Antitrust Counsel

Department: _Corporate Services_

Team: _Legal_

Location: _Brussels_

Position type: _Permanent Full-Time_

What the hiring manager says

The GSMA is an exciting and dynamic place to work for a competition lawyer. The combination of competition areas that impact GSMA’s business ranging from different types of agreements to dominance and the wide range of topics that impact the mobile ecosystem worldwide mean that you are never bored or done with learning.
- Maria Sendin Valle_, _Antitrust Director_

About the Team

GSMA Legal provides advice to all business areas of the GSMA on competition, corporate and commercial laws. The GSMA competition team is in charge of ensuring that the GSMA complies with competition laws around the world and leads on competition policy activities for the GSMA.

The Legal Team members are based in Brussels, Atlanta, London and Barcelona.

About the Role

GSMA Legal provides advice to all business areas of the GSMA on antitrust compliance. The Antitrust Counsel will support the Antitrust Director providing advice to all areas of business working closely with the Technology, Managed Services and Policy departments in particular.

The Antitrust Counsel will lead the advice on certain projects or act as main competition contact for certain teams in coordination with the Antitrust Director.

The Antitrust Counsel will be in charge of doing research, market and/or product analysis and case law review to serve as basis for the competition assessments.

The Antitrust Counsel will support GSMA’s efforts to ensure its Antitrust Compliance programs is implemented and up to date. In particular, the Antitrust Counsel will update content and provide trainings either individually or in coordination with the Antitrust Director and will be in charge of legal oversight, including documentation review and meeting coverage, of meetings and groups in coordination with the Antitrust Director.

The Antitrust Counsel will manage the Competition Experts Group comprised of competition experts from the Operator Members. The Antitrust Counsel will lead on developing and implementing GSMA advocacy strategies and positions on competition policy.

About You

You have notable competition law experience working for a competition authority (such as the European Commission, DG Competition), as in-house competition counsel or at a law firm

You have an interest in issues that affect the mobile ecosystem

You enjoy working in international and dynamic environments

You are conformable working independently as well as part of a team

You can deliver fast and accurate advice under short deadlines

Previous experience working in the telecommunications and/or digital industries is a plus

Contract type

Regular

Worker type

Employee

What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

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