IERP Banking Senior Associate

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Office Location: London

Department: Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects – Banking

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. 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 focuses 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.

Examples of some of the recent deals our team members have worked on:

• Power and Renewables: advising leading multilateral and development finance institutions on the full range of emerging market power and renewable project financings.
• Utilities: advising on major energy interconnector projects and sustainability linked bond issuances.
• UK Government and BEIS: advising on loans and guarantee structures to support climate resilience projects.
• Digital and Telecoms: advising on financing modernising telecoms infrastructure.
• Transport: advising on major transport financing projects.
• Infra and Energy M&A: advising on acquisition financing for energy projects.
• Project Finance: advising on various project financing initiatives.
• Infrastructure and private equity fund financing: advising on raising debt and fund finance facilities.

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.

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.
• Has an appreciation of when to seek advice and guidance.
• Takes responsibility for project issues.
• 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.
• Takes ownership for own career development.

Client Focus:

• Understands the industry and market in which the clients operate.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness.
• Has good working relationships with clients, appropriate to the level of experience.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.

Firm Mindedness:

• Takes an active role in managing the firm's reputation.
• 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). 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.