Senior Policy Adviser

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Job Title

Senior Policy Adviser

Department

Public Law & Policy

Location

London

Reports To

Head of Public Law & Policy Team

Working Hours

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

No other law firm or Government affairs consultancy brings together legal, sectoral and policy capability as successfully as Hogan Lovells. The Public Law & Policy team combines public lawyers and policy experts, and works closely with the firm’s sectoral specialists, to design and advocate for the legislative, regulatory and policy outcomes that allow our clients to innovate and grow.

By integrating lawyers and former government officials in one team, our advice is filtered through a combined legal and policy lens from the outset. This means that, when engaging with government, we target the strongest arguments supporting our client’s point-of-view to the right decision-makers at the right time. Our broad experience means that we can develop and deliver powerful advocacy, whatever the forum.
- Complex, commercial judicial review and other forms of public law litigation, including regulatory and human rights challenges.
- Public sector powers and duties, governance and accountability.
- Constitutional law, and parliamentary processes and scrutiny, including appearances before Parliamentary committees.
- Policy engagement and political risk intelligence.
- Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations.
- Interpreting and shaping heavily regulated sectors such as energy, financial services, gambling, life sciences, and technology, often for disruptive businesses.

Some of our key clients include:

- HM Government
- Google
- Uber
- Airbnb
- The Crown Estate
- NATS
- The London Metal Exchange

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Working closely with our combined legal, sector and Government Affairs experts:

- Develop integrated legal and policy arguments and proposed solutions for complex regulatory and policy issues
- Produce stakeholder maps and advocacy strategies
- Draft powerful advocacy materials, including consultation responses and submissions to Government, drawing on a deep understanding of the machinery of Parliament of Government.
- Support clients with preparation for select committee inquiries and hearings.

Nurture a network of relationships within Whitehall, Westminster and policy stakeholders, and use that network to support:

- Providing insightful intelligence on policy and political priorities within central government;
- Delivery of impactful advocacy to senior stakeholders, particularly to senior officials.

Conduct desktop research on policy positions, parliamentary processes and government decision-making
- 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._

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential:

- Experienced Government Policy/Government Affairs professional

Desirable:

- Experience of developing business and client relationships
- Experience working on heavily regulated policy sectors, particularly in innovative areas;
- Experience working closely with legal teams.

General Attributes
- Self-starter and self-directed with high levels of initiative.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships
- Ability to influence and persuade team members, lawyers, and other key stakeholders.
- Exceptional critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Agile Working Statement

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.

Equal Opportunities Employment 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,