RWK Goodman
Family Senior Associate
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Senior Associate (6+ PQE) | Family – Divorce and Finance Team
Are you an ambitious Family Lawyer ready to take the next step in your career with a market-leading team?
RWK Goodman’s award-winning Family team is looking for a Senior Associate (6+ PQE) to join its highly successful International Divorce and Finance Team. You’ll work alongside market-leading professionals, including Natalie Lemonides, Head of International Divorce & Finance, who was recently recognised by Chambers as “an exceptional leader in her field” for her work on high-value and complex divorce matters.
The Role
You will join the firm’s dedicated Private Finance Team, where the work focuses on financial remedy matters arising from divorce, private children-related issues, drafting and advising on nuptial agreements in addition to advising on provision for unmarried couples and property disputes following the breakdown of relationships.
In this role, you will advise on:
- High net worth and ultra-high net worth divorce cases
- Complex financial remedy proceedings
- International and cross-border family disputes
- Jurisdictional disputes and international family law matters
- Private children issues arising within financial proceedings
- Cohabitation disputes
- Pre and post nuptial agreements
You will also play an important part in shaping the team’s continued success by:
- Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers
- Supporting the continued growth of the team
- Business development
- Building and maintaining strong professional relationships
- Contributing to the team's long-term success strategy
Why this team?
Our Family team is one of the largest composite family law teams in the UK, with a head count exceeding 70 operating across multiple offices.
The team is structured across dedicated specialist groups: Private Divorce and Finance, Private Children and Care. This opportunity sits within the Private Divorce and Finance team.
Our Family team is widely recognised in the market, ranked in both The Legal 500 and Chambers UK 2026. In addition to our staff members obtaining their own individual rankings. It stands apart as a self-sustaining practice, built on the strength of its own reputation and client base.
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It has also enjoyed an outstanding year of recognition, including being named Regional Family Law Firm of the Year at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards, with further individual and team accolades underlining the strength of the wider practice.
The team makes a significant contribution to the firm’s overall success, reflecting the scale, quality and market reputation of the practice.
What we’re looking for
We’re keen to hear from lawyers who bring:
- 6+ PQE in family law with
- Experienced in complex financial remedy work
- Comfortable handling high-value cases
- Interested in international family law matters
- Passionate about mentoring and developing junior colleagues
- Keen to be involved in business development
- Commercial, collaborative and client-focused
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who sees this as a long-term career opportunity within a thriving, ambitious and supportive team.
Join a team going places
If you’re looking for premium-quality work, a market-leading specialist network, exceptional career progression and the opportunity to help shape the future of a nationally recognised family practice, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information or to obtain a full job description, please contact Abbie Jackson by emailing abbie.jackson@rwkgoodman.com or call 07584 461912.
Qualifications:
- Qualified Solicitor with at least 6 years PQE
- Solid business plan for growth proposition within the department/sector (desirable).
- Substantial previous experience within area of law (essential).
- Strong client management skills with a focus on delivery of excellent client service (essential).
- Proven ability to win new business through successful BD activity (essential).
- Ability to manage a small team (desirable).
At RWK Goodman, you can enjoy a strong legal career, with exceptional client work. And you’ll be supported, every step of the way.
A progressive Top 100 law firm, over 650 colleagues. 36 specialist areas. 3 legal divisions. With offices across the South West, Thames Valley and London.
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Benefits:
Some benefits will differ depending on the level of role. Please reach out to the Recruitment team for further clarification.
- 26.5–31.5 days’ holiday per year
- Buying and selling holiday
- Healthcare cash plan / private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Discretionary profit and performance-related bonus
- Hybrid working
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced family leave
- Recruitment referral bonus
- Group income protection
- Salary reviewed regularly
We know our people are what sets us apart. That’s why we continue to nurture and develop our colleagues and attract and retain the best talent.
We support colleagues with a robust programme of learning and development opportunities, underpinned by our transparent Career Development Framework (CDF), which shows exactly what you need to achieve to grow your career with us.
From mentoring initiatives, through to personal development programmes and courses, we are proud to offer a suite of opportunities to drive your career and achieve your ambitions.
We’re on a mission to create a dynamic and inclusive culture. And that starts with our recruitment process. If you have a disability, whether visible or not, we want to work with you every step of the way. Because we want to give you the best chance of success when you apply.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to accommodate your disability, such as extra time on written assessments, an accessible interview room or a quiet space before and after the interview, please speak to our Recruitment Team so that we can work together to help bring your best self.
You can find out more about our ED&I initiatives here.
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