Senior Insolvency Solicitor - Consultancy

Our client is a firm of specialist solicitors, who pride themselves on being approachable and friendly and getting the right result.  They empower clients to make decisions in their cases with the knowledge and understanding they need. The firm has been recently bought out and is now expanding into new areas of legal services bringing the top lawyers together from across the country.

We are now supporting their search for a new Insolvency Solicitor to support their growth within the Insolvency Department.  

This is a consultancy opportunity with the right candidate able to take home a significant portion of their monthly billing and develop a strong team around them.  Candidates must have a following and strong business development skills.

You are likely to be a partner or an ambitious experienced lawyer with partnership aspirations, need to be a self-motivated with the drive and ability to lead and develop a small team whilst maintaining your own caseload. 

This role can be based in Portsmouth, Leeds, or on a full-time work-from-home basis.

• You will need to be a qualified solicitor with at least 5 years’ PQE in insolvency (contentious and non-contentious matters)
• To be proactive with good interpersonal skills and take initiative
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong client care and business development skills
• Strong technical and research skills
• Have a current following of your own
• Have a strong desire to build a team and a high-performing function
• Be technically competent
• You will need a good understanding of the SRA Code of Conduct and other regulatory requirements
• Have proven track record of providing proactive, consistent and efficient client services and the ability to manage client’s expectations
• Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and department targets
• Team management experience
• Problem solving skills
• Attention to detail, good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload

We also have some great benefits.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Fully flexible remote working environment
• Company pension
• Growing and developing environment which is truly different to the legal norm

To start the ball rolling click on apply, let’s have a conversation, in confidence, at a time to suit you.