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Contentious Probate Solicitor (4-6 PQE)

Employer
Realm Recruit
Location
Manchester
Salary
£45,000 - £55,000
Closing date
10 Mar 2021

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

Job Details

A market-leading national law firm is looking for a Contentious Probate Solicitor to join them at their office in Manchester.  

 

As part of the firm’s Legal-500 recognised contentious probate department, you will run a varied and interesting caseload and supervise junior members of the team.

 

The firm have an excellent flexible working policy and offer a very competitive package of perks and benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced private client solicitor ready to take their next step.

 

Contentious Probate Solicitor - Manchester  The company & role  

 

  • A national firm with a longstanding commitment to personal legal services and a market leader in a number of private client-facing practice areas 

     

  • You will join an expanding national contentious probate team with a supportive, friendly culture 

     

    Working alongside leading solicitors, you’ll benefit from fantastic internal referral opportunities and handle a mixed caseload of high-quality matters including disputes between beneficiaries and executors or trustees regarding the performance of their duties and the administration of estates of trusts 

     

    You will also be expected to supervise more junior members of the team

     

    Commutable from: Manchester, Cheshire, Stockport, Warrington and High Peak 

     

Added extras and benefits  

 

  • Top of the market salary 

     

  • Excellent benefits including annual bonus scheme, pension scheme, travel season ticket loan, critical illness and death in service cover, health cash plan, discounted gym membership and volunteering days, to name just a few! 

     

    Flexible working 

     

    Up to 30 days holiday as standard, and you can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too 

     

  • Modern, new open plan city centre offices 

     

The ideal candidate 

 

  • A Contentious Probate Solicitor with 4-6 years’ PQE 

     

    Will have excellent client care and interpersonal skills 

     

    May have contacts in the local market and some following of work 

     

  • A confident communicator who is comfortable undertaking business development activity/networking 

     

    Ideally, you will be ACTAPS qualified but this is not essential 

     

How to apply for this Contentious Probate Solicitor role  If this sounds like the job for you, you can apply via this website by clicking ‘Apply’ above. Alternatively, to learn more about this opportunity or to register your interest, contact Kelly on 03300 245 606 or email kelly.reid@realmrecruit.com.  

 

Kelly is a principal consultant here at Realm and works exclusively within private client and court of protection recruitment. She works with law firms of all sizes from private client boutiques to multi-service national firms. Kelly’s in-depth market knowledge and contacts enable her to match private client solicitors with the right firms and roles for them. 

 

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Please note: any references to salary and/or experience in our adverts are intended as a guide only. 

 

Realm is committed to supporting disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are invited to contact Realm to identify any additional support they might require to enable them to make an application.

 

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.

We’re consultative: We’re not just here for lawyers when they are looking to move. We partner with legal professionals throughout their careers and provide advice on everything from salary benchmarking to helping you smash an upcoming appraisal. 

We are brand ambassadors: We are your megaphone in the legal talent market. Whether by representing a lawyer in their search for a new opportunity or utilising our in-house marketing team to help a law firm build their employer brand, we're experts in building a presence and helping the right lawyers and law firms find each other.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 3300 24 56 06
Location
Charter House
Woodlands Road
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 1HF
United Kingdom

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