Insolvency Litigation Solicitor / Legal Executive

Our nationally recognised Recoveries Department seek a Solicitor to join our Insolvency Litigation team based in Beverley, East Yorkshire.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team undertaking a variety of Personal and Corporate Insolvency Litigation generated by Wilkin Chapman’s unique law Firm/Insolvency Practitioner model as well as carrying out litigation for Insolvency Practitioner clients.

Wilkin Chapman LLP is the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, with an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise and experience.

We are distinguished by our approachability, innovation and commitment to providing the best service we can to our clients along with achieving and maintaining quality standards.

We believe that this quality, service-led approach is also reflected by the number of accreditations and recommendations that the firm regularly achieves with the UK's leading legal directories, such as Legal 500, Chambers UK and is ranked 111 in The Lawyer UK’s top 200 law firms by turnover.

The sucessful candidate will contribute to the achievement of the department's goals and objectives and maximize departmental profitability.

The role will involve supporting the Firm’s Insolvency Practitioners, Partners and other Solicitors in providing Insolvency Litigation advice to the Firm's clients including our own Insolvency Practitioners or those employed by Wilkin Chapman Business Solutions Ltd as well as external Insolvency Practitioners and a range of clients requiring insolvency advice. Handling a broad range of quality personal and corporate insolvency litigation.

Personal Insolvency Litigation

• Dealing with applications for possession and sale, applications to suspend discharge, applications for disclosure (s366), antecedent transaction applications such as preferences and transactions at undervalue.
• Dealing with annulment of bankruptcy applications, applications to set aside statutory demands and disputed bankruptcy petitions.

Corporate Insolvency Litigation

• Dealing with claims against Directors including recovery of Director Loan Accounts, recovery of Unlawful Dividends and misfeasance applications.
• Dealing with applications to rescind winding up orders, applications for validation orders, injunctions to prevent presentation of a petition or restrain advertisement of winding up petition and advising on disputed winding up petitions. 
• Dealing with antecedent transactions including voidable transactions, preferences, transactions at undervalue and transactions to defraud creditors.
• Providing insolvency litigation support to the Insolvency Practitioners at Wilkin Chapman LLP and Wilkin Chapman Business Solutions Ltd as well as other Departments around the business.
• Assisting in training initiatives where required.
• Contributing to and initiating business development events in line with the Recoveries Department business plan.
• Ensuring that all matters are conducted in the client's best interests and in accordance with the highest professional standards and applicable "quality" standards at all times.
• Maintaining files so that they are clear and well organised and ensuring that each file is reviewed on a regular basis and by reference to the monthly matters list produced by the Accounts team.
• Maintaining time recording on client matters on a daily basis.
• Regularly updating clients as to the current situation of their case.
• Dealing with routine and difficult enquiries from telephone callers and clients effectively and efficiently and ensuring that all client complaints are dealt with both professionally and promptly to the complete satisfaction of the client.
• A good understanding of the obligations relating to client accounts and ensuring that the preparation and service of bills comply with the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Achieving the annual financial targets set by the Head of Department/Divisional Head.
• Keeping up to date with case law.
• Ensuring compliance with Law Society Training Regulations.

• Whilst some Insolvency Litigation experience would be advantageous the position may suit a variety of candidates from Legal Executives or newly qualified Solicitors, to Solicitors with Litigation experience looking to specialise in a new area through to experienced Insolvency Lawyers looking for a new challenge.
• Full training will be provided to candidates with limited insolvency knowledge.
• Salary negotiable and dependent on experience.

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate:

• Effective communication skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrate the ambition to succeed and commitment to business development and client relationship management.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• The ability to adopt a commercial as well as a legal approach to client issues.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Proficiency in analytical research and drafting skills
• Adaptability and collaborative working.
• Understanding and adopting the Firm’s values and behaviours.  

Wilkin Chapman is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences. We are an armed forces friendly employer.

Our Values

All that we do is shaped by our five values: Service, Teamwork, Approachability, Innovation and Commitment to achieving results. These values are the bedrock of Wilkin Chapman, they define who and what we are - they underpin everything that we do. For more information on our values, please click here.

If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact recruitment@wilkinchapman.co.uk.