Restructuring Lawyer - 0-5 years PQE Location: Glasgow / Edinburgh Brief We are currently looking to recruit a 0-5 years PQE Lawyer into our Restructuring team in Glasgow or Edinburgh to support the Scotland restructuring partners, with opportunities to also support the national restructuring teams. The team Pinsent Masons has a market-leading Scottish banking and restructuring practice based across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. We advise a broad range of lenders and borrowers on a wide variety of financing transactions. We act for all the UK clearing banks and a growing number of other European and investment banks on all types of facilities, from acquisition finance, real estate finance to debt capital markets. We also act for many borrowers, from listed companies to small enterprises, on their financings. Our practice is broad and very varied. We deliver a high quality legal service banking and finance team with access to a deep knowledge of current market practice, we are on the panel and act for, all of the UK clearing banks and a number of European and investment banks in relation to bilateral and syndicated lending transactions. We deliver a truly partner led service and strongly believe in being fully joined up across our network of offices. We work on a full team approach - we go to market as a Scottish restructuring team and enjoy a wide range of business development activities. We have a strong focus on a wide range of restructuring matters across sectors such as, financial services, real estate, hospitality, retail and education. The team operates as part of the well-resourced national restructuring department, offering a 'collaborative approach'. Key clients All UK clearing banks except the Bank of England A number of overseas banks and funds BDO Teneo EY PWC FRP Advisory Interpath Advisory RSM Advisory Work highlights Advising Teneo as administrators of Harland & Wolff PLC. Advised a funder in respect of the sale of its loans and transfer of its security to an incoming funder in respect of a UK pub and brewery borrower. Advising BDO NI in respect of their appointment as administrators to a number of residential and holiday parks in Northern Ireland. Advising Teneo as administrators of Fletton Quays Hotel Limited in respect of their appointment to the company and now in the sale of the partially built hotel in Peterborough. Working with numerous boards of companies facing financial difficulties towards refinancing/new investment or alternatively through into an insolvency process. We also work with individual directors on boards personally to help them navigate through potential personal liability issues. The Candidate Required The successful candidate will ideally: Scottish or English qualified; have gained experience in a commercial firm but be willing to learn new skills; be a team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues both in the office and in an agile environment; be technically strong and exercise good commercial judgment; have the interpersonal skills necessary for this client-facing role; and have a \"can-do\" attitude and be willing to work with colleagues and partners collaboratively and enthusiastically on both transactions and practice development. What will we offer you? We are a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients. We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme, monthly 121s, career discussions and biannual appraisals. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver \"best of breed\" services. About the Firm Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,400 employees operating out of 27 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice. We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers our employees flexibility in terms of where, and how, they work. We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology. Awards We're being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT's most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters' leading legal brand in their UK index. We have been recognised as by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer. Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBT inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a ' Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023 ' for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as a Disability Confident Employer by the Department for Work & Pensions and we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500. Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you do this, please let us know. Should you require further details, please contact our in house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Johenn Choi who can discuss the role and requirements. 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