Solicitor - Insolvency - 4-6 years PQE

Job purpose

This role is focussed on supporting and assisting our busy insolvency and restructuring practice, which will include supporting the wider Department and other teams within the firm with matters involving insolvency issues. It will also include debt recovery work, for which we are ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500, where these matters may result in an insolvency process.

The role will also involve helping with the management and development of more junior fee earners and contributing more widely to the insolvency team and the Department, and their growth.

The team

Our insolvency team sits within the award-winning, Legal 500 ranked, Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department and predominantly acts on contentious insolvency matters, with restructuring and non-contentious insolvency advice provided alongside. The Department deals with a broad range of disputes for a wide range of clients, and has significant expertise in resolving complex commercial issues and cases involving fraud.

Recent insolvency work includes acting for the administrators of Axiom Ince, together with the trustees in bankruptcy of Pragnesh Modhwadia, following the largest reported solicitor client account fraud of approximately £64million, acting forthe trustee in bankruptcy for Sir Bradley Wiggins and acting in relation to the only 2 CVAs ever in the regulated housing sector.

Duties and responsibilities

Responsible for the day to day running of files to include, but not limited, to:

• Running and managing own files, delegating to trainees and paralegals as appropriate;
• High Court and County Court insolvency litigation as well as mediation and other forms of dispute resolution;
• Drafting documents and assisting in managing the dispute resolution process;
• Supporting the partners on challenging and more complex matters as well as starting to generate a caseload of your own;
• Interact directly with clients, manage their expectations, and meet their deadlines;
• To be fully involved in marketing and business development in a client focused manner;
• Organise and maintain tidy and accurate files;
• Provide support to the other fee earners within the team/Department and to share knowledge as and when required;
• Follow Department procedures, the SRA Handbook and Firm’s policies and procedures as detailed in the Office Manual, including LEXCEL.

Person specification

Required:

• You will have at least 4 years’ PQE as an Insolvency Solicitor with a focus on contentious insolvency work; 
• You will have a strong academic background, 2:1 or above at degree level is preferable;
• Previous experience in the High Court is essential;
• You will enjoy client contact and have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Ability to prioritise workload to increase efficiency;
• You will be commercially aware, proactive, and able to convey clear and concise information to clients and external organisations, which will not compromise the practice or the firm;
• A high attention to detail to produce work / documentation which is consistently of a high standard;
• To have a flexible approach to work to ensure client deadlines are always met and clients are communicated with on a consistent and regular basis;
• You will be happy to undertake work with minimal supervision.