Associate - Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (2-5 PQE)

Associate - Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (2-5 PQE)

Based across Charles Russell Speechlys' Cheltenham and London offices, the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (CRI) team compromises seven partners and six associates at the 1-5 PQE level and three trainee solicitors. It is hard working but very friendly.

The team has specialist expertise in all aspects of CRI, with services including:

• Restructuring of solvent and insolvent companies including debt restructuring, refinancings, debt for equity swaps, distressed investing, loan to own strategies and distressed M&A.
• Schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans.
• Pre-formal insolvency advice and planning
• Advice on directors' duties and liabilities in relation to distressed or insolvent companies
• Formal insolvencies, including company voluntary arrangements, administrations, liquidations (solvent or insolvent) and bankruptcies
• Security reviews on existing or proposed loans
• Strategic acquisitions of insolvent businesses and assets from insolvency practitioners
• Advice to investors in distressed or insolvent companies
• Litigation and recovery actions
• Asset tracing
• LPA Receiverships, and
• Cross-border insolvency and COMI issues

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assisting with developing and maintaining client relationships and growing the CRI practice.
• Drafting and managing documents and supervising junior team members.
• Assisting the team with all stages of restructuring and insolvency matters, with a focus on non-contentious work, including general case management.
• Providing advice on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency matters, including enforcement options, to directors, companies, lenders and other stakeholders.
• Liaising with stakeholders (e.g., clients, counsel, and other firms).
• Managing matters with limited supervision as appropriate.
• Actively engaging in business development and knowledge management.
• Complying with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations, and Principles.

Person Specification

• Have strong commercial acumen and be client focused.
• Be willing to be part of a dynamic and growing team with good career prospects.
• Have a strong academic background and excellent written and verbal communication and organisational skills.
• Have trained with a large regional commercial practice or City firm.
• Have experience of predominantly non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, both corporate and personal (although candidates with experience of one or more of these areas of focus will be considered).
• Be technically excellent.
• Be willing to take on early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.
• Be a personable team player and willing to work as part of teams based in different locations.
• Client service
• Integrity and respect
• Interpersonal skills
• Inclusive
• Delivery focus
• Client-centric

For a detailed specification please download the job description in the documents section of this page.

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