Insolvency & Restructuring Partner

Home Based with some Travel

Excellent Salary & Benefits

Flexible working and a fantastic culture

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

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the team to advise on complex restructuring and insolvency issues.
• Uphold high standards of service and accuracy across the department.
• Support the development and delivery of a business plan for the team, identifying actions to drive profitable growth.
• Ensure compliance with firm and regulatory standards.
• Secure profitable new clients through networking and cross-selling opportunities, increasing the firm's profile.
• Create and deliver a pipeline to ensure a continual flow of profitable work for team members.
• Promote the firm's profile across the region and industry.
• Drive a culture of cross-selling and support business development activities.
• Ensure all matters for the team comply with internal policies and procedures to minimize breaches, claims, and client dissatisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with SRA standards to safeguard clients and maintain Practice Management standards and accreditations.
• Provide clients with accurate, up-to-date legal advice that considers their circumstances and offers value for money.
• Maintain data integrity in platforms such as Lawsoft, Visualfiles, Worksite, and InterAction by timely updates.
• Actively drive key projects, ensuring deliverables and benefits are achieved.
• Support recruitment and motivate colleagues to achieve the firm's objectives.
• Set clear objectives for direct reports, manage performance, and contribute to annual salary reviews.
• Utilize tools like 1:1s and PDR to maximize team strengths and skills.
• Provide coaching and training to maximize talent development.
• Scope and price new instructions appropriately to achieve target gross margins.
• Ensure invoices are raised upon matter completion and apply interim billing where possible.
• Invoice disbursements and expenses as incurred.

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 proven 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.
• Excellent client care and support skills.