Principal Associate Insolvency and Recoveries - Glasgow, United Kingdom - The Legists

The Legists

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About your new role

We are recruiting for an experienced Principal Associate or Associate to work within the Insolvency and Recoveries team, to enhance our growing recoveries and insolvency offering in Scotland.

Proactively manage a broad range of disputed and undisputed money only and asset recovery cases on behalf of a wide range of clients, working independently and assisting other fee earners in more complex cases;
Provide supervision and guidance tojunior members of the team;
Undertaking creditor instigated insolvency actions against individual and/or businesses;
Managing and developing client relationships;
Assist with the onboarding of new clients to the firm, designing processes and procedures to ensure a cost effective and first class service is provided at all times;
Create workflows and precedents to increase profitability and automation across the department;
Perform asset tracing on target entities / individuals
Complete MI procedures as required
Achieve set targets/KPIs
Ensure relevant deadlines, compliance and quality measures are adhered to
Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
Work in accordance with Weightmans' values

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

You will be a qualified solicitor, 3-8 year PQE, and you will have prior experience of debt recovery and insolvency cases.

As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks.

We also require you to have/be:

Excellent knowledge of the Court of Session and Sheriff Court rules;
Motivated and highlydriven;
Ability to work to deadlines / targets, to prioritise and manage a caseload and deliver effective solutions;
Ability to work well as part of a team, providing supervision and guidance to junior members;
A commercial, solutiondriven and clientfocused approach;
Strong legal and analytical skills with an eye for detail;
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
Excellent IT skills;
Passionate about growth, generating work opportunities both internally and externally

Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.

Why work for us
Weightmans is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK.

Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards 2021 and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK.

The independent research showed "Weightmans provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation."

We are truly committed to fostering a culture of equality and diversity, where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do.

Work for a firm where people matter - work for Weightmans.
As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;

28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (prorated for part time)
Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment
Healthcare cover/ Medicash
Pension plan
Life Insurance 4 x salary
Interest free travel loan scheme
Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
Discounted gym membership
Discounted dental scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Offers & discounts
Great reward and recognition scheme

*there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm.

Please note

Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
We are open to part time/job share applicants.

**Eligibility to work in the UK