Competition Disputes, Associate; Mid​/Senior level

Job Description

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why many are incredibly longstanding. And we enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 100 years. We are where you need us to be. We are in the world's largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

Our international footprint is extensive and committed.

We are at our best tackling complexity and navigating change. We work alongside you on demanding contentious matters, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas. We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, ESG, infrastructure and resources. And we're focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world, including technology and digitalisation.

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition - which is to fiscal help youbolo reach

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Practice group/team

COMPETITION, REGULATION AND TRADE

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

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 andençaile 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 ongoing 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.

• 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…