Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Senior Associate

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Job Title

Senior Associate – Acquisition and Leveraged Finance

Department

Banking & Loan Finance

Office Location

Birmingham or London

Reports To

Partners in the Acquisition and Leveraged Finance team

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.

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally.  Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

Our Acquisition and Leveraged Finance practice sits within the Banking and Loan Finance group in London. The practice advises both lenders and borrowers (including financial sponsors) on the financing of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, particularly leveraged acquisitions and is one of the leading City firms advising on these types of deals in the mid-market. Typical transactions would take the form of private equity sponsored management buy-outs, corporate acquisitions and public bids as well as refinancings and recapitalisations. The team regularly acts for direct lending funds as well as banks and recent lateral hires are likely to create more opportunities for sponsor side mandates. 

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

Technical Ability

• Understanding of legal principles of own practice area, along with a working knowledge of other practice areas
• Has project management responsibility, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards
• Ability to lead financing transactions, reporting directly to the supervising partner
• Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions

Client Focus

• Has good working relationships with clients
• Has a good understanding of client, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise
• Has strong relationships and profile amongst senior colleagues
• Ability to work effectively with others whilst also managing and taking responsibility for an individual case load.

Firm Mindedness

• Understands the industry and market in which the practice stream and clients operate
• Contributes to the management of the group/practice area by understanding the areas of specialism, the firm’s capabilities and business plan
• 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

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.

Person Specification

The Candidate

We have an opening for an Acquisition and Leveraged Finance lawyer. Experience gained within a top tier firm is preferred. It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background with excellent written communication and drafting skills. The successful candidate will also have outstanding technical skills in acquisition and leveraged finance, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team. The ideal candidate will have between five to seven years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience) and will have experience of managing an independent case load, supervising junior team members and working as part of a larger team.

Agile Working Statement

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.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells 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.

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