Insolvency Litigation Lawyer Job In London

Insolvency Litigation Lawyer - Search Consultancy
  • London, Other, United Kingdom
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Job Description

Insolvency Litigation Lawyer Role
Restructuring & Insolvency litigation experience sought
Contentious and non contentious work
Top 60 Law Firm
Central London
3 - 8 pqe

The culture at this firm very much stands out, which has been cultivated into a friendly, open and inclusive environment. There is a positive emphasis on work life balance too, and progression opportunity for fee earners. There will be good flexibility for home working.


The team
The ideal candidate will join a highly regarded and well established and balanced team comprising of 3 partners, directors, senior associates, associates and a legal adviser. Team members work out of the London and Reading offices though work as one team and source instructions nationally and internationally and from across all offices and departments.
The team uses its skills and experience to work in partnership with their network of clients and referrers across corporates, banks, financiers, brokers, shareholders, stakeholders and insolvency professionals to work quickly and effectively to resolve both stressed and distressed situations and to; (i) advise on strategies for recovery and business turnaround; (ii) undertake varied transactional, restructuring and insolvency work (both corporate and personal, global and domestic); and (iii) advise upon the whole array of insolvency litigation / contentious insolvency processes.
The team is known for its clear, commercially-focussed advice and prompt, responsive service. It is ranked highly in the legal directories and is praised for having a large, diverse and distinguished practice with considerable experience across the full range of individual and corporate restructuring and insolvency matters with noticeable emphasis on:
  • Acquisitions of distressed business
  • Business contingency and exit planning
  • Board advisory
  • Business restructuring and turnaround strategy
  • Debt and asset recovery
  • Debt reconstruction and consolidation
  • Dispute resolution (including mediations, arbitrations and other forms of ADR)
  • Cross-border insolvency, forensics and international asset-tracing and recovery
  • Insolvency and Companies Act offences and regulatory advice including director disqualification proceedings and fraud-based insolvency
  • Liquidations (whether solvent, compulsory or voluntary) receiverships (court or LPA appointed), administrations, voluntary arrangements and bankruptcies
  • Refinancing and general security advice
The opportunity

This role would be best suited to someone who is enthusiastic and ambitious, and is prepared to work across disciplines in a passionate and dynamic fashion. You will be given excellent supervision, training and coaching in this role and will need a commercial approach and excellent technical, communication and negotiation skills, as well as drive and initiative. The partners seek a supportive and keen candidate and a team player who appreciates that the nature of the work we undertake is often urgent and requires completion within short timescales.
The role will encompass advisory (including turnaround and contingency options), transactional non-contentious work and contentious work with links to the firm's corporate, finance and real estate teams, amongst others, providing advice to all stakeholders in stressed and distressed situations including lenders, investors, corporates, directors and individuals, in addition to acting for insolvency practitioners. You should show evidence of understanding what is needed to help grow and develop a restructuring & insolvency practice and be willing to initiate and participate in marketing and business development activities with enthusiasm, confidence and ambition.


Opportunities such as this are rare within the commercial market so please do apply as directed if you would be interested or contact Catherine Knowles at Search Legal for more information on 0203 151 2151.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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