Insolvency and Restructuring Associate 1-6pqe - Putney, United Kingdom - Russell Cooke

Russell Cooke

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Putney, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic lawyer to join the Insolvency & Restructuring Team.

We offer an opportunity to gain hands-on, client-facing experience as part of a small team, working on a broad range of both contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters.

The bulk of our work is for insolvency practitioners and the role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop skills and build relationships within the industry.

Alongside work for insolvency practitioners, we act for company directors, charity trustees, creditors and financially distressed individuals to provide robust and effective legal advice.

We also work with various teams across the firm to assist clients facing insolvency issues.

The role would suit an energetic lawyer with good attention to detail and a record of providing proactive, commercially astute advice.

The role would particularly suit those keen to develop their practice taking responsibility for cases, with support from a friendly team.

At 1- 6 PQE you should demonstrate an ability to pro-actively manage files, supervise the work of junior team members and trainees and a desire to grow your practice with an insolvency specialism.

Connections and experience within the insolvency industry would be beneficial but this role would also provide a platform from which to make and develop those connections.

Technical skills and expertise
You should be able to demonstrate experience of and passion for:

Conducting insolvency litigation in connection with antecedent transactions, misfeasance and other office holder claims;
Conducting litigation in connection with bankruptcy asset realisations;
Analysing cases to identify strengths, weaknesses and alternative solutions;
Considering various litigation funding options, including Conditional Funding Agreements, as well as working with litigation funders and ATE providers;
Instructing counsel;
Advising office holders on practical solutions to issues arising;
Negotiating and exploring Alternative Dispute Resolution as appropriate;
Researching and drafting advice, and recommending effective solutions, in a wide range of insolvency issues for the benefit of office holders, defendant directors and other interested parties (such as landlords of insolvent tenants);
Advising on CVA terms
Advising directors in relation to their duties;
Advising directors in relation to insolvency claims faced by them;
Proactively managing a mixed caseload of work to manage client expectations, maintain momentum and ensure sustainable financial performance;
Building and maintaining relationships with clients by repeatedly delivering effective results as part of a close team;
Business development activities internally and externally to develop a profile

Your career development
Russell-Cooke's lawyers are rounded professional advisers with strong commercial awareness and a commitment to exceeding client expectations. All our lawyers benefit from our career development programme.

We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed the cohort programme to allow our lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

At each stage of your career, and as you move through the cohorts, a bespoke training programme will be provided to support you with your development and progression.

Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

We have a diverse workforce and aim to attract high calibre applicants that reflect the demography of our geographical location and client base. Individuals will be employed solely on merit and the requirement of the position. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender Identity or religion. Reasonable adjustments will be made to eliminate or reduce disadvantage._