Job InformationPosting Date 14-Oct-2026
Requisition ID 3686
States/Provinces/Cities London
Location Type Hybrid
Business Unit Practice
Function Attorney
Full Time or Part Time Full Time
Description & RequirementsWe are seeking a mid-level Associate to join the Restructuring & Insolvency team. The team currently comprises of 1 partner, 1 counsel, 1 senior associate, 2 associates and 1 professional support lawyer. The Restructuring & Insolvency team is part of the wider Banking & Finance Department comprising 16 partners and 30 Associates and Trainees.
Key aspects of the role and team: - You will be advising clients on the full spectrum of special situations, restructuring and insolvency-related matters, including advising on directors' duties, wholly consensual restructurings, court-based restructuring processes, insolvency advice and distressed M&A transactions
- The team advises a range of stakeholders with a balanced practice advising debtors (companies, shareholders, boards), creditors (institutional lenders, funds, other financing providers) and insolvency practitioners. Associates work in a collegiate environment and can expect a good variety of work
- Associates are given regular and direct contact with clients, with a culture based on associates being given the level of responsibility they are ready for, rather than a PQE-based method of work allocation
- Developing relationships with clients, including gaining a good knowledge of the client's businesses, economic drivers, market and sector requirements is encouraged in order to ensure advice is relevant and commercial
- There are ample opportunities to engage in business development activities, and you will be expected to be active in the promotion of the Firm, including through membership of industry bodies and associations
The Team As noted above, the Restructuring & Insolvency team sits within, and works closely with, the firm's broader Banking & Finance Practice.
We advise clients on enforcement situations, work-outs and restructurings and distressed investments. As a Firm, we are noted for our expertise in real estate finance, special situations lending, securitisations and financial regulatory work, especially advising on bespoke complex transactions and those involving emerging markets.
The London team is an integrated part of the Firm's Global Restructuring and Insolvency Group with top-tier practitioners in the world's key financial money centres, many of whom are regularly featured in the top tier of rankings in both Legal 500 and Chambers for Banking and Finance.
Skills and experience: The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all or the majority of the following:
- A mid-qualified lawyer with 2-4 PQE, excellent academic credentials and first-rate technical skills
- Current experience in the restructuring / insolvency team of a leading City or US firm
- Excellent communication and drafting skills
- Able to develop strong relationships with clients and to take responsibility for this relationship
- Able to work well in both a team and individually
- A keenness to learn
- Respect and enjoyment for the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds found in the Firm
