Head of Private Client - Top Tier Legal 500 Work
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Lancashire, Preston
- Salary
- £45000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
- Closing date
- 16 Aug 2017
- Reference
- BBBH12243
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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
This top tier Legal 500 Lancashire firm are seeking an experience Private Client Solicitor to lead a highly regarded department and to grow the department further.
The role will be suited to Private Client Solicitors with at least 5 years post qualified experience, and who have managed/supervised a team in the past. The role is both a fee earning one dealing with a broad range of wills, probate, LPA, elderly care, COP, tax issues and trust matters, as well as a management one looking after a team of fee earners with duties including developing the department, coordinating the team, conducting training/appraisals of staff, and dealing with finances and budgets of the team.
The successful candidate will join a firm that can offer the quality of work provided to those working for top tier practices, but without the same high pressure work culture. There is a great work / life balance on offer whilst also having a high quality of work and HNW client based.
Salary will exceed £50k+ and you will also have a tremendous benefits package & bonus scheme in place. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a regionally known team and forge an outstanding career at a progressive law firm that are seeing their best period of growth & success ever!
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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