About the role
Keen to become part of a truly global, collaborative team of professionals? Your journey begins here. Job Title Private Equity Paralegal Office Location London Department The Private Equity practice area sits within the corporate and finance practice group and covers the full range of Private Equity, Secondaries and Corporate/M&A work. The team has broad experience of corporate and secondary transactions, with particular focus on private M&A, joint ventures, co-investments, LP transactions, GP-led transactions, GP stakes and leveraged buy-outs.
We act for both private equity houses, secondary funds, institutional investors and corporates across a range of sectors.
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.
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.
The paralegal's main duty is to support the Private Equity team on a wide range of transactions, including private M&A and secondaries. Duties will include:
Supporting the production of documentation based on precedent forms
Assisting with signings and undertaking post-completion tasks
Assisting with the drafting of condition precedent documents
Researching information using paper and computerised resources
General administration, including proof reading, filing and photocopying
Assisting with queries from fee earners
Develop effective working relationships with members of the department and other support and legal departments
Additional ad hoc duties as and when required
Skills & Experience
Knowledge of Private Equity and/or Secondary transactions
Law degree, or equivalent
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 is required. This applies to all forms of communication: telephone; written; and face-to-face.
Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritise and manage tasks effectively
Strong presentation skills with excellent oral and written communication skills
High level of attention to detail
Able to work under pressure to deadlines
Proactive and shows initiative
Flexible and willing to take on new and challenging tasks
Equal Opportunities & Agile Working 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, 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.