EU Competition Lawyer - Dublin
EU Competition Lawyer. BCL Legal is instructed by a top international practice, seeking to recruit a competition lawyer to join their Dublin team. This is a rare and unique opportunity for a competition lawyer to join a firm with an outstanding reputation globally.
The competition team are advising and representing clients on a full range of complex EU competition, state aid, procurement and economic regulation work; including:
-EU and multi-jurisdictional merger control
- economic regulations
- dawn raids & cartels
- state aid & procurement rules
- competition & dominance investigations
The competition team are advising clients across a broad range of sectors including defence, pharmaceuticals, telecoms & media, energy & utilities, sport, construction, financial services, transport and retail.
This role is ideally suited to competition lawyers with a minimum of two years' post qualified experience. Competition lawyers applying for this position must be able to display experience in this type of work gained with a reputable firm with a recognised competition practice.
On offer is an excellent salary and benefits package and the opportunity to take on unique and complex work for a global client base.
To apply for the position of EU Competition Lawyer in Dublin please contact Sean at BCL Legal.
If you're interested in this role, please apply now or forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us.
If this job isn't quite right, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.
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