Insolvency Partner Birmingham

Overview

In this role you will join Weightmans’ National Insolvency & Recoveries team to advise on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters for practitioners, lenders, businesses, and directors. You will work within a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment that pairs insolvency expertise with other practices to deliver integrated solutions. The opportunity emphasizes growth to partnership, with access to high-quality work and a strong referral network. You will help shape the practice as it expands, investing in people and innovative approaches. This role offers a meaningful platform to build your practice and influence the direction of the team.

Pay / Benefits

• A clear and supportive route to Partnership
• Access to a national client base and referral network
• High-quality and complex work
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial culture
• Flexible and agile working
• Genuine investment in growth and innovation

Responsibilities

• Advise on corporate and personal insolvency, business recovery, and restructuring across contentious and non-contentious matters
• Represent insolvency practitioners, lenders, businesses, directors and other stakeholders
• Handle insolvency litigation, director disqualification matters, debt recovery, winding-up and bankruptcy proceedings
• Address secured lending, enforcement, retention of title and other financial security issues; manage CVAs, pre-pack administrations and restructuring solutions
• Engage in HMRC and tax-related insolvency disputes; handle partnership insolvency matters; address Third Party Rights Against Insurers Act issues
• Collaborate with teams in litigation, banking, corporate, real estate and regulatory to deliver joined-up solutions
• Engage in business development and contribute to the growth and reputation of the insolvency practice
• Aspire to or take on a Partnership path within a supportive, growth-oriented environment

Key requirements

• Ambitious lawyers with strong technical insolvency expertise
• Commercial acumen and a passion for business development
• Experience across contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters
• Ability and potential to progress toward Partnership (candidates not currently partners considered)

• collaborative
• entrepreneurial
• commercial mindset
• insolvency and recoveries
• contentious and non-contentious insolvency
• restructuring and turnaround

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