Family Solicitor

Top 200 firm | Family Solicitor NQ-5 years PQE | L500 ranked team

Widely considered to be Hampshire's leading legal practice, this firm is one of the most accomplished and top tier legal firms outside of London. Having been operating throughout Hampshire for over 100 years, they boast a fantastic base of referring clients of which few legal practices can compete with.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Solicitor to join a growing team based in Southampton, Hampshire.

The Firm:

This firm enjoy an exceptional reputation as a national provider of legal services from its offices in Southampton and Winchester. They are a legal 500 heavyweight offering a full spectrum of legal services across their many tiered departments.

This firm benefit greatly from their rich heritage and embodiment throughout the community having being established for over 100 years. They boast many longstanding, generational relationships with many HNW clients across the region and beyond. They are known to draw business from household names, leading UK businesses and UHNW individuals including major high street supermarket chains, premier league football clubs, as well as nationwide banks. They have a strong national pull allowing all who work here a standard of work that is totally unrivalled throughout the Hampshire area.

Known for providing a top-drawer legal service on par with many London firms, this practice comprises some of the finest lawyers in the region, many of whom are considered to be leaders in their fields and feature heavily throughout the legal 500 and Chambers Directories.

Compounding this, despite this firm operating to city standards, you will find a supportive, family friendly working culture often associated with firms much smaller. They respect the need for a open communicative working practice with a focus on employee wellbeing distancing its employees away from thoughts of alienation and feelings of being a 'cog in the wheel'. Key fundamentals to a successful practice that are all too often forgotten by highly performing firms of this size and magnitude.

The role

This legal 500 firm are seeking to recruit a Family Solicitor to join a growing team based in Southampton, Hampshire.

In this role you will be working very closely alongside some the regions leading partners based outside of the city. This department has a very strong reputation for dealing with HNW family work and their affluent client makes make for an incredibly interesting role.

This department deal with exclusively privately funded work and this includes financial matters, civil partnerships, pre/post nuptial agreements and much more.

Requirements

• You will a Family Solicitor NQ-5 years PQE (there is no upper limit in regards to the amount of PQE)
• You will ideally have experience in running or assisting on your own family matters
• You will have a strong technical knowledge of privately funded family law and you will be driven to progress in that space

What's on offer?

• An above market rate salary coupled with an excellent benefits package
• Legal 500 ranked work coupled with access to partners with industry leading knowledge

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Family Solicitor to join a highly regarded L500practice based in Southampton, Hampshire.