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About the Role
Join the Restructuring & Insolvency team, advising clients on special situations, restructuring, and insolvency matters. This role offers direct client contact, responsibility based on readiness, and opportunities for business development within a global law firm.
Responsibilities
- Advising clients on directors' duties, consensual restructurings, court-based restructuring processes, insolvency advice, and distressed M&A transactions.
- Advising debtors, creditors, and insolvency practitioners.
- Developing client relationships and understanding their businesses, economic drivers, market, and sector requirements.
- Engaging in business development activities and promoting the Firm through industry bodies and associations.
Requirements
- Mid-qualified lawyer with 2-4 PQE.
- Excellent academic credentials and first-rate technical skills.
- Current experience in the restructuring/insolvency team of a leading City or US firm.
- Excellent communication and drafting skills.
- Ability to develop strong client relationships and take responsibility for them.
- Ability to work well in both a team and individually.
- Keenness to learn.
- Respect and enjoyment for the diversity of cultural, social, and academic backgrounds.
Skills
- Restructuring
- Insolvency
- Special situations
- Directors' duties
- Consensual restructurings
- Court-based restructuring processes
- Distressed M&A
- Client relationship management
- Business development
- Communication
- Drafting
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- 2-4 PQE
Education Level
- Excellent academic credentials
About the Company
- Baker McKenzie is a global law firm founded in 1949, with 12,000 people in 72 offices across 45 countries.
- The London office has over 900 people and is the firm's largest office globally.
- The firm is known for its expertise in real estate finance, special situations lending, securitisations, and financial regulatory work.
- The Restructuring and Insolvency team is part of the global group with top-tier practitioners in key financial centers.
- The firm empowers clients to compete in the global economy by providing comprehensive and practical legal advice.
- The firm's people represent diverse cultures and jurisdictions, combining local know-how with international expertise.
Equal Opportunity
- Baker McKenzie is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all.
- Encourages applications from individuals regardless of race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates.