Restructuring & Insolvency Associate
London, GB
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 1000+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 29 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Disputes and Investigations team, with the addition of a Restructuring & Insolvency Associate.
The opportunity for you
Taylor Wessing is seeking a motivated and dynamic Restructuring & Insolvency Associate with 1-3 years PQE. The ideal candidate will have a non-contentious restructuring skill-set (with a background in financing structures as well as corporate transactions) with some exposure to contentious matters or an interest in developing their contentious skills. This role presents an excellent opportunity to leverage your financial acumen while navigating complex legal landscapes.
Key responsibilities
- Providing legal advice to a variety of stakeholders on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency including administrations, liquidations, receiverships, company voluntary arrangements (CVAs),restructuring plans / schemes of emergent, individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), bankruptcy, winding-up procedures etc.
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating legal documentation related to restructuring & insolvency matters (including security enforcements, and business sales).
- Acting on contentious insolvency mandates.
- Supporting the team with business development initiatives and know how.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Comprehensive understanding of restructuring and insolvency law and practice.
- Knowledge of typical financing structures and security enforcement mechanisms.
- Experience in distressed business sales and mechanisms involved in distressed sale transactions in an insolvency context.
- Awareness of cross-border insolvency issues, international business law, and sector-specific regulations.
Benefits
Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;
- 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.
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