Antitrust Attorney (In-House)

We are actively seeking highly skilled and experienced Antitrust Attorneys with specialized expertise in handling second requests. This is a near-term full-time opportunity with our major corporate client!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients, such as complex licensing agreements, intellectual property, employment counseling, compliance policy creation, and M&A transactions. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

We are actively seeking Antitrust Attorneys located in the United States area with the following qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in antitrust law; must have second requests experience. Demonstrated focus on second requests in the oil and gas industry preferred.
• Proven track record in handling second requests and managing extensive antitrust mergers and litigation.
• Strong understanding of federal and state antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and Federal Trade Commission Act.
• Substantive experience monitoring and analyzing changes in antitrust laws and regulations and advising the company on necessary compliance measures.
• Relativity and/or BrainSpace software familiarity is preferred.
• Willingness to support a role requiring one to two days per month of expense-paid travel to Houston-based offices.
• JD Degree from an accredited institution.
• Active bar license in good standing in Texas.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our multinational corporate client on the following:

• Provide expert legal advice on antitrust matters, with a strong focus on second request compliance and management.
• Lead and manage responses to second requests from the FTC and DOJ, ensuring timely and accurate production of documents and information.
• Conduct in-depth antitrust risk assessments and develop strategic responses to potential legal risks.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external counsel to gather, review, and produce documents in response to second requests and other antitrust investigations and litigation activities.
• Monitor and analyze changes in antitrust laws and regulations and advise the company on necessary compliance measures.
• Prepare and present reports on antitrust matters, particularly second request progress and outcomes, to senior management.

Benefits

• Remote work schedule (some expense-paid travel required)
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)
• Access to professional development resources and learning and development programs.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.