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Private Client Associate Solicitor (2–4 PQE) | Top 100 Law Firm
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Private Client Associate Solicitor (2–4 PQE) | Top 100 Law Firm | South-West London
We’re working with a leading Top 100 UK law firm looking for an ambitious Private Client Associate Solicitor to join its highly regarded team in South-West London.
This is an opportunity to handle varied, high-quality work for UK-based, international and high-net-worth clients while benefiting from structured career development, close partner support and genuine opportunities to progress.
The Opportunity
You’ll manage your own non-contentious private client caseload under the supervision of a partner, advising clients across wills, trusts, taxation, estate administration and succession planning.
The team has an established reputation across the private client sector and offers a friendly, supportive and client-focused working environment. The firm also operates an agile-working policy, allowing employees to work from home for up to 40% of their working time each month.
The Work
Your caseload will include:
- Advising on and drafting wills.
- Estate and inheritance tax planning.
- Administering estates of varying complexity.
- Creating, administering and advising on the taxation of trusts.
- Providing cross-border private client advice.
- Advising on inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax relating to trusts and estates.
- Advising on mental capacity matters and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
- Supporting high-net-worth, international and UK-based clients.
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Key Responsibilities
- Managing your own caseload under the supervision of a partner.
- Providing clear, commercially focused and practical advice to clients.
- Building trusted relationships with clients and other professional advisers.
- Responding to enquiries from existing and prospective clients.
- Maintaining accurate time recording, billing and financial management.
- Working towards agreed annual billing targets.
- Supporting the firm’s file-management, compliance and financial procedures.
- Participating in internal training, professional-development programmes and firm-wide events.
- Contributing to business-development activities, including networking and article writing.
- Developing relationships with accountants, wealth managers, trust companies and other professional referrers.
- Building strong relationships across the firm’s different practice areas.
About You
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Approximately 2–4 years’ PQE in non-contentious private client law.
- Experience managing a broad private client caseload.
- Knowledge of wills, estate administration, trusts, tax planning and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
- An interest in complex, high-net-worth and cross-border private client matters.
- Strong client-care and relationship-management skills.
- A proactive, commercially aware and self-motivated approach.
- Excellent organisation, attention to detail and financial-management skills.
- Strong numerical and IT skills, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- A degree at 2:1 level and, ideally, a commendation at LPC level.
- A commitment to continued professional development through an organisation such as STEP.
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Career Development
The firm provides a structured, cohort-based career-development programme designed to support lawyers at every stage of their careers.
You’ll have opportunities to build an internal network, collaborate with lawyers across different practice areas and benefit from tailored training as you progress.
The role also provides the opportunity to develop professional relationships, strengthen your technical expertise and work towards further qualifications or professional memberships such as STEP.
Working Arrangements
- Location: South-West London
- Hours: 9.30am–5.30pm
- Hybrid working: Up to 40% of working time from home each month
- Salary: Competitive
- Benefits: Generous benefits package
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