Private Client Solicitor
- Employer
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £28000 - £45000 per annum + Good Package
- Closing date
- 1 Mar 2019
- Reference
- KS51107
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- Practice area
- Private client
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Private Client Solicitor - Leeds
My client, a West Yorkshire top 100 law firm, has a fantastic opportunity to join a busy private client team based in Leeds. The successful candidate will deal with a wide variety of legal advice to a variety of clients including Wills, Probate, Trusts and Court of protection. This firm are offering a very attractive salary and benefits package.
This role is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and competent individual wanting to take the next step due to the offering and potential long-term career plans available. This firm are well known in the area for delivering a high-quality service to their clients and pride themselves on exceeding expectations.
This role will suit an experienced private client Solicitor/executive, to join this growing department. An enthusiasm and aptitude for business development is vital. The ideal candidate will be responsible for their own caseload and own fee targets and can mentor and work in a team.
Possessing the STEP qualification & membership of Solicitors for Elderly is an advantage but not essential.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Excellent client relationship skills
* Business Development Experience
* Ability to business develop and network
* Excellent IT skills
* Time and matter management skills
* Excellent interpersonal and team skills, including an ability to work with others
* Ability to adopt a commercial as well as legal approach to client issue
* Access to own transport to enable home visits
The successful candidate will be a minimum of 4 years PQE and will have worked in a similar position handling a varied caseload of private client matters from instruction to completion.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a career minded and motivated individual who is ready to take on a new challenge and rise to the top. This role offers a very competitive salary and benefits package and will be based in central Leeds.
If you have the necessary experience to be considered for this role, please forward me your CV today for immediate consideration.
Please contact Kay Singh, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.
Douglas Scott are the Legal Recruitment experts and the UK's leading law firms trust us with their legal vacancies. You can therefore apply for our legal jobs with confidence, we are a regulated employment agency and will discuss this role with you and seek your approval before submitting your application directly to the decision maker.Please see our website www.douglas-scott.co.uk for more Temporary legal jobs in the UK.Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.
Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.
- Website
- http://www.douglas-scott.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0161 233 6360
- Location
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Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
No1 Spinningfields
1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3EB
GB
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