Senior Private Client Lawyer - Oxford
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Oxfordshire, Oxford
- Salary
- £45000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 7 Jan 2019
- Reference
- BBBH22385
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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
Senior Private Client Solicitor/Legal Executive - Oxford
High net worth client base.
The firm also arrange various paid for social events throughout the year and offer opportunities to get involved in volunteer work for charitys the firm has close links with.
The successful candidate for this senior role will have a minimum of 5 years PQE of dealing with a broad range of matters concerning wills, probate, LPAs, trust and tax planning matters. The firm enjoys an excellent reputation in this area and as a result is able to attract a steady flow of high net worth clients.
STEP Qualification would be desirable (but not essential).
The firm is thriving at the moment and is continuing to go from strength to strength and the firm sees this as a key strategic appointment to enable them to work towards their ambitions to grow the department further over time and would be interested in hearing from ambitious lawyers that would be interested in helping the firm spearhead the development of the private client team.
Working as part of a small but successful department it is expected that you are keen and confident in getting involved in the business development activities of the department and firm and play a key part in the future success of the firm and the department.
This role would be perfect for an experienced private client lawyer who would like more autonomy than they are perhaps getting in your current role and would welcome the chance to play a bigger part in the direction of the department in which you work. Alternatively, it may be of interest to those with the relevant experience looking to take the step up to a senior position within a well respected and established firm.
Please apply ASAP or get in touch with Greg at QED legal for further details
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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