Infrastructure Finance Senior Associate

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader in London seeks an Infrastructure Finance Senior Associate to lead high-value, cross-border deals and advise sponsors, lenders and investors. The role requires strong drafting, client-facing skills and a collaborative mindset.

We look for 5–7 PQE with a robust academic record and experience at a leading City or US firm. The firm offers excellent training, development and a competitive salary in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Banking lawyer with infrastructure, energy, resources and project finance experience.
• Ideally 5–7 PQE (or equivalent).
• Experience at leading City or US law firms.
• Strong academic background with excellent drafting skills.
• Excellent training and development opportunities offered.

Responsibilities

• Possess good working knowledge of relevant legal principles and apply them to matters.
• Ability to lead transactions, reporting to the supervising partner.
• Demonstrate strong project management and organisational skills.
• Attend appropriate training sessions on legal developments.
• Maintain attention to detail and accuracy in all work.

Skills

PQE 5–7

Infrastructure finance

Project finance

Client relations

Drafting excellence

Education

2:1 degree or better

Job description

Keen to become part of a truly global, collaborative team of professionals? Your journey begins here.

The infrastructure, energy, resources and projects deals that we cover in our team is broader in scope and more relevant to the real world now than it ever has been and the value and market for these skills is greater than it has been in the 25 years since we did the first pathfinder deals in this area at legacy Hogan Lovells.

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader’s Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects ("IERP") practice is one of the largest and most diverse in the world, operating out of 18 offices. In recent years, our global team has advised on more than US$250bn of closed infrastructure and project finance deals.

Financing infrastructure, energy, resources and projects has been a booming sector globally over the last decade or two and provided fascinating work for our team as well as team growth, promotion and progression opportunities. The market's growth trajectory looks set to continue over the next 20 years and our plan is to grow our practice and team significantly too.

We regularly represent project sponsors, investors, lenders & financial institutions, funds, contractors, insurers , sovereigns and governments on some of the world’s largest and most challenging projects in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States.

The Banking IERP team principally focusses on the financing aspects of the transactions. We assist clients on a wide range of domestic, European and international infrastructure, energy, resources and project finance work across a broad spread of industry sectors (including renewables, power, clean energy, utilities, transport, defence, healthcare, mining, oil and gas and digital) and across the full lifecycle of assets, including many of the most innovative projects to come to the market. The team covers everything from acquisition finance, project finance, PPPs, portfolio financings, fund financings, as well as corporate finance, refinancing and restructuring work. We have a reputation for successfully closing even the most complex deals.

All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

Job Title

Infrastructure Finance Senior Associate

Office Location

London

Department

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects - Finance

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Key Responsibilities

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

Technical Ability

• Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the scope of work outlined above; proactively develops this knowledge further.
• Ability to lead transactions, as appropriate and depending on their complexity, reporting directly to the supervising partner.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards.
• Shows awareness of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
• Good attention to detail and focus on accuracy.

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• Motivated, reliable and flexible.
• Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure with good time management skills (e.g. meets deadlines and responds to requests in a highly timely manner).
• Has an appreciation of when to seek advice and guidance.
• Takes responsibility for project issues (i.e., "owns" the problem, seeks to understand assigned tasks, follows through).
• Strong interpersonal skills (internal and client facing), both written and oral.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a team.
• Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise.
• Demonstrates financial awareness – attention to budgets and costs and timely completion of time recording.
• Uses appropriate level of effort for the task (e.g., performs the appropriate amount of research based on partner and matter needs); works cost effectively to provide value to meet clients’ needs.
• Takes ownership for own career development – proactive in soliciting performance feedback and addressing skills gaps.

Client Focus

• Understands the industry and market in which the clients operate.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness – aware of clients' commercial drivers and own role in achieving clients' business goals.
• Has good working relationships with clients, appropriate to the level of experience.
• Has a good understanding of clients, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.

Firm Mindedness

• Takes an active role in managing the firm's reputation both in and out of work.
• Understands the responsibility to give back to our communities.
• Understands the value of a diverse workforce.

Skills & Experience

The Candidate

We are looking for a Banking Lawyer with infrastructure, energy, resources and project finance experience, ideally 5-7 PQE (or equivalent experience). We will consider candidates who have a mix of experience across infrastructure finance and project finance, as well as those candidates that have a stronger focus in one of those areas over the other.

Candidates should be at a leading City or US firm. It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background (minimum 2.1 degree) with excellent written communication and drafting skills. The successful candidate will also have outstanding technical skills, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team.

In return, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader offers excellent training and development, a superb working environment together with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Equal Opportunities Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex, gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

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