Solicitor in Reading

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitor to join our Thames Valley office in Reading. The team acts for insolvency practitioners, lenders, companies, directors, and creditors undertaking a mixture of restructuring, non-contentious and contentious assignments, with the focus being on businesses surviving and maximising realisations for creditors.

Role of a Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitor:

• Advise as part of the team on issues across the breadth of Restructuring and Insolvency, including both contentious and non-contentious matters, all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency law, and some restructuring assignments.
• Promote and drive high standards of service and accuracy across the department or team.
• Take responsibility and accountability for ensuring that the Firm’s and Regulator’s Standards are consistently met.
• Maintain the respect of clients and colleagues by being fair and consistent and acting as a role model for others.
• Directly bill and/or control billing in line with agreed targets.
• Act as an ambassador for the Firm at all levels within the Firm and externally.
• Sustain long-term, commercially valuable relationships.
• Use technical expertise and knowledge to actively promote the Firm (e.g. public speaking, publishing articles).
• Be recognised as a trusted advisor both internally and externally.
• Overcome technical difficulties and problem-solve effectively and creatively where appropriate.

About You:

• 0-3 PQE Solicitor with some previous experience or transferrable skills in restructuring and insolvency.
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships.
• Excellent technical ability and drafting skills.
• Demonstrate teamwork and relationship-building skills.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail.

Benefits of working with us:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference; your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR, you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem and enjoy celebrating a good outcome.

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service, we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences; we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.