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Private Client Solicitor (Legal Director)
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About The Role
A Private Client Solicitor (Legal Director) is sought by a respected Hertfordshire firm to lead on intricate trusts, tax, and estate planning for high-net-worth clients. This full-time, hybrid role offers a salary between £75,000 and £100,000, dependent on experience. Candidates require 10+ years’ PQE and a robust grasp of succession planning, lifetime arrangements, and tax mitigation. You will manage a complex caseload, providing strategic counsel to families and business owners, while contributing to the team’s development. This position suits a solicitor ready to operate at a senior level within a supportive environment.
To register interest, contact Gemma Jones at 0207 183 8586 or gemma.jones@enllegal.co.uk, quoting Job Ref: 215304938.
The Role
An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an experienced Private Client Solicitor to join a well-established Private Client team at Legal Director level. You will advise high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners on a broad range of complex private client matters, with a particular emphasis on trusts, tax, and succession planning.
Your workload will include:
- Advising on lifetime and succession planning
- Drafting trust structures and deeds of variation
- Acting as a professional Trustee
- Providing strategic advice on inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning
- Working closely with financial advisers and tax specialists to deliver bespoke solutions
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Alongside managing key client relationships, you will play an important role in the continued growth of the team through mentoring junior lawyers and supporting business development initiatives.
The Candidate
Applications are welcomed from qualified Solicitors with at least 10 years' PQE and extensive experience in private client work, particularly trusts, tax, and estate planning. STEP qualification is preferred. You will possess:
- Exceptional technical knowledge
- Strong drafting and analytical skills
- The ability to provide commercially and personally sensitive advice to high-net-worth clients
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, a collaborative approach, and a proven ability to build and maintain long-term client and referrer relationships.
The Firm
This highly regarded firm has built an outstanding reputation for delivering specialist private client advice to individuals, families, and business owners. With a collaborative culture, high-quality work, and a genuine commitment to supporting career progression, the firm offers an excellent platform for experienced lawyers looking to make a significant impact while enjoying long-term career development.
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The Package
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Flexible working
- High-quality private client work
- Genuine career progression
- Mentoring and leadership opportunities
- A collaborative and inclusive culture
- Excellent work-life balance
- Long-term professional development
How To Apply
Contact Gemma Jones at eNL on 0207 183 8586 or email gemma.jones@enllegal.co.uk 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 jurisdictions in which we operate.
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