Hogan Lovells
Corporate M&A Associate (Energy and Natural Resources)

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Job Title
Associate
Office Location
London
Department
Corporate M&A (Energy and Natural Resources)
The corporate and finance practice group covers the full range of corporate/M&A work. The team has broad experience of public and private M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances, restructurings and complex commercial arrangements, and both domestic UK and cross-border. The clients of the team span all industry sectors including energy, natural resources and infrastructure.
Working Hours
35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required.
Key Responsibilities
- Understands 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
- Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Skills & Experience
We have an opening for a first rate corporate M&A lawyer with experience in energy and natural resources sector, particularly across oil & gas and infrastructure transactions. Experience gained within a top tier firm is preferred. 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. The ideal candidate will have between three to five 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.


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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.
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