Asset Finance Associate/Senior Associate

The asset finance group at Hogan Lovells is involved in international transactional work involving the financing and leasing of aircraft, shipping, rolling stock and other equipment. The work is highly varied with a mixture of financing transactions ranging from secured bank loans through to structured finance transactions such as securitisation. Clients include major banks, leasing companies, airlines and other corporates. The work is exacting - working to tight time deadlines but providing a high-quality service.

Our asset finance lawyers are much in demand in the Banking group within which we sit because of their versatility. They can turn their hands to any form of structured finance be it aircraft finance, shipping finance, rolling stock finance, receivables financing, acquisition finance or property finance. In this way they have good variety in their work.

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

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

We have an opening for a first-rate Asset Finance lawyer. 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, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team. The ideal candidate will have between three and seven years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience). In return, Hogan Lovells offers excellent training and development, a superb working environment together with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Equal Opportunities Employment & Agile Working 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. 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.

There's no substitute for lived experience. We value fresh perspectives; if you are looking for your next career move, we offer an exceptional platform from which to build skills for now and the future. Define your future and become part of an exceptional global team that is passionate about working on some of the world’s toughest legal challenges. We have a unique culture that is both ambitious and supportive. You will be stretched and encouraged to grow as a professional, while at the same time, thriving as part of an inclusive and collaborative team. The one constant is that we are always evolving, innovating, excelling, because that is what it takes to be the best.

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