Job Description

Insolvency Partner

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £110,000 to £180,000 (depending on experience and following)

Experience: Senior Associate to Partner (with a strong BD track record)

 

Our client is investing in the continued growth of its Insolvency and Recoveries team and is keen to speak with both Partners seeking a new platform and Senior Associates ready to step into Partnership.

This is a genuine opportunity to join a collaborative national team with access to high-quality work, strong internal referral routes, and clear investment in growth. If you are looking for a role where you can build and shape a practice, with the backing of a wider full-service firm, this is well worth a conversation.

You will advise on a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and recoveries matters, working closely with colleagues across litigation, banking, corporate, real estate and regulatory to deliver joined-up solutions for clients facing complex financial challenges.

The role can be shaped around your experience and practice, with a clear focus on business development and building a sustainable pipeline.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Advising on contentious and non-contentious personal and corporate insolvency matters

• Supporting business recovery and restructuring work, including distress and turnaround situations

• Handling insolvency litigation, including director disqualification matters where relevant

• Advising on debt recovery, enforcement, secured lending and security issues

• Supporting work involving winding-up and bankruptcy proceedings

• Advising on restructuring solutions, including CVAs and pre-pack administrations where appropriate

• Working closely with colleagues across related practice areas to deliver joined-up advice

• Developing and growing client relationships and generating new work

• Contributing to team leadership, mentoring and wider practice development (level dependent)

• Working to agreed financial and performance targets

 

What We’re Looking For

• Senior Associate or Partner level lawyer with insolvency and recoveries experience

• Strong technical expertise and sound commercial judgement

• A genuine interest in business development, with a track record of winning work

• A client following is welcomed, or a clear and credible plan to build one

• Confident communicator with strong client relationship skills

• Collaborative approach and a desire to contribute to a growing national team

 

What’s On Offer

• A supportive route to Partnership (where relevant)

• A platform to grow your practice with access to a national client base and referral network

• High-quality, complex work with variety across contentious and non-contentious matters

• Hybrid working (where the role allows)

• 28 days’ holiday

• Private healthcare (option to add family at employee cost)

• Pension matching up to 6%

• Life insurance (4x salary)

• Income protection (after 26 weeks’ incapacity)

• Technology benefit scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted gym membership

• Employee-funded dental scheme

• Travel loan

• 24/7 employee care helpline

• Offers and discounts at major retailers

 

Working Arrangements

• Permanent

• Birmingham based

• Hybrid working (where the role allows)

 

Next Steps (How to Apply)

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 not share any details with our client without your express permission.