Lawyer - Restructuring Insolvency
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Restructuring Insolvency | Melbourne Metropolitan
Closing date: 08/08/2025
DISCOVER more opportunities to DEVELOP your talents and THRIVE in a dynamic legal landscape.
About the team
Our Restructuring and Insolvency team act for major Australian Banks and Financiers, along with insolvency practitioners and corporate clients across all industry sectors. This highly experienced team provides advice on all forms of loan recovery, restructuring and securities enforcement matters, together with corporate insolvency. They also act in commercial dispute matters for corporate clients and handle commercial litigation matters of all sizes in Australian state and federal jurisdictions.
About the Partner
The Partner in charge of this practice, Stephen Hume has 20 years' experience acting for Australia's largest banks and financial institutions. Stephen was recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Recommended Lawyer for Restructuring Insolvency in Australia, 2024. He advises on all aspects of restructuring and securities enforcement (reconstructions, work-outs and formal appointments), banking and finance litigation, insolvency and commercial litigation. Stephen has extensive experience leading teams and developing strategic partnerships with institutional clients.
What does the role involve?
We can offer you the opportunity to work as part of a collaborative and energetic team on large and complex, often high profile matters. On a day to day basis you will have the chance to:
Act for Australia’s leading banks on complex restructuring and securities enforcement matters
Act for receivers and managers as well as administrators and liquidators on the external administration of insolvent entities
Advise on various complex domestic and international restructuring, insolvency and litigation matters
Contribute knowledge and learning resources, including precedents
Participate in business development and client relationship activities
About you
We value our culture at KL Gates and are proud of our friendly and respectful reputation. We are looking for a likeminded individual who in addition to possessing technical excellence and fantastic client service skills is able to work collaboratively in a team to get things done.
We are seeking Lawyer (2 - 5 years PQE) with strong restructuring, insolvency and litigation experience who has ideally worked in a similar firm on similar matters, or who has been working in-house.
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Restructuring Insolvency | Melbourne Metropolitan
Closing date: 08/08/2025
DISCOVER more opportunities to DEVELOP your talents and THRIVE in a dynamic legal landscape.
About the team
Our Restructuring and Insolvency team act for major Australian Banks and Financiers, along with insolvency practitioners and corporate clients across all industry sectors. This highly experienced team provides advice on all forms of loan recovery, restructuring and securities enforcement matters, together with corporate insolvency. They also act in commercial dispute matters for corporate clients and handle commercial litigation matters of all sizes in Australian state and federal jurisdictions.
About the Partner
The Partner in charge of this practice, Stephen Hume has 20 years' experience acting for Australia's largest banks and financial institutions. Stephen was recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Recommended Lawyer for Restructuring Insolvency in Australia, 2024. He advises on all aspects of restructuring and securities enforcement (reconstructions, work-outs and formal appointments), banking and finance litigation, insolvency and commercial litigation. Stephen has extensive experience leading teams and developing strategic partnerships with institutional clients.
What does the role involve?
We can offer you the opportunity to work as part of a collaborative and energetic team on large and complex, often high profile matters. On a day to day basis you will have the chance to:
Act for Australia’s leading banks on complex restructuring and securities enforcement matters
Act for receivers and managers as well as administrators and liquidators on the external administration of insolvent entities
Advise on various complex domestic and international restructuring, insolvency and litigation matters
Contribute knowledge and learning resources, including precedents
Participate in business development and client relationship activities
About you
We value our culture at KL Gates and are proud of our friendly and respectful reputation. We are looking for a likeminded individual who in addition to possessing technical excellence and fantastic client service skills is able to work collaboratively in a team to get things done.
We are seeking Lawyer (2 - 5 years PQE) with strong restructuring, insolvency and litigation experience who has ideally worked in a similar firm on similar matters, or who has been working in-house.