Banking & Loan Finance Associate/Senior Associate

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Job Title

Associate or Senior Associate (depending on experience)

Department

Banking & Loan Finance

Office Location

London

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, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Date

July 2021

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our ’one team’ global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With a presence in the world’s major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

Our Acquisition and Leveraged Finance practice sits within the Banking and Loan Finance group in London. The practice advises both lenders and borrowers (including financial sponsors) on the financing of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, particularly leveraged acquisitions. Typical transactions would take the form of private equity sponsored management buy-outs, corporate acquisitions and public bids as well as refinancings and recapitalisations. The team regularly acts for direct lending funds as well as banks and has been at the forefront of the market in advising on structures such as unitranche and first out/last out.

Representative Experience

• Advising Ares Management on the financing for the £1.1bn take-private of TalkTalk by Toscafund and Penta Capital.
• Advising SMBC and Park Square on the financing of Inflexion’s acquisition of the Aspen Pumps Group.
• Advising Five Arrows on the financing provided to Bowmark Capital to fund its acquisition of Totalmobile.
• Advising Tikehau Investment Management on the financing of IK Investment Partners’ acquisition of Forthglade.
• Advising Pemberton and Bank of Ireland on the provision of financing to fund Livingbridge Private Equity’s acquisition of Chill Insurance Limited and Inverna Insurance Limited.
• Advising LGT and Natwest on the financing of Equistone’s acquisition of CH&Co Catering Group and the bolt on acquisition of Mitie Catering Services.
• Advising Crescent Capital and Bank of Ireland on the financing of the acquisition by Montagu Private Equity of Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

Technical Ability

• Understanding of 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
• Ability to lead financing transactions, reporting directly to the supervising partner
• Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions

Client Focus

• 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

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• 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

Firm Mindedness

• 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

Person Specification

The Candidate

We have an opening for an Acquisition and Leveraged Finance lawyer. Experience gained within a top tier firm is preferred. 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 in acquisition and leveraged finance, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team. The ideal candidate will have between four to seven years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience).

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 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 age, disability, ethnic origin, gender identity, religion, sex or sexual orientation.