• Excellent academics and a strong technical litigation foundation.
• Commercial litigation lawyers may be considered where they have meaningful competition litigation exposure.
• Overseas-qualified candidates, particularly from Australia or New Zealand, may be considered where their experience is exceptional, although London market experience is strongly preferred.

Why Apply?

• Join a growing competition litigation team within an elite US platform.
• Gain direct partner access and significant responsibility from an early stage.
• Work on complex, high-value contentious competition matters.
• Benefit from leading US compensation and a competitive bonus structure.
• Build a specialist competition litigation profile in a team with strong momentum and increasing workflow.
• Progress in a platform that develops talent toward partnership without a traditional Counsel structure.

Apply

If you are a competition litigation lawyer seeking a high-quality platform, direct responsibility and exposure to sophisticated contentious antitrust work, we would welcome a confidential discussion.