Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Real Estate Senior Associate

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Job Title
Senior Associate
Office Location
London
Department
Real Estate
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 and are piloting a hybrid working approach, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.
Department Overview
Our real estate practice is one of the largest and best regarded in the UK. The practice has genuine strength in breadth and depth – from heavyweight development and complex joint ventures through to asset management, with a first class offering in planning, real estate litigation, real estate finance, construction, M&A, funds structuring and tax. The group comprises some of the most highly regarded real estate practitioners in the UK, many of whom are recommended by renowned legal directories as leaders in their field. The client list reveals the group's connections with serious real estate players who help to shape the real estate market, and the practice's international breadth assists in advising those clients who are not based in or familiar with investing in the UK.
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.
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Main Duties And Responsibilities
Technical Ability
- Has a comprehensive working knowledge of relevant specialist areas of law.
- Has project and client management responsibility, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards.
- Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
Client Focus
- Has good working relationships with clients.
- Has responsibility for actively managing client projects to ensure profitability, quality and strong client relationships.
- 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 the ability to manage, develop and lead more junior members of a team.
- 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 team and clients operate.
- Contributes to the management of the group/practice area by understanding 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.
Skills & Experience
We are looking for a Senior Associate with between 5 and 9 years PQE (or equivalent experience), who has significant experience in transactional real estate matters and real estate finance transactions. Ideally their experience will have been gained at a leading City or regional 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, have experience of managing an independent case load and working as a member of a larger team.


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Equal Opportunities Employment & Agile Working 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.
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.
All vacancies are open to direct applicants. Recruitment agencies; please be advised that we have a preferred supplier list in place for all roles.
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