Associate / Senior Associate - Restructuring and Insolvency
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Associate / Senior Associate - Restructuring and Insolvency
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We currently have a new and exciting opportunity for a Restructuring and Insolvency
Associate/Senior Associate to join our growing team.
This role is being recruited on a hybrid basis from the one of our hubs in the Midlands or Southern regions, these comprise of; Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham or our Southampton hub.
The Restructuring and Banking team has a long-standing experience of working with an enviable selection of banks, asset-based lenders and insolvency practitioners. We are regularly instructed by the “big 4” accountants as well as the mid-tier and boutique firms. Our specialist national team combine all round expertise with a sound understanding of the commercial landscape to provide exceptional solutions for every aspect of our clients’ corporate requirements. The team is recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500.
We provide advice on all aspects of transactional/advisory insolvency work to insolvency practitioners and lenders together with a wide-ranging contentious offering.
What you will be doing:
Working alongside a highly experienced Partner and a team of senior lawyers nationally, you will provide assistance on a broad range of recovery matters and insolvency. You will act for lenders and insolvency practitioners to provide fast, pragmatic and commercial advice. You’ll be working closely with businesses, directors and individuals facing financial difficulties and running cases efficiently and cost-effectively within strict service level agreements.
What you will need:
* dealing with both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters
* drafting skills including preparation of documents to facilitate an out of court appointment of administrators, sale and purchase agreements, general court applications, letters of advice to clients, statements and briefs to counsel
* confidence in finding practical and innovative solutions to a range of problems
* an understanding of business development and having a desire to get involved and support business development
* exposure to (and preferably) advising on businesses sales out of distressed situations
* exposure to (and preferably) providing general advice to lenders and insolvency practitioners in the full range of insolvency situations
* drafting and presenting reviews on various types of security instruments and structures.
* advising on antecedent transactions and directors conduct including drafting and issuing various court applications and working with counsel
* drafting other applications including those seeking to extend the administration period, approval of remuneration, block transfer orders and orders for sale and possession
* general bankruptcy petition and wining up petition work, including preparing for and attending petition hearings.
Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lincoln and Sheffield.
This role is being recruited on a hybrid basis from the one of our hubs in the Midlands or Southern regions, these comprise of; Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham or our Southampton hub.
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Additional information:
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.
Equal opportunities
Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
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