Senior Solicitor or Senior Legal Executive or Senior Practitioner
Job Title: Senior Solicitor or Senior Legal Executive or Senior Practitioner
Department: Private Client
Position: Full Time or Part Time
Salary: Competitive
Location: Various
WBW Solicitors is one of the largest legal practices in the South West, with offices based in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. With clearly defined divisions catering for business and private clients, our teams are able to offer the very best legal advice through a full range of legal services, across a wide range of areas and commercial sectors. We reward our hard-working staff with flexibility, competitive salaries with a generous holiday plan and a fantastic benefits package.
The Role:
Due to recent growth and expansion, our well established and busy Private Client team are looking for an experienced Private Client Practitioner; specifically someone who is enthusiastic and ambitious.
Skills and Knowledge:
WBW are seeking someone with a proven track record of dealing with complex estate administration (some experience of dealing with estates containing an agricultural and business element and significant financial investments preferred), advising on Will Trusts as part of the estate administration process, Deeds of Appointment and Variation, again with an estate administration focus.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate their knowledge in the areas and could be a qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or a practising lawyer with at least 5 years of running a successful caseload.
The Candidate
The successful applicant should be professional, organised, competent, enthusiastic and ambitious. They should be able to produce a high-quality service, maintain excellent file administration and work successfully with other Lawyers and support staff. Full supervision and training will be given to the successful candidate where needed, and a willingness to want to develop specialisms in this type of work is as important as having had years of practical experience in doing so. Opportunities to support and develop other lawyers within the team could be available.
The candidate should have an interest in the promotion and development of the department internally and externally, and the development of the firm including maintaining its high reputation.
They should be PQE 5 years or to have carried a full private client-based caseload for a minimum of 5 years. STEP membership welcomed but not essential.
The firm will require the applicant to have access to own transport for work use for the purposes of home visits and inter office travel on occasion.
WBW Solicitors is one of the largest legal practices in the South West, with offices based in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. With clearly defined divisions catering for business and private clients, our teams are able to offer the very best legal advice through a full range of legal services, across a wide range of areas and commercial sectors. We reward our hard-working staff with flexibility, competitive salaries with a generous holiday plan and a fantastic benefits package.
Contact Details:
For further information regarding this role, or to apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@wbw.co.uk.