# Derivatives and Structured Products Associate

**Company**: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are recruiting for an associate to join our busy derivatives and structured products practice. The work involves advising clients on the establishment and updating of on and off balance sheet structured products programmes, securitised and OTC derivatives, hedging arrangements, structured repo and securities lending arrangements, repackagings, and regulatory advice connected with the above.

**Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities**

- Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the scope of work outlined above; proactively develops this knowledge further.

- Shows awareness of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.

- Motivated, reliable and flexible.

- Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure with good time management skills.

- Good attention to detail and focus on accuracy.

- Has an appreciation of when to seek advice and guidance.

- Strong project management and organisational skills, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards.

- Takes responsibility for project issues.

- Strong interpersonal skills, 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.

- Takes ownership for own career development – proactive in soliciting performance feedback and addressing skills gaps.

- 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.

- Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.

- 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**

- Experience gained within a top tier firm is a requirement.

- It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background 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.

- The ideal candidate will have one to three years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience).

**Benefits**

- Excellent training and development

- Superb working environment

- Competitive salary and benefits package

## Skills

### Required
- derivatives
- structured products
- securitised derivatives
- OTC derivatives
- hedging arrangements
- structured repo
- securities lending arrangements
- repackagings
- regulatory advice

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