Junior Associate - Antitrust & Foreign Investment
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026. Linklaters scores B on the Alion truth index.
Linklaters is looking for a motivated lawyer to join the Milan office in the position of Associate in the Antitrust department.
Linklaters is a Global Law Firm that primarily works in the main sectors of business law. It offers the opportunity to work in a situation of meritocracy and transparency and follow a career path with equal opportunities, team working environment, innovation and lifelong training.
Linklaters has unrivalled competition law expertise and clients come to us for expert, commercial advice on their high profile national, EU and global antitrust matters.
Our antitrust team advises leading corporates and financial institutions on the most complex and challenging antitrust matters and regularly defends clients before the Italian Competition Authority, the European Commission as well as Italian and European Courts.
The applicant must have the desire to work within an international environment of excellence, where they will have the opportunity to collaborate in the most interesting deals with the highest calibre of lawyers. As part of a large global practice, teamwork is vital and you will often work alongside with colleagues in our overseas offices.
The ideal candidate should have a passion and desire to learn, be enterprising, flexible, available, accurate and able to work in a team.
Key requirements:
Previous experience in Competition matters and ideally from a new graduate to at least 4 years PQE;
Excellent academic credentials from an Italian University. Abroad or specific education in Competition law will be assessed positively;
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
Proficiency level in English (C1);
Knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
Technical Skills:
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.