Financial Restructuring Associate (1-2 PQE)

Akin is a global law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors. With 17 offices worldwide, they are renowned for numerous market-leading practices with strengths in complex transactions and restructurings, high-stakes litigation, and public policy and regulatory matters and their unyielding pro bono commitment. Akin Gump's London office is their third largest office and the main hub for the firm's international offices, practicing at the top of its markets.

Driven by their forward-thinking leadership, they have built a strong culture of innovation and collaboration as well as a talented and diverse workforce. Akin has a long-standing commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and believe that the various perspectives and experiences of their lawyers and professionals enable them to identify creative solutions for their clients and enrich all aspects of their firm and communities. Their focus on building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is present at every level.

We are seeking a 1-2 PQE qualified lawyer for our London Financial Restructuring team. Strong restructuring and insolvency knowledge required, including prior experience of schemes of arrangements and relevant exposure to commercially minded financial institution clients such as hedge funds, bondholders, institutional lenders, secondary market investors and creditor committees. Superior communication skills are essential.

Our restructuring lawyers are exposed to high quality, substantive work within a supportive team environment and positive training culture. The team structure is 7 partners, 6 counsel, 1 knowledge management counsel, 6 associates, 1 paralegal and 2 trainees.

Our global financial restructuring team is widely-recognised as one of the world’s leading restructuring groups with unparalleled bench depth and experience. Our team sits in the world’s major financial centres and spans three continents, and has been involved in some of the largest, most complex, ground-breaking restructurings in recent history, including Avaya, SunEdison, Three Former Icelandic Banks (Kaupthing, Landsbanki and Glitnir), Washington Mutual, Eastman Kodak, Expro, OSX3, Wind Hellas and Winsway. We have a long track record of advising official and informal creditors’ committees, companies and institutional investors in formal and out-of-court restructurings, in financing and strategic transactions, and on distressed and special situations.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's employment practices actively promote equal opportunities throughout the Firm and its employees are selected and recruited  by merit in relation to the job to be performed, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief.