Lawyer to enforce the competition rules in construction, energy, transport, telecommunications and service

Lawyer to enforce the competition rules in construction, energy, transport, telecommunications and service. Do you want to help ensure free and fair competition within the construction, energy and telecommunications sectors, the transport industry and a number of service industries? Do you thrive in a strong professional environment and in an everyday life where things are never the same. Are you motivated by the fact that you can help shape legal practice in the field of competition and develop proposals for good regulation? So choose a career at the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority. We work for well-functioning markets that create growth and high consumer welfare. Tasks At the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority we work for well-functioning markets and enforce the competition law. The board tracks down and takes action against violations of the Competition Act, e.g. illegal cartels. We take action against large companies that abuse their dominant position. For example, it could be companies that push smaller competitors out of the market. We assess major mergers and analyze the competition in specific markets. Our work has a real effect on Danish society and the individual consumer. The Center for construction, energy, transport, telecommunications, service (BETS) has within the centre's branches the responsibility for enforcing the competition law, market monitoring and analysis of the markets. As enforcers of the Competition Act, we are independent and refer here to the Competition Council. The center also contributes to policy development in the area, both in a Danish context and at EU level, including when preparing consultation responses. We are looking for a lawyer who wants to work with an area that has a direct impact on consumers, companies and society. You will, in collaboration with your colleagues, solve challenging tasks that create results, for example: Enforce the competition rules in the centre's industries, including discovering, investigating and taking action against illegal agreements restricting competition (e.g. cartels) and against companies that abuse their dominant position Assess notifiable mergers in collaboration with our merger unit Prepare analyzes of the competition in relevant markets and possibly proposal for amended regulation, which ensures more well-functioning markets Work to reduce the extent and effects of competition-restricting regulation in close cooperation with the responsible ministries Be in dialogue with companies and other stakeholders about the competition rules and the companies' commercial leeway Cooperation with the European Commission and national competition authorities on specific cases in the European Competition Network (ECN) on specific cases. You will have great responsibility for organizing and solving the tasks. Your efforts will be important for the agency to carry out its tasks competently and efficiently. The specific content of the job will depend on the individual applicant and will naturally develop over time. The tasks are solved in an inspiring and strong professional environment and in collaboration with your closest colleagues, the agency's other centers and management as well as external partners. You You are a qualified lawyer (cand.jur. or cand.merc.jur.) - preferably with knowledge of competition law and one of the centre's industries. You thrive on complex issues at the crossroads between law and economics and have a high professional level. You work thoroughly, efficiently and quality-consciously in a professionally challenging environment. You have good communication skills, an investigative approach and you are outgoing and persistent in your task-solving. In addition, you are a team player with a good mood We We work with varied tasks that are sometimes demanding and complex, and we have close contact with business and other authorities. We are in the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority approx. 300 and in the center approx. 20 committed colleagues who, like you, are passionate about making a difference. The work takes place at a high pace with a high degree of independence and initiative. Our everyday life is characterized by humor and a positive and professional approach to colleagues and new challenges. Communication is straightforward and open, and we attach great importance to you constantly developing professionally and personally. We primarily solve larger tasks in interdisciplinary teams where lawyers and economists work together. BETS contains a mixture of economists and lawyers. We have a good social environment in the center with an informal tone. We offer the opportunity to work with complicated and exciting competitive cases. Well-functioning workplace with many opportunities for development
g and targeted further training Varied and flexible everyday life with a great deal of independent responsibility A strong professional environment where we help each other to constantly improve Good colleagues who have fun Search for the position The application is sent via the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's electronic application module at [link removed] Your application with CV, diplomas and transcripts must be received on the 10th. April 2025. Interviews are expected to take place in week 17 and 18. The position is wanted to be filled as soon as possible. Depending on your qualifications, your employment will take place as an attorney or special/chief consultant in accordance with the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC. Questions regarding salary and employment conditions can be directed to HR recruitment partner Nada Alkerdi on [phone removed]. More info about the Competition and Consumer Agency You can read more about the agency at [link removed] where you can also watch a short profile film about the Competition and Consumer Agency's work for well-functioning markets as well as a film about what it is like to be an employee of the agency. The board's employees must be the most skilled in Denmark to master the areas of law for which the board is responsible. We have therefore introduced a specialist and expert track, which means that specialist consultants who are particularly skilled in their professional areas have the opportunity to be appointed as specialists within a specific area. Chief consultants who master the professional discipline in a special class and who with great expertise can actively contribute to the development of the professional discipline inside and outside the agency can be appointed as experts.