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Family Solicitor - Traditional Practice

Employer
QED Legal
Location
Bolton
Salary
£35000 - £50000 per annum
Closing date
11 Dec 2020
Reference
BH-31472

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Practice area
Family
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

Fantastic opportunity to join this superb regional law firm and work as part of a small team that consists that is managed by a Legal 500 recognised Partner. This position requires an experienced (4 Years PQE +) Solicitor to handle their own caseload and work with a local client base. 

There is a real mixture of work in place for this role with private paying matters being shared across the department. You must however be experienced enough to deal with a broad range of family work such as divorce and separation, pre-nuptial disputes, private children matters, financial disputes and ancillary relief as well as undertaking your own advocacy.

This firm represent clients from across the region and deal with affluent & high net worth individuals with large assets, so experience of dealing with high value matters would be useful. Whilst fee earning is the main focus of this role there will also be an emphasis on business development as a significant amount of work is based on repeat clients and referrals. They are a traditional practice and you will get your own office space as well as Paralegal that will support you however they also have remote working available with most staff currently working from home and this is set to continue. Very relaxed atmosphere and grown up attitdue to management, so you will not be micro manager and you will be given the autonomy to deal with work as efficiently as possible. 

Salary will be based on PQE level however you will also have a generous benefits package with bonus scheme. For further information on this role please contact Nick Skelly at QED Legal for further information.

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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