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Private Client Solicitor | 3+ PQE | Sevenoaks, Kent
An established Sevenoaks practice with deep roots, a loyal client base, and a substantial Private Client Department is looking for an experienced Private Client Solicitor to join and help develop the practice. You've got solid foundations. You want to work somewhere that genuinely invests in your development. Somewhere with real client relationships and genuine sophistication. Somewhere that values quality over volume.
The Opportunity
You'll join a well-established Private Client team handling sophisticated matters within a practice that's genuinely investing in its offering:
- Manage a varied caseload of quality private client work independently
- Work alongside experienced private client lawyers and the department head
- Handle probate, wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, tax planning for HNW clients
- Build genuine client relationships with families and business owners
- Contribute to the department's continued growth and development
- Clear progression pathway with genuine partnership potential
This isn't about learning from textbooks. You'll work on real matters with genuine complexity, backed by experienced lawyers who genuinely mentor.
The Firm
A practice built on trust, expertise, and longevity. Three centuries of existence means three centuries of client relationships, knowledge, and reputation. The Private Client Department is substantial and respected, this isn't a struggling practice needing rescue. It's an established practice ready to grow.
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The Work
You'll handle the full range of sophisticated Private Client matters:
- Probate: estate administration, contentious probate, complex estates
- Wills: estate planning, Advance Directives, tax-efficient structuring
- Lasting Powers of Attorney: preparation, advice, registration
- Tax planning and trust work for HNW individuals and families
- Client relationships built on trust, expertise, and genuine care
The work is substantial, varied, and built on a client base that's been loyal for generations.
About You
- Private Client Solicitor or Legal Executive with 3+ years PQE
- Solid technical grounding across probate, wills, LPAs, and probate
- Excellent client care and communication skills
- Collaborative mindset with genuine interest in practice development
- Ambitious about your career progression
- Looking for a firm that will genuinely invest in your development
What's On Offer
- Join a firm with heritage and stability
- Work with a substantial, well-established Private Client Department
- Large, loyal client base built on centuries of relationships
- Genuine investment in your development and progression
- Supportive, collaborative culture where quality comes first
- Clear pathway to seniority and partnership potential
- Sevenoaks location with regional prestige and strong market
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Why This Works
This firm has built something genuine: three centuries of client relationships, reputation, and expertise. That's not something you fake. The Private Client Department is substantial and genuinely respected.
You're not joining a struggling practice or a volume operation. You're joining a practice that's established, sophisticated, and genuinely invested in developing its people.
The emphasis on quality over volume, collaborative culture, and genuine investment in development means you'll actually develop expertise here. You're not just processing matters. You're building real skills and real client relationships.
If you're a 3+ PQE private client solicitor looking for a firm that genuinely invests in your development, with quality work, a loyal client base, and clear progression potential, this is it.
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