Restructuring Senior Associate (Contentious/Non-Contentious)

Overview

In this role you support a top City law firm on transactional, advisory and contentious restructuring matters. You will handle cross‑practice work for clients, including insolvency scenarios and distressed assets, contributing to standstills, schemes of arrangement, and debt-related advisory. You join a collaborative culture with strong partner-traction potential and a clear growth trajectory. The role offers exposure to high‑quality work and strategic restructurings at scale, within a supportive environment. Your impact spans protecting clients’ interests and facilitating complex financial restructurings.

Pay / Benefits

• Breadth and quality of work
• Future partner prospects
• Supportive and collaborative culture
• Health work/life balance

Responsibilities

• Provide transactional, advisory and contentious restructuring services
• Act for IPs on acquisitions and disposals of companies/assets
• Contribute to financial and corporate restructuring including standstills
• Work on schemes of arrangement
• Engage with special situations/distressed assets
• Represent insolvency office holders in contentious matters (e.g., wrongful trading, CDDA applications, security enforcement)
• Deliver advisory support including contingency planning and debt advisory

Key requirements

• 6+ PQE, England & Wales qualified
• At least 6 years’ experience in contentious and non-contentious restructuring within a UK law firm

• collaborative culture orientation
• strong client and team communication
• Restructuring (contentious and non-contentious)
• Insolvency and distressed assets
• Schemes of arrangement
• Debt advisory

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