Hogan Lovells (Winter Vacation Scheme) - Playbook 2025

Want to stand out in your Hogan Lovells Winter Vacation Scheme application? Here’s a new Playbook to help you impress them.

This Playbook (4,181 words) covers:

• What is Hogan Lovells’ strategy for growth?
• Which practice areas is Hogan Lovells boosting and why?
• What do Hogan Lovells’ recent hires and moves tell us?
• Must-Know data from Hogan Lovells’ financial results

Plus how to use this information to stand out in applications and interviews!

⏱️ Deadline: 10 October

🧠 Practice Area Strategy

In short: Hogan Lovells is focusing on fast-growing, high-value practice areas. Over the last year the firm has emphasized private capital (especially private equity and real estate transactions), disputes and competition litigation, and energy transition projects, while also gaining recognition in fintech and digital assets.

Details:

💸 Private Equity & Real Estate: HL is investing heavily in its private capital platform. In London, the firm hired two prominent partners from Paul Hastings – Michael James and Edward Meadowcroft – to bolster private equity real estate deals, “reinforcing the firm’s strategic focus on building out its private equity and real estate offering.” This move is part of a deliberate global push: leadership noted that adding top talent across Europe and Asia demonstrates HL’s ambition to be “the firm of choice for private equity investors.” Recent team hires in Greater China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, and Italy further underscore a worldwide expansion of HL’s private equity and funds practice.