Competition Professional Support Lawyer London - CMS UK

CMS UK
CMS UK
Verified Company
London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Great opportunity to join our Competition Team as a Professional Support Lawyer.

About CMS

CMS is a Future Facing firm.

With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence.

We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services.

Our bold approach to a changing futureensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

About the Role


The PSL will have strong "black letter law" technical and drafting skills but will also bring opinions and ideas to the table, both in respect of optimising the role and delivering the training and know-how required by the Competition Team, and in respectof business development initiatives.


The PSL will work closely with the partners and the business development function and be the "go to" for fee earner support.

They will be expected to be visible within the Competition Team and also the wider firm. They will have strong organisational skillsand be able to manage multiple competing demands.

The key functions of the role will be to co-ordinate/deliver:

  • Competition precedents and know-how bank
  • Internal and external training programmes
  • Horizon scanning, articles and seminars/webinars
  • Client specific updates and other knowhow solutions
  • Contributing to the drafting of written pitch materials and proposals, in close collaboration with our Marketing & Business Development teams
About You

The right individual will be well organised, proactive, self-motivated and highly collaborative. They will be used to successfully delivering projects and be able to identify efficient processes. They might be an experienced PSL or currently be in/recentlyhave left private practice.


Role Specifics:

  • 3 days per week minimum but this is negotiable
  • OC/Senior Associate level and a selfstarter
  • Mainstream competition experience e.g. merger control, investigations, abuse of dominance, anticompetition agreements, subsidy control, state aid, procurement. Trade or sanctions experience would be a bonus.
  • EU qualifications also an advantage (for Brussels support)
  • Role will involve black letter law knowledge and competition team training requirements, updating, sanitising and filing precedents, process improvements. BD skills would be an advantage i.e. horizon scanning, client training, pitches etc.
  • Although the team is based in London, Edinburgh and Brussel but this role could be in any CMS location with some travel required
Equal Opportunities

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.

We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximisetheir potential and thrive.


For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website.

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