Paralegal - Restructuring & Insolvency

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holidays

Generous pension schemes

Volunteering days

Health membership

Job summary

FQPS Academy Ltd. is seeking a Paralegal to join its Restructuring & Insolvency team in Leeds. You will assist with receivership processes, appointment of administrators, and transactions including pre-packaged administrations while managing your own caseloads and maintaining client relationships.

You’ll support insolvency petitions, draft court documents, and contribute to a range of projects across this dynamic area of law, working alongside leading solicitors in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant Paralegal experience within Restructuring and Insolvency or Property.
• Friendly, proactive and professional approach with strong communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated genuine interest in this area of law.

Responsibilities

• Assist with receivership processes, including drafting appointment documents and HM Land Registry searches.
• Assist with appointment of administrators and with transactions such as pre-packaged administration sales.
• Manage own caseloads and develop client relationships; provide preliminary advice and draft letters and court documents.
• Support insolvency petitions and applications such as bankruptcy, winding up, and related matters.
• Assist with various projects and support the team as required.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Restructuring & Insolvency

Property law

Strong communication

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Our Team

Our Restructuring & Insolvency team have a wide area of expertise, focusing on turnaround and insolvency matters; including advising banks, asset-based lenders, boards of directors, insolvency practitioners, debtors and other creditors on all matters arising where insolvency is likely unless action is taken by restructuring or where a formal insolvency is imminent or has occurred.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

As a Paralegal, you’ll join the team to provide assistance with the receivership process (including drafting appointment documents and undertaking HM Land Registry searches), the appointment of administrators and with transactions such as the sale of companies via pre-packaged administration sales. You will have the responsibility for managing your own caseloads and develop strong relationships with your own clients. You’ll be required to provide preliminary advice and guidance to clients, as well as preparing letters and documents for court cases. In addition, you may be required to assist with insolvency petitions and applications such as bankruptcy, winding up, applications under s236 of the Insolvency Act 1986, preference claims, claims for transactions at an undervalue and applications for possession. You’ll need to have the confidence to deal with matters right from the very beginning, being both approachable as well as efficient, to resolve matters as quickly as possible for our clients. You will also support the team on a variety of projects as required. This is an exciting and varied role.

As a Paralegal, you’ll work to support leading solicitors and experts on interesting and diverse cases. You’ll be expected to provide assistance with regard to the team's clients and caseloads, including dealing with new client enquiries, drafting documents, conducting legal research, speaking with clients, experts and supporting the team's business development activities.

Working within the team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading individuals on landmark cases and will be supported by them to further your knowledge of Restructuring and Insolvency law. As we pride ourselves on excellent client care, you will be an exceptional communicator with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. Given the nature of the role, you'll need to be commercially minded and communicate with professionalism at all times.

You’ll need to be able to strike the balance between working quickly and efficiently but also remembering the client is at the heart of everything you do.

About You

• Relevant Paralegal experience, within Restructuring and Insolvency or Property
• A friendly, proactive and professional approach, with strong communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident in managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• You must be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in this area of law

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

Location

Leeds

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