Solicitor - Restructuring and Insolvency in Nottingham

Join to apply for the Solicitor - Restructuring and Insolvency role at Shakespeare Martineau. Hybrid opportunity from one of East Midlands hubs (Leicester, Nottingham or Lincoln. Sheffield hub will also be considered for this role).

We are currently recruiting for a Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitor to join our growing team. The Restructuring and Banking team has a long-standing experience of working with an enviable selection of banks, asset-based lenders and insolvency practitioners. We are regularly instructed by the “big 4” accountants as well as mid-tier and boutique firms. Our specialist national team combine all round expertise with a sound understanding of the commercial landscape to provide exceptional solutions for every aspect of our clients’ corporate requirements. The team is recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500.

We provide advice on all aspects of transactional/advisory insolvency work to insolvency practitioners and lenders together with a wide-ranging contentious offering. In the East Midlands, we combine a solid reputation for corporate-side advice in turnaround situations and distressed investment scenarios with an established contentious insolvency practice, receiving instructions from insolvency practitioners and lenders. We are seeking to grow our team in the region as a key component of the firm’s national practice.

What you will be doing:

• Working alongside a highly experienced Partner and a team of senior lawyers nationally, you will provide assistance on a broad range of recovery matters and insolvency.
• You will act for lenders and insolvency practitioners to provide fast, pragmatic and commercial advice.
• You’ll be working closely with businesses, directors and individuals facing financial difficulties and running cases efficiently and cost-effectively within strict service level agreements.

What you will need:

• Experience in dealing with contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters.
• Drafting skills including preparation of documents to facilitate an out of court appointment of administrators, sale and purchase agreements, general court applications, letters of advice to clients, statements and briefs to counsel.
• Confidence in finding practical and innovative solutions to a range of problems.
• An understanding of business development and having a desire to get involved and support business development.
• Exposure to (and preferably) advising on businesses sales out of distressed situations.
• Exposure to (and preferably) providing general advice to lenders and insolvency practitioners in the full range of insolvency situations.
• Drafting and presenting reviews on various types of security instruments and structures.
• Advising on antecedent transactions and directors conduct including drafting and issuing various court applications and working with counsel.
• Drafting other applications including those seeking to extend the administration period, approval of remuneration, block transfer orders and orders for sale and possession.
• General bankruptcy petition and winding up petition work, including preparing for and attending petition hearings.

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information:

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it. We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lincoln and Sheffield. This role is being recruited in the East Midlands region and will ideally be hybrid based from either our Nottingham or Leicester hub, however we will also consider applications from Lincoln or Sheffield based applicants.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.