Tax Associate / Senior Associate

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.

All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

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• 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., 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.

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