Legal Southwest Ltd
Our client is an exceptionally well-respected regional law firm with a passion for business, clients and the services they offer.
On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Senior Solicitor or Senior Legal Executive or Senior Practitioner on a part-time or full-time permanent basis.
The Role:
Due to recent growth and expansion, the busy Private Client team are looking for an experienced Private Client Practitioner; specifically someone who is enthusiastic and ambitious. The successful candidate may have partnership aspirations which the firm will consider via the firms promotion process. Should the candidate have professional objectives for managerial responsibilities, including leading a division within the Private Client department, managing one of the firms branches, or supervising, mentoring or coaching other members of staff including trainees, the firm would welcome these aspirations.
Skill and Knowledge:
Our client is seeking someone with a proven track record of dealing with complex estate administration (some experience of dealing with estates containing an agricultural and business element and significant financial investments preferred), advising on Will Trusts as part of the estate administration process, Deeds of Appointment and Variation, again with an estate administration focus.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate their knowledge in the areas and could be a qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or a practising lawyer with at least 5 years of running a successful caseload.
The Candidate:
You should be professional, organised, competent, enthusiastic and ambitious. You should be able to produce a high quality service, maintain excellent file administration and work successfully with other Lawyers and support staff. Full supervision and training will be given to the successful candidate where needed, and a willingness to want to develop specialisms in this type of work is as important as having had years of practical experience in doing so. Opportunities to support and develop other lawyers within the team could be available.
You should have an interest in the promotion and development of the department internally and externally, and the development of the firm including maintaining its high reputation. Having 5 years + PQE or to have carried a full private client based caseload for a minimum of 5 years. STEP membership welcomed but not essential.
For the role you will have to have access to your own transport for work use for the purposes of home visits and inter office travel on occasion.
Our client rewards their hard-working staff with flexibility, competitive salaries with a generous holiday plan and a fantastic benefits package. You can be based from any of their offices which are scattered across Devon.
Please get in touch if you would like more information about this role or send your CV via the form below in complete confidence and we will get back to you.
Legal Southwest will never, without exception, send out your CV without your prior knowledge or consent so please be assured that we treat every application with the utmost confidentiality.
