Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects Associate

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Job Title

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects Associate

Office Location

London

Department

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects

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.

Department

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects

The deals that we cover in our team are broader in scope and more relevant to the real world now than ever before and the market for these skills is broader and deeper than it has been in the 30 years since we did the first pathfinder deals in this area at legacy Hogan Lovells.

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader’s Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects (“IERP”) practice is one of the largest and most diverse in the world. In recent​ years, our global team has advised on more than US$250bn of closed infrastructure and project finance deals.  The role sits within the IERP group, with a particular focus on the Aerospace & Defence sub-team

Our Aerospace and Defense sector advises leading aerospace, defense, and space companies, investors, and government stakeholders on some of the most complex and strategically significant projects in the market. Working at the intersection of national security, infrastructure, advanced technology, and global commerce, our lawyers help clients navigate evolving regulatory requirements, government contracting frameworks, cross-border investments, supply chain challenges, and major project developments. The practice is at the forefront of issues shaping the future of the sector, including digital transformation, AI, cybersecurity, satellite technologies, and defense modernization.

Representative experience:

• Rolls-Royce on the landmark US$11 billion “Unity” contract, the largest UK defense contract ever, to power the next generation of nuclear submarines for the UK Royal Navy.
• UK Meteorological Office on the £multi-billion ‘first of kind’ procurement for supercomputing as a service delivered through the world’s most advanced weather supercomputer.
• The Crown Estate on the award of a landmark agreement with Eni for the development of a carbon capture and storage project. (Carbon Capture Storage Deal of the Year, IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025, and IJGlobal Europe Awards 2025)
• ECO STOR on the financing of a pioneering large-scale BESS project with a capacity of 100 MW and 238 MWh, consisting of 64 battery containers, 32 inverter systems, and a substation.
• Advising European Investment Bank on Phase 1 financing and development of a 500MW solar power project and acting for investors on renewable energy projects worldwide.

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.

Technical Ability

• Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the types of deals outlined above, including a good grounding in contract law; proactively develops this knowledge further.
• Ability to manage transactions, as appropriate and depending on their complexity, reporting directly to the supervising partner.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards.
• Shows awareness of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
• Good problem solving ability, with attention to detail and focus on accuracy.
• Appetite to develop use of new legal technology as appropriate for the tasks

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• Motivated, reliable and flexible.
• Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure with good time management skills (e.g. meets deadlines and responds to requests in a timely manner).
• Has an appreciation of when to seek advice and guidance.
• Takes responsibility for project issues (i.e., “owns” the problem, seeks to understand assigned tasks, follows through).
• Strong interpersonal skills (internal and client facing), both written and oral.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a team.
• Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise.
• Demonstrates financial awareness – attention to budgets and costs and timely completion of time recording.
• Uses appropriate level of effort for the task (e.g., performs the appropriate amount of research based on partner and matter needs); works cost effectively to provide value to meet clients’ needs.
• Takes ownership for own career development – proactive in soliciting performance feedback and addressing skills gaps.

Client Focus

• Understands the industry and market in which the clients operate.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness – aware of clients' commercial drivers and own role in achieving clients' business goals.
• Has good working relationships with clients, appropriate to the level of experience.
• Has a good understanding of clients, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.

Firm Mindedness

• 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 lawyer with experience in infrastructure, energy, resources and projects, ideally at 2–6 PQE (or with equivalent experience). The successful candidate will work on a broad range of transactional and project-related matters, with a particular focus on nuclear energy, defense and EPC contracts. Candidates should currently be working at an elite global or UK 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 Cadwalader offers excellent training and development, a superb working environment together with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Equal Opportunities 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.

Agency Submissions

All agency submissions / candidate introductions for roles in the UK must be uploaded onto the firm’s recruitment portal.  Agencies must sign up to our standard terms for agencies to have access to the portal.    Any agency submission / candidate introduction that does not follow this process or is sent directly to any Partners or employees of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader will not incur an agency fee, unless agreed in advance in writing by a member of the recruitment team.   

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