Product Specialist, Financial Services in London

Department: Debt Capital Markets

Office Location: London

Reports To: Group Manager

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.

Firm Description: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader brings together more than 3,100 lawyers across 36+ worldwide offices, combining global reach with deep sector expertise. A unique foundation for forging a legal career fit for the future. Strategically placed at the intersection of business, finance, and government, with on-the-ground expertise at every turn.

Department Description: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader debt capital markets practice offers expert advice on a full range of debt capital markets and structured finance transactions and derivatives. It operates as an integrated part of an international debt capital markets and structured finance team.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Technical Ability: Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the scope of work outlined above; shows awareness of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
• Team Work and Interpersonal Skills: Motivated, reliable and flexible. Strong project management and organisational skills, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards. Takes responsibility for project issues, demonstrates financial awareness – attention to budgets and costs and timely completion of time recording. 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. Demonstrates commercial awareness – aware of clients' commercial drivers and own role in achieving clients' business goals. Has a good understanding of clients, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities.
• 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.

It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background with excellent written communication and drafting skills. In return, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader offers excellent training and development, a superb working environment together with a competitive salary and benefits package.

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 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.