Job Description
Restructuring & Insolvency Solicitor/Associate/Senior Associate
Location: Manchester
Salary: £60,000 to £95,000
Experience: Open (solicitor to senior associate level)
Our client is looking to recruit a Restructuring & Insolvency Solicitor (Solicitor/Associate/Senior Associate level) to support the continued growth of its Insolvency & Restructuring practice in Manchester.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced insolvency lawyer, or for a corporate lawyer or commercial litigator who wants to develop a restructuring or contentious insolvency specialism.
The Team and Work
The team advises across the full spectrum of:
- Pre-insolvency advisory and restructuring
- Insolvency (non-contentious)
The focus is on commercial, pragmatic solutions for clients dealing with financial distress.
What You’ll Be Doing
Depending on your background and level, the role is likely to include work across:
Pre-insolvency advisory:
- Advising distressed businesses and individuals on restructuring and reorganisation options
- Advising directors on duties, risks and potential personal liabilities
- Supporting debt recovery strategies and negotiations with creditors
- Advising stakeholders on the implications and effects of insolvency
Insolvency (non-contentious):
- Advising on disposals and acquisitions of assets from insolvent companies, including pre-packaged sales
- Advising on distressed property disposals
- Drafting documentation relating to insolvency appointments and processes
- Advising insolvency practitioners on conduct, compliance and procedural issues
- Advising on employment issues arising in insolvency, including TUPE and redundancy
- Contract reviews and risk assessment
Insolvency litigation:
- Claims against directors for antecedent transactions (including preferences, transactions at undervalue, misfeasance, wrongful or fraudulent trading)
- Advising directors facing claims or disqualification proceedings
- Advising landlords where tenants become insolvent
- Retention of title claims and enforcement of security
- Restoring companies to the register to realise assets
- Statutory demands and set-aside applications
- Presenting and defending winding-up and bankruptcy petitions
Typical Responsibilities
- Managing your own caseload in line with compliance and procedural requirements
- Drafting correspondence, reports, statutory notices and court documents
- Liaising with insolvency practitioners, accountants, creditors and opposing solicitors
- Attending court, mediations and client meetings
- Supporting senior fee earners on complex matters
- Working collaboratively across the wider corporate and commercial teams
- Contributing to business development and internal referrals
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales)
- Experience in commercial litigation, corporate law, and/or insolvency
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Commercial awareness and a client-focused approach
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Adaptable, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
Desirable:
- Experience in insolvency disputes, restructuring transactions, or financial distress advisory
- Involvement in business development or marketing activity
What’s On Offer
- Salary of £60,000 to £95,000 (dependent on level and experience)
- Commitment to a maximum of 1,200 chargeable hours per annum
- Employee bonus scheme and annual pay review
- Medicash health cash plan and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Holiday entitlement increases with length of service
- Paid time off for voluntary work (2 days per year)
- Free conveyancing for the purchase/sale of your primary residence
- Free individual or mirror wills
- Biannual promotion and salary uplift application process
Working Arrangements
Next Steps
Apply online or send your CV to lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.