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Private Client Solicitor / 3+ PQE / Greater Manchester / c GBP 65,000 DOE
An excellent opportunity for an experienced Private Client Solicitor to join a highly regarded wills and probate team offering genuine career progression and leadership opportunities. Please call Teagan on 850 and quote Job Ref: 4545.
Job Title
Private Client Solicitor
PQE Required
3+
Location
Greater Manchester
Salary
Up to GBP 65,000 (DOE)
The Role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive to join a busy and well-established wills and probate department. You will manage a varied caseload of private client matters, advising clients on wills, lasting powers of attorney, probate, estate administration, Court of Protection matters, and testamentary trusts. In addition to running your own caseload, you will supervise and support junior members of the team, ensuring work is delivered to the highest professional standards.
Working closely with elderly clients and their families, you will provide sensitive and practical advice while playing an active role in the continued growth and development of the office. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Lawyer seeking greater responsibility and genuine opportunities for progression.
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The Candidate
Applications are sought from Solicitors or Chartered Legal Executives with a minimum of 3 years PQE or equivalent experience gained within a private client department. You will possess strong technical expertise across wills, probate, lasting powers of attorney, estate administration, and the Mental Capacity Act, together with experience advising on testamentary trusts. STEP qualification would be advantageous, although candidates working towards the qualification will also be considered.
The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent client care, organizational, and communication skills, together with the ability to supervise and develop colleagues, build lasting client relationships, and contribute to the continued success of the department. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use will be required.
The Firm
This opportunity is with a long-established and highly respected regional law firm that has built an outstanding reputation for delivering friendly, professional legal advice across the North West. Accredited under both the Law Society's Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) and Lexcel Practice Management Standard, the firm combines traditional client care with a modern and progressive approach to legal services.
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Offering a comprehensive benefits package, structured training, leadership opportunities, and genuine long-term career progression, this is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and ambitious private client team.
How
Contact Teagan Portas at eNL on 320 / 850 or email with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL, we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdiction.
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