Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects Associate

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Job Title

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects Associate

Department

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects

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. 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

Hogan Lovells’ Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects practice is one of the largest and most diverse in the world, operating out of 18 offices. In recent years, our global team has advised on more than US$250 billion of closed infrastructure deals. The team deals with work across a broad spread of industry sectors for clients ranging from sponsors, funds, commercial, development and multinational lending institutions to governmental bodies.

Representative Experience, advising:

GLIL, an infrastructure fund, on its acquisition of a 25% interest in the M6 Tollroad concession business from IFM.

A large group of infrastructure senior lenders to Transmission Capital Partners (TCP; majority owned & managed by Amber Infrastructure/INPP) on the acquisition and multi-sourced financing of the 714 MW East Anglia One Offshore Wind Transmission assets (OFTO) from the wind farm operator owned by Scottish Power Renewables and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group.

Pantheon, a global infrastructure fund of funds, on its co-investment in National Gas Grid (NGG); Pantheon has agreed, as a co-investor, to invest approximately £40 million alongside a Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium, which will acquire a 60% stake in the UK gas transmission and metering business of the NGG.

Andean Social Infrastructure Fund, an abrdn-managed private fund, which collaborates with local governments to invest in social infrastructure assets in the Andean region of South America, on an investment in Puerto Antioquia, a Colombian port development project by abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen plc.

A consortium comprising Vinci Concessions and Mytilineos on its bid for the acquisition and financing of the Attica Motorway infrastructure concession in Greece, a new 25-year concession to operate the Athens ring toll road motorway.

Sojitz Corporation, a global energy player with specific expertise in the gas and power infrastructure sector, on its 25% investment in Helios, the holding company of Axxela Ltd, the largest private sector gas distributor in Nigeria.

Wintershall Dea on its agreement with Hokchi Energy, the Mexican subsidiary of Pan American Energy, to acquire a participating interest in the Hokchi oil and gas block; our role included advising Wintershall Dea on the oil and gas, and M&A related matters.

The lenders of the Macquarie, SK, Cintra, Aberdeen and BAM consortium on the financing of the Silvertown Tunnel Project in London, the first major transport investment in East London in the last 30 years.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

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
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 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

Person Specification

We are looking for a lawyer with infrastructure, energy, resources and project finance experience, ideally 2-4 PQE (or equivalent experience). The successful candidate will work primarily on a wide range of transactional and projects related work (including M&A, structured transactions and equity financings) in the infrastructure and energy transition space. Candidates should be at a leading City or US 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 and work well in a team.

In return, Hogan Lovells 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 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.

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