Job Description

Due to continued growth and increasing instructions our Creditor Services Team is looking for a lawyer to join the team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team undertaking a variety of specialist enforcement work to include contentious insolvency and order for sale work. The team supports a range of clients that require support from the point of billing onwards. The majority of work in the team relates to debt owed to local authority clients or the larger national energy suppliers.
The successful applicant will have a varied caseload that could include:

• Insolvency action - bankruptcy and winding up proceedings
• Contested insolvency applications
• Order for sale action
• County/high court litigation
• Magistrates court action

The market leading team is innovative and unique having dual qualified solicitors and insolvency practitioners provides clients with the full range of support needed.
The local government solutions offered are strong - the team has had over 20,000 instructions over the last 10 years from 140 of the local authorities in England and Wales. Action predominantly relates to Council Tax, Business Rates and Adult Social Care debt.
In respect of non local government work, a range of other clients also instruct the team in all aspects of debt litigation.
Our Recoveries Department is ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500 and has a growing reputation regionally and nationally.
This reputation is reinforced by independent Legal 500 commentary, which highlights both the depth of insolvency expertise and the strength of the wider team:
"Extremely knowledgeable about the insolvency sector; the team itself includes IPs which have a unique perspective and streamlined service."
"Two of the Recoveries partners are noted as the strongest partners in their field, leading on market?leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike."
With a full-service offering and a client base ranging from loyal, local communities to national and overseas businesses, Wilkin Chapman continues to grow, while our emphasis remains firmly on quality and innovation.
We know that happy, motivated employees are good for business, and a strong, forward-looking culture benefits everyone. Providing the tools and support to enable our people provides the foundation for success.
Our roots go back more than 120 years and we are now the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, with four regional offices and listed in the Lawyer UK 200. With well-established, niche expertise in specialist sectors, many of our solicitors and departments are ranked highly in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
We help and guide you on your career path, providing a great package of benefits and a superb sociable working environment. We're a community of like-minded people ready to welcome your contribution.

Skills Required