Senior Private Client Solicitor
- Employer
- Realm Recruit
- Location
- Crewe
- Salary
- Circa £45,000-£50,000
- Closing date
- 25 Apr 2019
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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
Exciting opportunity for a Senior Private Client Solicitor to join an existing private client team and handle work readily available, but who would like to grow the private client team from another of our client’s offices. Senior Private Client Solicitor – Cheshire The company & role
- A leading North West law firm, with several offices in Cheshire, employing over 150 people
- Well-established, forward thinking firm of solicitors who are expanding their Private Client team
- You will be expected to handle a mixed Private Client caseload comprising Wills, Powers of Attorney, Estate Administration, Court of Protection and Inheritance Tax planning, including high net worth individuals
- You will have strong communication skills to network and build up connections within the local communities
- As required you will also cover for the Head of Department in management and staffing issues
- To act as office leader and liaise with Head Office as required concerning admin support and operational issues
- Able to travel between other offices in Cheshire
- Close Liaison with the Head of Wills and Probate to assist in the continued development of the entire team, across all offices
- Commutable from Knutsford, Macclesfield, Congleton, Crewe, Altrincham, Stoke-On-Trent
The ideal candidate
- Private Client Solicitor with 5 years PQE+
- Must have specialised in Probate and Wills work
- Experience of Tax Planning and Trust work
- Ability to develop new business with one to one networking, and team events
- A can do proactive, positive attitude towards developing the office
- Being an existing member of STEP would be a preference
- Professional
- Personable
- Team player
- Honest
- Self-motivating and hard working
- A good trainer of more junior staff
Added extras
- Competitive pay
- Bonus based upon billings of the Probate and Wills Team
- Birthday day off
- Death in service benefit
- Pension
The next step To register your interest in this Senior Private Client Solicitor vacancy, select the ‘APPLY’ option. Alternatively, contact Kelly at Realm Recruit. Know someone else who might be suitable for this role? If so, get in touch – we offer up to £500 in vouchers for successful referrals.
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.
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- Website
- https://www.realmrecruit.com/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 3300 24 56 06
- Location
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Charter House
Woodlands Road
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 1HF
United Kingdom
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