Senior Counsel, Competition & Litigation

About the role

Deliveroo, now part of DoorDash, is looking for a Senior Counsel, Competition & Litigation to join its global Legal team and work across the DoorDash, Wolt and Deliveroo brands. Reporting to the Director, Competition & Litigation, you will act as a generalist antitrust attorney advising product and business teams in real time, supporting M&A and strategic investments, and driving regulatory investigations and inquiries, with a particular focus on Europe. The role is hybrid, requiring at least 3 days a week in the London HQ or Brussels office.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted antitrust/competition advisor to product, business and corporate development teams, giving fast, practical counsel that manages risk while keeping the business moving.
• Advise on the competition and antitrust aspects of M&A transactions, strategic investments and commercial partnerships, working closely with Corporate Development and sales teams.
• Manage antitrust and competition regulatory investigations and inquiries globally.
• Help build DoorDash's international competition compliance program, including training, policies and processes across the three brands.
• Support competition-related litigation, including document collection and review, witness preparation and responses to third-party subpoenas.
• Partner with policy and government relations teams to track legal and regulatory developments affecting the business.

Required profile

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales, or equivalent qualification in another European jurisdiction, with significant experience advising international businesses.
• 7+ years at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department, with a strong grounding in antitrust/competition law as a generalist, covering M&A counseling, litigation and regulatory investigations.
• Experience advising on competition issues in mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments, including regulatory filings and clearance strategy.
• Experience handling antitrust/competition regulatory inquiries or investigations, ideally with direct engagement with regulators such as the European Commission, UK CMA, DOJ, FTC or other competition authorities.
• Comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and three global brands, and able to juggle several concurrent workstreams in a fast-moving environment.

Required skills

• Antitrust/competition law as a generalist, able to quickly become familiar with different sub-areas.
• Excellent oral and written communication, with sound judgment on when to escalate and when to act independently.