Competition law Legal Counsel (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Missions

• You will assist the business and legal communities in the analysis of potential Competition law issues arising in the course of day-to-day business (in particular, cooperation agreements, teaming agreements with third parties in the context of tender offers, relationships with the industrial supply chain, distribution networks, research and development cooperation, etc.).
• You will assist M&A and Strategy departments group-wide (Airbus Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Defence and Space) in the context of all contemplated M&A opportunities (from feasibility study to negotiation phase, merger control filing procedures until clearance decisions are obtained, and post-merger integration).
• You will monitor third parties’ transactions notified to competition authorities and, for the ones negatively impacting Airbus, build a group-wide position through the collection of inputs from all internal stakeholders and liaise with competition authorities where required.
• You will assess financing schemes for new programs from a state aid standpoint and, when required, liaise with the relevant State stakeholders.
  
• You will manage Competition law related investigations, pre-litigation and litigation impacting an entity of the group.
• You will provide Competition law training for managers/key business employees (e.g. procurement, sales) and for the legal & compliance community.
• You will participate in the creation of all Competition law-related documentation (methods, guidelines, leaflets, digital tools).
• You will continuously look to improve internal processes of the team.

Skills and Experience

• You have a Competition law academic background (master degree or equivalent in EU competition law; a degree in French and/or German competition law would also be an asset);
• You have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in competition law (including anti-competitive practices, merger control, state aids);
• You are fluent in English (business level in German and/or French, would also be an asset);
• You have excellent communication and writing skills;
• You have the ability to simultaneously manage several complex legal and internal procedures involving multiple internal departments and third party stakeholders such as competition authorities, governments, industrial partners and law firms;
• You manage the transformation of general and detailed market information into a legally coherent and concise case;
• You demonstrate strategic insight and value-added orientation;
• You are a real team-player and know how to build excellent internal relationships;
• You are open-minded, autonomous, responsive and creative.