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Private Client Solicitor

Employer
Realm Recruit
Location
Chester, Cheshire
Salary
Circa £32,000 - £36,000 + Benefits package
Closing date
24 May 2018
Reference
KR-91

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Practice area
Private client
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
1 year, 2 years, 3 years
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

You will join the Legal 500 recognised Private Client team of what is an award-winning, Top 200 firm. As part of a market-leading team, you will have the chance to work alongside Chambers’ noted practitioners and deal with varied and often complex Private Client work. You will also have frequent exposure to HNW estates and clients with agricultural interests too. The firm positively encourages solicitors at all levels to take on as much responsibility as they are comfortable with.  They are growing, ambitious and constantly evolving – and they look for the same attributes in their Solicitors.

Private Client Solicitor – Chester

PQE / Experience: 1 – 3 years’ PQE

Commutable from: Cheshire, The Wirral, Merseyside, Warrington, Ellesmere Port, Chester, Northwich, Wrexham, Crewe, Birkenhead

Salary: Circa £32,000 - £36,000 + Benefits package including 5 weeks holiday annually, pension scheme, health cashback plan, parking scheme, death in service benefit and more.

 

The company

They are comfortably one of the largest and most well-respected firms in Cheshire and have a particularly strong reputation for their Private Client offering. Their reputation and recognition from the likes of the Legal 500 has long allowed them to compete with larger Manchester firms. The entire team are either involved with STEP or ACTAPS, both of which reflect the high quality and complex work that the team undertakes for its clients.

The particulars

Ideal candidate criteria:

  • Private Client Solicitor;
  • 1 – 3 years’ PQE;
  • Broad ranging experience; including wills probate, trusts and estate administration is essential, as is a commercial approach in working to deadlines, file management and client care;
  • Some experience with high net worth clients (wills, inheritance tax planning, asset protection) and some knowledge of Capital Tax would be an advantage but isn’t essential;
  • STEP membership or a strong commitment to start is essential;
  • A confident person and an excellent communicator;
  • A willingness and aptitude to get involved in the team/firm’s marketing and business development activities.


The next step:

To register your interest in this Private Client Solicitor vacancy, select the ‘APPLY NOW’ option. Alternatively email Kelly at Realm Recruit.

Know someone else who might be suitable for the role? If so, get in touch – we offer up to £500 in vouchers for successful referrals.

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Company

We are Realm - the most specialised legal attraction, retention and recruitment consultancy, helping to develop legal careers and sustainably grow law firms by matching the right lawyers with the right firms through our refreshing approach to legal recruitment.

We know that when this happens, lawyers are happier, more motivated and enjoy better careers, while law firms are more likely to reach their growth aims.

We’re incomparably specialist: Lawyers specialise in one area to become true experts in their field – and our recruiters are no different. With each of our consultants covering just one practice area in a focused region, we know pretty much every lawyer you might want to recruit and every law firm you might want to join. We build close, long-term relationships with our engaged communities of lawyers and are therefore better able to connect the right people to the right firms.

We’re consultative: We’re not just here for lawyers when they are looking to move. We partner with legal professionals throughout their careers and provide advice on everything from salary benchmarking to helping you smash an upcoming appraisal. 

We are brand ambassadors: We are your megaphone in the legal talent market. Whether by representing a lawyer in their search for a new opportunity or utilising our in-house marketing team to help a law firm build their employer brand, we're experts in building a presence and helping the right lawyers and law firms find each other.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 3300 24 56 06
Location
Charter House
Woodlands Road
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 1HF
United Kingdom

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