Job Description
The Legal Counsel is part of the Together Group Legal team and is responsible for proactively managing a varied legal workload with a particular focus on legal issues arising from enforcement and recovery of secured lending.
Working closely with the Head of Litigation, Senior Legal Counsel and other members of the litigation team, they will help determine and implement the right strategic approach on managing the back book by conducting security reviews, advising on our recovery strategy, issuing statutory demands and identifying/management of potential negligence and title insurance claims. The Legal Counsel will work closely with external solicitors but will also manage cases in house.
Over time, it is anticipated that the role will develop to incorporate responsibilities extending across all areas of law of significance to the Group.
Typical Duties:
* Providing strategic support to the business (with a particular focus on recovery of commercial loans) by providing high quality, commercially focussed insolvency and restructuring advice, advising on contentious disputes and providing account level support for the recovery and enforcement of impaired debt
* Investigation and managing professional negligence and title insurance claims
* Proactively managing a varied caseload, by providing timely commercial focused advice in order to improve the level of recovery and reduce the time to recover
* Conducting case analysis and preparing succinct summaries of key information/legal risks
* Conducting security reviews across portfolio accounts and advising on recovery strategies
* In conjunction with the Recoveries teams managing recovery action, including possession claims, receivership and administration appointments, dealing with injunction applications and title issues, recovering shortfalls via bankruptcy of money claim process, negotiating settlements with customers and advising on any disputes with customers
* Instructing and overseeing external legal suppliers and insolvency practitioners
* Presenting regular MI and trend analysis on claims impacting the Group
* Working closely with other members of the legal team and other senior stakeholders and other members of the Legal team on strategic approach to legal issues
* Working closely with key stakeholders within the Group
Qualifications
* Insolvency and restructuring experience
* Experience of enforcing security
* Strong drafting and case management skills
* MI collation and trend analysis
* Highly efficient, organised and pragmatic
* Ability to analyse presented facts and succinctly summarise key legal risks and offer a commercial perspective to solutions
* Good communicator at all levels; upwards, downwards and with business stakeholders
* Delivery of training to stakeholders
* Positive team player
* Strong attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines
* Desire to expand skill set and experience into additional areas of law
* Experience of instructing and managing external counsel
* Ability to contribute to strategic discussions
* Ability to work in a busy and fast paced environment
Additional Information
If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.
Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
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Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.