Associate - Restructuring & Insolvency (3- 5 Years

Melbourne
- Legal
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Full time

**The role**

Do you want to be part of one of Melbourne’s leading restructuring and insolvency teams? Are you a technically strong commercial litigator with 3 - 5 years PQE? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Working directly under the supervision of industry recognised Restructuring & Insolvency partners, Michael Lhuede and Joanne Hardwick, and supported by a close knit team, this is an outstanding opportunity to work across a broad range of insolvency and restructuring matters and general commercial litigation. This role will see you refining your existing commercial litigation and analytical skills, working on a wide range of matters to truly develop your restructuring and insolvency skillset. Beyond the legal work and as part of the team, you will also be involved in aspects of business development and client management.

In the insolvency and restructuring space you will provide specialist advice and representation to company boards, liquidators, receivers, administrators and bankruptcy trustees. The work is varied and offers the opportunity to develop high level expertise across voidable transaction claims, remuneration and priority issues, statutory compliance & stakeholder negotiations and restructuring & turnaround. As to the commercial litigation aspect of the role, you will be exposed to matters generally in the Supreme and Federal Courts relating to contractual disputes, property disputes, shareholder disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct claims, derivative actions and general commercial disputes.

**About you**
- A minimum of 3+ years of legal experience with demonstrable experience in general commercial litigation and restructuring and insolvency law.
- Experience working both autonomously and collaboratively on matters, with the aptitude to manage direct client contact and the capability to effectively manage up and down where required.
- Initiative to take on the day-to-day conduct of litigation under the supervision of partners.
- A willingness to grow your advocacy and examination skills before a Court.
- Capability to work collaboratively within a high performing local team environment whilst also collaborating with other practice groups both in Melbourne and nationally.
- A commitment to excellence and delivery of high-quality outcomes to our clients including working within tight timeframes.
- Excellent attention to detail with well-established technical legal skills and strong commercial acumen.
- A self-motivated and ‘can-do’ attitude with an eagerness to learn and grow your career with Piper Alderman.

**About our Insolvency & Restructuring Practice**

Piper Alderman’s Restructuring and Insolvency team is nationally recognised within the industry as a leading authority, with particular expertise and experience in the SME market. Our lead partners (**Michael Lhuede** and **Joanne Hardwick** - Melbourne, **Thomas Russell, **- Sydney, and **Mike Hayes** - Adelaide) are all highly esteemed within the insolvency market. Representing a broad spectrum of insolvency practitioners from the Big 4 accounting firms (KPMG, PWC, and Deloitte); the large specialist insolvency firms (KordaMentha, McGrath Nicol and Grant Thornton); through to deep engagement with a large cross-section of the SME insolvency practices servicing the largest part of the market. Additionally, we act for banks and finance companies and regularly handle the restructuring of distressed businesses and advise directors, creditors and debtors alike.

Our recent experience spans from the high profile “crypto-currency” collapses such as FTX, the fast-moving and complex administration of the gold miner, Balmaine Gold, through to navigating bankruptcy trustees through challenging complex test cases and vexatious litigants.

Our partners are experts in their fields, having been involved in some of Australia’s largest and most complex insolvency administrations. They are recognised as leading lawyers in peer and client reviews including _The Legal 500_, _The Best Lawyers® in Australia_ and _Doyle’s Guide._ Our distinguished partners include Fellows of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround Association and members of the Law Council of Australia’s Insolvency & Reconstruction Committee who have been instrumental in the development and reform of insolvency law for over 30 years.

**About us**

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries.

Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding tasks.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence,