Restructuring Senior Associate

Pinsent Masons; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking a Restructuring Senior Associate with over 6 years of experience, specializing in transactional, restructuring, and advisory work. The successful candidate will work within a dynamic team noted for handling complex, high-profile restructurings, advising clients across various sectors from financial services to infrastructure, while enjoying strong emphasis on professional growth and opportunity.

Benefits

Investment in training and career development

Early responsibility and opportunities to build client relationships

Dynamic global team

Qualifications

• Experience in a City or strong national/regional firm.
• Technically excellent, enthusiastic about business development.
• Team player with a client-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with existing clients and pitch for new opportunities.
• Work closely as part of an international team.
• Involve in top-tier national and international work.

Skills

Client-focused approach

Business development

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Strong academic background

Job description

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Restructuring Senior Associate - 6+ years PQE

Location: London

Brief

We are looking to recruit a Restructuring Senior Associate with 6+ years PQE, restructuring and insolvency experience to join our London office. The role emphasizes transactional, restructuring, and advisory work, covering all types of non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters. There are also opportunities to work on contentious restructuring and insolvency matters if the candidate is interested.

Our London Team

Our London Team focuses on a wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters across sectors such as financial services, real estate, infrastructure, professional practices, retail, and education.

Our market-leading practice advises on business restructurings, restructuring and insolvency issues, and supports boards of directors and stakeholders, backed by an international network.

Our National Team

Nationally, our highly rated Restructuring team, part of the Banking and Finance group, advises financial institutions, turnaround and insolvency practitioners, company directors, shareholders, and other stakeholders on recovery and turnaround strategies. We serve major banks and a variety of lenders, as well as companies and borrowers in restructurings.

We handle complex, high-profile, high-value restructurings early in financial decline, aiming to provide innovative solutions that improve stakeholder returns and often avoid insolvency. We are known for taking on some of the most complex restructurings, advising boards and stakeholders.

The team operates across the UK and beyond, with 14 partners and 32 lawyers, making it one of the largest in the market.

Key Clients

• All UK clearing banks except the Bank of England
• Overseas banks
• Rcapital
• Blazehill Capital
• PwC
• Teneo
• Interpath
• FRP
• EY
• BDO
• Gordon Brothers

Work Highlights

• Advising administrators of Derby County Football Club
• Advising Four Seasons Healthcare group and administrators of its group companies on restructuring
• Advising London and Southend Airport Company Limited in its dispute with lenders and successful restructuring
• Advising intu Milton Keynes Limited on its £140m debt and equity restructuring
• Advising Bulb Energy Limited and its subsidiaries in UK, US, France, and Spain
• Advising Nostrum Oil & Gas on its $1bn Scheme of Arrangement, including structuring its noteholder compromise
• Advising Modella Capital on the restructuring and administration of Ted Baker’s UK business
• Advising FRP Advisory Limited as joint administrators of Safe Hands Plans Limited

The team is highly professional, proactive, and collaborative. They are technically strong, especially in banking/security, and commercially focused, often critical in completing complex transactions swiftly and effectively.

Legal 500, 2024

The team won “Restructuring Team of the Year” at the Lawyer’s awards for 2023 and is nominated for 2024.

The Candidate Required

The successful candidate will ideally:

• Have experience in a City, or strong national or regional firm
• Be technically excellent, commercially aware, and enthusiastic about business development
• Be a team player with a client-focused approach
• Have a strong academic background and excellent communication and organizational skills

The role involves:

• Developing relationships with existing clients and pitching for new opportunities
• Working closely as part of an international team
• Involvement in top-tier national and international work

What We Offer

• A market-leading, dynamic, and growing global team
• Investment in training and career development to help you become a sector expert
• Early responsibility and opportunities to build client relationships