Corporate Restructuring Associate Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Corporate Restructuring Mid-Level Associate Attorney
Location: New York, NY
Compensation: $310,000 – $390,000 base salary (commensurate with experience)

Direct Counsel is seeking a Corporate Restructuring Mid-Level Associate Attorney to join a top-tier national law firm’s Financial Restructuring practice in its New York office.

The ideal candidate will have at least four years of experience handling sophisticated restructuring matters, including out-of-court restructurings and workouts as well as complex Chapter 11 business reorganizations , representing both debtors and lenders.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Representing institutional and private credit lenders and large public and private companies in in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters

• Negotiating and drafting loan and credit documents

• Exercising lender remedies and drafting core restructuring documents and pleadings, including:

  • Plans of reorganization

  • Restructuring support agreements

  • First-day motions

  • Other Chapter 11 filings

• Collaborating with partners and clients on complex financial restructuring matters

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant restructuring experience

• Meaningful experience with Chapter 11 matters, including debtor and lender-side representations

• Strong organizational, analytical, writing, and verbal communication skills

• Excellent academic credentials

• Admission to the New York Bar (required)

This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile restructurings within a collaborative, market-leading practice.

The firm is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.