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Senior Private Client Solicitor

Employer
QED Legal
Location
England, Northamptonshire, Kettering
Salary
£40000.00 - £65000.0 per annum
Closing date
26 Feb 2019
Reference
BBBH23148

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Practice area
Private client
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
5 years, 6 years, 7 years+, Partner
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

Senior Private Client Lawyer - Kettering

Realistic route to Partnership

One of Northamptonshires longest established law firms is looking to recruit a senior solicitor/legal executive to their private client team.

The successful candidate is likely to be able to demonstrate a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in dealing with a caseload of private client matters including wills, probate, LPAs, tax and trust planning. The firm has a superb reputation in this area of law and so you can expect a steady flow of high quality work including trust and tax planning for a HNW client base.

You will be expected to be handle your own caseload of matters, with support from team assistants, as well as oversee and supervise a small team of more junior members of the team and ensure the efficient running of the department on a day to day basis.

The firm enjoy a fantastic reputation locally as a well regarded high street type practice. This is a good opportunity for someone to come in and build upon the firms already strong standing as well as developing their own personal reputation as a leading lawyer in this specialist area.

You will become a key figure in the department right from day 1 and therefore this opportunity will offer realistic future partnership prospects for a person that comes on board and does well. It would therefore be equally suitable for those with senior level experience looking to make a move or alternatively lawyers looking for the progression up to senior positions that they do not feel their current firm can offer.

The salary for this role will be dependant on experience but will be competitive.

If you are an ambitious senior private client lawyer looking for a role where you will have a genuine influence on the department in which you work then you should get in touch using the links provided or by contacting Greg at QED legal.

All applications are treated in the strictest of confidence and your details will not be forwarded to any firms without your express prior consent.

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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