Restructuring Associate, Edinburgh Or Glasgow

Frasia Wright Associates; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Frasia Wright Associates represents a client seeking a Restructuring Solicitor to join the team in Scotland. The role targets candidates with 0–4 years’ PQE and experience in restructuring, banking or litigation.

The role covers contentious insolvency mandates, transactional insolvency, CVAs and pre-packs, with exposure to trading administrations and directors’ duties. Edinburgh or Glasgow based, with broad client contact.

Qualifications

• 0–4 years' PQE in restructuring, banking or litigation.
• Experience in insolvency mandates and financial restructurings is preferred.
• Experience with CVAs, pre-packs and trading administrations would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support partners on contentious insolvency mandates and financial restructurings.
• Handle transactional insolvency mandates, including CVAs, pre-packs and trading administrations issues.
• Review and advise cases for litigation funders.
• Review banking documentation and amendments, side-letters, waivers and variations to security packages.
• Advise major clearing banks and alternative lenders on distressed work-outs.
• Advise directors on obligations in under-performing businesses.
• Engage in business development activities with significant client contact.

Skills

Experience: 0-4 PQE

Job description

Our client is currently recruiting a Solicitor to join its Restructuring Team. The ideal candidate have between 0-4 years’ pqe and experience in restructuring, banking or litigation. This is a varied role and some of your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the partners in connection contentious insolvency mandates and financial restructurings.
• Working on transactional insolvency mandates, including advising in connection with CVA’s, pre-packs and issues arising in connection with trading administrations, such as breach of directors’ duties.
• Reviewing and advising cases for litigation funders.
• Reviewing and advising in relation to banking documentation and dealing with amendments, side-letters, waivers and variations to existing security packages.
• Advising the major clearing banks and alternative lenders in connection with distressed work-outs
• Advising directors in connection with their own obligations in the context of an under-performing business.
• Various Business Development activities, with a significant amount of client contact.

Restructuring Associate, Edinburgh or Glasgow Scotland