Private Client Solicitor - Cheshire
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Cheshire, Warrington
- Salary
- £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
- Closing date
- 13 Sep 2017
- Reference
- BBBH13168
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- Practice area
- Private client
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Traditional high street practice based in Cheshire that have a small private client department and a long standing local client base are seeking to appoint a Solicitor with 5 year PQE+. This firm operate a healthy work/life balance as well as having a great working environment that will allow you to flourish and develop your career.
This role is to deal with a mix of trusts and estate administration as well as tax & succession planning work so prior experience of these will be essential. As the position is based in an affluent area many of the clients are high net worth and so have high value £multi-million trusts & estates that they need advising on. You will be dealing with complex trusts to include tax returns, inheritance tax issues and landed estates where you will be dealing with issues on agricultural properties, leased properties, quarries and industrial estates.
You will need to have experience of working with HNW clients and the requirements that brings. You must be able and open to meeting with clients, so a personable attitude will be required.
Ideally you will be working towards STEP accreditation and be part or fully qualified, however this firm will provide you with support to qualify as a STEP member if required.
Salary for this role will be up to £40k with a bonus and benefits package also on offer, to go along with the tremendous working environment already in place. For further information on the Private Client role feel free to call Nick Skelly at QED Legal.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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