Associate: Antitrust / Competition - EMEA

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the growing and high-profile Antitrust practice in our London office?

As an associate, you will leverage your excellent analytical skills and good judgment to advise clients on multi-jurisdictional merger control, cartels, State aid, compliance, foreign direct investment, Foreign Subsidies (FSR), competition litigation and consumer law matters. You will be highly organised, self-motivated, and a team player with a strong professional presence and client focus.

Our team has extensive experience across the full spectrum of antitrust work, having played pivotal roles in some of the most high-profile UK and European cases in recent years. From landmark M&A deals to groundbreaking cartel and antitrust litigation, your expertise will be deployed at the forefront of significant legal developments, and you will work on cases that set legal precedents.

At White & Case, we’ll support your growth from day one, give you responsibility and make you an integral part of our international team. We foster a collegial working environment where partners are friendly and approachable, and colleagues always supportive, engaged, and open to questions.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on core competition law matters, including merger control, cartel and antitrust investigations, and day-to-day compliance and counseling.
• Support cross-border merger reviews and coordinate multi-jurisdictional filings.
• Represent clients in proceedings before competition authorities and support both internal and external investigations.
• Provide strategic advice on antitrust risk arising from commercial agreements and business practices.
• Contribute to matters involving foreign direct investment (FDI) screening and subsidy control (a plus).
• Assist in competition litigation, including case preparation, legal research, and drafting submissions.
• Take ownership of matters with a high degree of autonomy, managing and coordinating antitrust filings.
• Conduct in-depth legal research and draft key documents.
• Identify and pursue business development opportunities and contribute to firm-wide strategic initiatives.
• Engage proactively with clients to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Collaborate closely with partners and contribute to mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Develop and share legal and sector knowledge both internally and externally through training, publications, and client alerts

Qualifications And Skills

• Qualified solicitor with 1-4 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) in antitrust and competition law.
• Experience in advising on multi-jurisdictional merger control, cartels, dominance, and State aid. Experience in FDI and FSR would be helpful but not essential.
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to prioritise and multi-task particularly when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Able to interact positively at all levels and be a good team player.
• Driven by professional growth with strong professional presence.

What We Offer

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on high-profile, cutting-edge matters that make the headlines (e.g. Meta/Giphy, The Telegraph) and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support, mentorship and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our salaries and benefits are at the top of the market. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a lawyer and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation. Inter-office secondments may also be possible if that is of interest to the successful candidate, offering the chance to broaden your experience and expand your global network.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of English, US and local-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

• This role is based in our London office. This role reports to the London Antitrust Partners.
• Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.