Details:
- Salary: £45,000 - 60,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Romford Greater London
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
Our client is seeking an experienced Family Solicitor with 3+ years' PQE to join its established Family team in Romford, Essex.
The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload of privately funded family matters, including work for high-net-worth individuals, while contributing to the development of the department and supporting junior staff.
The Role
• Manage a caseload of approximately 20–25 private family matters
• Advise on divorce, separation and financial matters
• Handle children matters and cohabitation disputes
• Deal with TOLATA matters and domestic violence injunctions
• Advise on pre- and post-nuptial agreements
• Manage complex matters independently from instruction through to conclusion
• Build and maintain strong client and referral relationships
• Support and train paralegals, trainees and junior solicitors
• Contribute to the supervision and management of the Family department
Requirements
• Minimum 3 years' PQE in private Family Law
• Broad experience across private family matters
• Strong privately funded caseload experience; legal aid experience is not required
• Ability to manage complex matters autonomously
• Previous experience supervising or training junior staff
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication and organisational abilities
• Commercially minded with a focus on client care and business development
• Ambitious and motivated to progress into a supervisory position
What's on Offer
• 4 or 5 day working week
• Junior staff, paralegal and secretarial support
• Very generous profit-related bonus scheme
• Pension contributions
• Parking
• Reasonable billing targets
• Clear career progression
• Additional discretionary Christmas/New Year leave
• Additional day off for your birthday
• Staff social events
• Hybrid working
Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear IT Recruitment Limited.
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