Restructuring Lawyer (Front End/Transactions)

Arnold Bloch Leibler is seeking an experienced lawyer (5-7 years'+ PQE) to join its Restructuring and Insolvency practice, working on market-leading restructuring and workout transactions alongside some of Australia's most highly regarded practitioners.

You will work on sophisticated, high-profile matters for major corporations, financiers, private equity and special situation funds, private companies and family groups.

Firm Background

Arnold Bloch Leibler is a premium Australian commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. Clients turn to ABL for advice on their most important transactions, disputes and commercial decisions.

The firm is particularly known for its work with large private and founder-led businesses, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, entrepreneurial ASX-listed companies, private capital investors, and international businesses with interests in Australia.

ABL provides strategic, commercially focused advice that takes account of legal, reputational and stakeholder considerations. The firm is also distinguished by its longstanding public interest law practice and decades of work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations.

About The Role

You will work on a broad range of restructuring and finance matters, including:

large solvent and insolvent restructuring and workout transactions, including drafting and negotiating standstill, forbearance and amendment agreements, and documenting formal and informal corporate restructures;distressed debt and turnaround transactions, including recapitalisations, debt-for-equity conversions, and rescue finance facilities;corporate and acquisition finance matters, including refinancings, asset-based lending, and structured finance transactions in a restructuring context;safe harbour advisory work, assisting directors navigating personal liability protections;stakeholder negotiations, intercreditor arrangements, and strategic advisory work;complex cross-border and high-value transactions;deeds of company arrangement and schemes of arrangement; andgeneral commercial and corporate transactions, including joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, business acquisitions, and distressed asset sales.

About The Practice

The role sits within the firm's Banking & Finance practice, which advises across corporate, acquisition, property, and structured financings as well as solvent and insolvent restructurings and recapitalisations. The front-end transactional work is undertaken within the Banking & Finance practice rather than as part of a contentious insolvency or litigation function. Clients include borrowers and lenders, corporates (ASX-listed and private), private equity, hedge and special situation funds, and family offices.

About You

You will be a technically able lawyer with strong front-end transactional skills and a genuine interest in turnaround and restructuring, ideally developed in a banking and finance or corporate and commercial practice with meaningful exposure to restructuring and workout transactions.

You will bring:

5+ years' PQE in front-end transactional restructuring;demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating restructuring documentation including debt restructuring agreements, standstill and forbearance arrangements, rescue finance facilities, deeds of company arrangement, schemes of arrangement, or recapitalisation documents;sophisticated understanding of corporate and banking and finance law, as well as insolvency law;strong drafting and negotiation skills;excellent commercial acumen and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to complex problems;the ability to work effectively with major corporate clients, financiers, private equity sponsors, and other stakeholders in high-stakes and time-sensitive situations;an interest in working closely with clients and within a lean, high-performing team; anda commitment to building a long-term career in a leading Australian practice.

Why ABL?

ABL offers sophisticated, high-profile matters in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment. We are known for the quality of our work, depth of client relationships and commitment to developing exceptional lawyers. You will be part of a close-knit team that values intellectual rigour, commerciality and genuine collaboration.

Applications

If you are interested in working at a dynamic firm that has built its success on legal innovation and outstanding career opportunities, please submit your letter of application and CV to the Human Resources team via the ABL website www.abl.com.au/careers.