Tax Associate / Senior Associate

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Job Title

Tax Associate / Senior Associate

Office Location

London

Department

Our Tax and Incentives practice in the UK advises UK and international clients in relation to the taxation of business and investment activities. The practice advises on corporate, finance, real estate and investment fund taxation issues, as well as employee incentives, transfer pricing, VAT and tax disputes.

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.

Technical Ability

• Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the scope of work outlined above; proactively develops this knowledge further.
• Ability to lead 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 attention to detail and focus on accuracy.

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 highly 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

The Candidate

We have an opening for a corporate Tax lawyer.  Experience gained within a top tier firm in this space is preferred.  It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background (minimum 2.1 degree) with excellent written communication and drafting skills. Employee incentive experience is beneficial.

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. The ideal candidate will have between two and six post qualification experience (or equivalent experience). 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.

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.   

If you are interested in becoming a trusted partner of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader please contact a member of the recruitment team.