Career opportunities: Restructuring & Insolvency Senior Associate in London

The opportunity for you

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Restructuring & Insolvency Senior Associate (5–7 PQE) to join our highly regarded and growing London team. This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, high-profile restructuring and insolvency matters, advising a broad range of stakeholders across both contentious and non‑contentious mandates. You will be trusted to take on significant responsibility from day one, including leading transactions, managing matters independently, and playing an active role in cross‑practice and cross‑border work. Alongside this, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to business development initiatives and help shape the future growth of the practice within a collaborative, inclusive and forward‑thinking firm.

Key responsibilities

• Advising a wide range of stakeholders on restructuring and insolvency matters, including insolvency office holders, lenders, directors, investors and corporates, tailoring advice to suit each client’s objectives.
• Taking a leading role in distressed M&A transactions, acting for both buy‑side and sell‑side clients across a variety of sectors, including coordinating with overseas counsel where required.
• Advising boards of large corporates, start‑ups and scale‑ups through periods of financial stress and distress, including on directors’ duties, contingency planning and restructuring options.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of restructuring and insolvency documentation, including security reviews, enforcement documentation, administration sale agreements, in‑court and out‑of‑court appointments and related court applications.
• Undertaking legal research and providing practical, commercial solutions to complex problems.
• Playing an active role in business development, including client relationship management, thought leadership and wider market engagement.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• 5–7 years’ post‑qualification experience in restructuring and insolvency law gained within a respected law firm.
• Experience advising on both contentious and non‑contentious insolvency and restructuring matters.
• A comprehensive understanding of restructuring and insolvency law and practice, including familiarity with relevant financial documentation.
• Strong knowledge of corporate and business structures, with the ability to analyse complex financial and legal information.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to a diverse client base.
• The ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
• Awareness of cross‑border insolvency issues and sector‑specific regulatory considerations.
• A proactive approach to business development, knowledge sharing and contribution to team growth.

Benefits

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week).
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Disputes and Investigations team, with the addition of a Restructuring & Insolvency Senior Associate.