Hogan Lovells is a leading international law firm with a legal staff of more than 3,000 and 48 locations worldwide. A true full-service global legal practice, we advise companies across all fields of commercial law. In Germany, we are represented in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich and in Berlin.
In addition to top-level legal advice and exciting international engagements, we also stand for diversity, inclusion, social involvement, and a friendly atmosphere. You can look forward to exceptional career opportunities, challenging engagements, and close international cooperation within the firm.
Hogan Lovells has a thriving pro bono practice. Focusing on access to justice and the rule of law, Hogan Lovells has a long tradition of supporting ground-breaking social developments. Hogan Lovells recognizes this commitment is part of our professional practice and collectively we spend 150,000+ pro bono hours per year on work to achieve lasting impact for others. The strength of our pro bono practice lies in our commitment to strategic litigation to bring about systematic change, which is complemented by ensuring we engage our commercial expertise to advise brave and pioneering individuals and nonprofits.
Our four strategic themes (Advancing Racial Justice, Empowering Women and Girls and Supporting Youth, Supporting Innovation in Environmental Protection and Advancing our Sustainability Goals, and External Crises and Change) guide our actions, which are under-pinned by an emphasis on UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Everyone at Hogan Lovells is expected to dedicate at least 25 hours each year to approved pro bono and community investment work.
The social impact practice, which is the pro bono/ low bono programme for non-contentious lawyers (HL BaSE),
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, harnesses the strength of a global, full service law firm to support entrepreneurs to scale their social impact and secure a balance between financial, societal and environmental sustainability. It provides demonstrable examples of the firms authentic commitment which underpins the firm’s commercial ESG practice. It is frequently cited for pitches and for the ESG Legal rankings.
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What we offer:
- The Pro Bono Associate will work to support a growing social enterprise and pro bono practice administratively, creatively and legally.
- They will work within the HL Pro Bono team with a focus on (Continental) Europe to manage support for and advise social businesses looking to scale their social impact and to serve as a central manager of large pro bono cases and projects.
- They will help to market, manage and develop both existing and new HL BaSE programmes to support social entrepreneurs as well as manage pro bono projects in line with our strategic themes across jurisdictions and practice areas in CE with the goal to increase our overall pro bono hours across the firm.
- Furthermore, they will take a leading role in helping to further establish a pro bono ecosystem in Europe (e.g. active role in the European Pro Bono alliance and Pro Bono association across Europe) and represent Hogan Lovells as a leading law firm in pro bono (participating in conferences, client events, recruitment fairs etc.).
- Finally, the Pro Bono Associate may also lead him/herself some pro bono cases in particular where the time restrictions of the 25 hours would otherwise not allow us to take matters with significant importance for the society and / or for Hogan Lovells.
- The Pro Bono Associate will also support the other strands of Hogan Lovells’ Continental Europe Responsible Business practice within their capacity.
Ideal qualifications and personal characteristics:
The ideal candidate will have at least two years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience). Candidates ideally have experience of providing general corporate / commercial advice, a knowledge of social enterprises and an understanding of the role of corporates in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Candidates will ideally have previous experience advising social businesses and/or NGOs on their legal issues as well as managing large and / or cross-jurisdictional (pro bono or volunteering) projects.
We are proud of our culture of appreciation and of the diversity embodied within our firm. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of sex or gender, nationality, ethnicity and social origin, religion/world view, disability status, age, or sexual orientation/identity.
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