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About The Role
Private Client Partner – Head of Private Client, Leamington Spa
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced private client solicitor to join one of the largest and most respected Private Client teams as a partner, leading our offering in Leamington Spa.
As Head of Private Client in Leamington Spa, you’ll play a key role in shaping and growing the practice within one of HCR’s newest offices. You’ll contribute to the continued growth of the office, whilst helping to strengthen our already established presence across the region.
You will lead a team of talented lawyers whilst managing a high-quality and varied caseload. You’ll be given the platform to develop client relationships, enhance your profile in the local market, and drive the continued growth of our Private Client practice both regionally and nationally.
HCR Law is a progressive, entrepreneurial legal firm built on innovation, collaboration, and exceptional client service. This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within a nationally recognised team and be part of something ambitious.
The Private Client Team
With almost 120 specialists across the firm, HCR’s private client team is one of the largest in the UK. Recognised by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, we advise individuals, families, business owners, trustees, and landed estates on a full range of private client matters.
The Role
Responsibilities
You will be joining a nationally respected team and be responsible for growing the practice within our Leamington Spa offering. This will include:
- Assisting in providing strategic direction and leadership to our growing Midlands Private Client practice.
- Delivering expert advice across a broad spectrum of private client matters, including wills, trusts, estate planning, succession planning, probate, and LPA’s.
- Building and maintaining relationships with high net worth individuals, families, business owners, and landed estates. Many with complex UK and international assets.
- Collaborating with colleagues across HCR to deliver holistic legal support to clients.
- Mentoring junior team members and creating an environment of continuous professional development and excellence.
- Actively contributing to business development and enhancing our market profile across the region and nationally.
About You
You will be:
- A qualified solicitor with substantial experience in Private Client law.
- Experienced in advising HNW and UHNW individuals, families, and business owners.
- Comfortable dealing with complex estates, trusts, and succession planning matters.
- Capable of managing teams and developing practice areas.
- Confident in business development.
- Ideally STEP qualified.
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About Us
Why Join Us?
If you're ready to lead, grow, and make a lasting impact within a nationally respected team, we'd love to hear from you.
This role would suit an existing Partner seeking a broader platform, or a Senior Associate, Legal Director, or Director who is ready to take the next step into partnership within a supportive and ambitious firm.
Please contact Emma Worton in our recruitment team for a confidential chat.
01905 746 485
Benefits Of Working With Us
- Income Protection
- Private Medical Insurance
- Sight tests / Glasses discounts
- Car Loans
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
- 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
- Bonus scheme
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Life Assurance
- 1/3 gym membership contribution
- Flu vaccinations
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen, and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference; your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR, you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
What does HCR believe, achieve, and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders, and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service, we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
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With ten offices in England and Wales, our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff, and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full-service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.
We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
A note for recruitment agencies
The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.
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