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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, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further
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
Co-led by Bryony Widdup and Rita Hunter, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice provides best-in-market support to the firm’s financial institutions clients as they navigate this rapidly evolving sector. The practice delivers innovative, efficient and scalable solutions to the challenges facing the sustainable finance economy and is focused on creating strong, strategic partnerships and collaborations to drive change, develop the market and mobilise capital.
The practice has a long history of collaborating with clients on transactions that promote good governance and a positive social and environmental impact, including several market firsts.
The team advises Hogan Lovells financial institutions clients on a spectrum of sustainable finance and investment products including blended finance and alternative structures, social and development bonds, green/blue finance, financial inclusion products, sustainability-linked loans and bonds, green infrastructure transactions and gender lens investing. The team also advises on key pieces of EU and UK ESG regulation, including the SFDR, Taxonomy Regulation, CSRD and FCA rules relating to mandatory TCFD reporting by asset managers and the proposed rules on SDR and investment labels.
The Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice does more than advise on the law. A key part of the practice’s service is the analysis and development of innovative, efficient and scalable financial solutions to overcome the challenges facing the sustainable finance economy.
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
The paralegal's main duty is to work alongside the Co-Heads of the Sustainable Finance and Investment practice on a wide range of sustainable finance and investment client matters. Key responsibilities include:
- Drafting notes of client advice and research and internal precedents and guidance;
- Client research and contribution to client and sector strategy;
- Researching and reporting on developments in the sustainable financing & investing sector and creating first drafts of articles/thought leadership for internal and/or external use;
- Assisting with queries (including market developments/precedents) from fee earners and working on sustainable finance transactions;
- Supporting the production, development and update of precedent forms
- Managing the precedent documents and ESG terms and conditions database for internal use
- Assisting with the preparation of internal and client-facing training, workshops, webinars, roundtables
- Develop effective working relationships with members of the department and other support and legal departments
- Additional ad hoc duties as and when required
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.
The candidate
Essential
- High level of IT literacy
- MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint experience
- Excellent research skills
- The ability to communicate effectively to all levels of staff, including lawyers, PAs and business services, is required. This applies to all forms of communication: telephone; written; and face-to-face.
- Knowledge of finance transactions
Desired
- Prior knowledge and keen interest in ESG and sustainability
Qualifications and training
- Law degree, or equivalent
- LPC or BVC would be beneficial
General attributes
- Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise and manage tasks effectively
- Strong presentation skills with excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent team-worker
- High level of attention to detail
- Able to work under pressure to deadlines
- Professional, efficient and business-like manner
- Proactive and shows initiative
- Flexible and willing to take on new and challenging tasks
About us
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 racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex , gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, civil and family status or disability.
