Insolvency & Restructuring Partner

Location: Home Based with some Travel

Salary & Benefits: Excellent Salary & Benefits

Work Environment: Flexible working and Fantastic culture

My client, a leading regional legal practice, is seeking to recruit an Insolvency & Restructuring Partner to lead their practice. In this role, you will actively drive growth across the firm through effective leadership, inspiring and motivating individuals to deliver excellent client service using efficient regulatory practices. The team provides expert advice on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious business recovery, turnaround, and insolvency matters for businesses, insolvency practitioners, banks, creditors, shareholders, investors, employees, and individuals.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with the team to advise on complex restructuring and insolvency issues.
2. Uphold high standards of service and accuracy across the department.
3. Support the development and delivery of a business plan to drive profitable growth.
4. Secure profitable new clients through networking and cross-selling, increasing the firm’s profile.
5. Create and maintain a pipeline of profitable work for team members.
6. Enhance the firm’s profile regionally and within the industry.
7. Promote a culture of cross-selling and support business development activities.
8. Ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures, and SRA standards to safeguard clients and maintain practice standards.
9. Provide accurate, up-to-date legal advice tailored to clients' circumstances, ensuring value for money.
10. Maintain data integrity in platforms such as Lawsoft, Visualfiles, Worksite, and InterAction.
11. Drive key projects to achieve targeted deliverables and benefits.
12. Support recruitment, motivation, and engagement of colleagues.
13. Set objectives for direct reports, manage performance, and contribute to salary reviews.
14. Utilize tools like 1:1s and PDRs to develop team skills.
15. Provide coaching and training to maximize talent development.
16. Scope and price new instructions to meet gross margin targets.
17. Ensure timely invoicing and manage disbursements and expenses.

About You:

• Robust background in Restructuring and Insolvency (Contentious & Non-Contentious).
• Exceptional technical proficiency and drafting skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with keen attention to detail.
• Experience leading teams to achieve financial and service delivery targets, with a track record of improving financial performance.
• Leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to build and manage client portfolios, generating work for self and team.
• Effective workload and resource planning skills.
• Strategic thinking and excellent client care/support skills.