JMC Legal Recruitment
Senior Family Solicitor
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Family Legal Director / Senior Family Solicitor | Sevenoaks, Kent
Award-Winning Family Team | High-Quality Private Family Work
What does the next stage of your family law career look like?
For the right lawyer, it could mean stepping into a Legal Director role with genuine leadership responsibility, working alongside highly regarded family specialists while helping shape the continued growth of an established practice.
A respected and award-winning family team is looking to appoint an ambitious Family Law Legal Director or Senior Associate to its Sevenoaks office. This is more than a fee-earning position. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your own practice, support the wider team and play a visible role in the firm's continued success.
The Role
You’ll handle a high-quality caseload across private family law, including:
- Divorce and separation
- Financial proceedings and complex financial settlements
- Private children matters
- Emergency injunctions
- Pre and post-nuptial agreements
- Cohabitation disputes and Schedule 1 applications
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Alongside your own work, you’ll have genuine leadership responsibility, supervising and developing junior lawyers and support staff, contributing to training and helping improve how the department operates.
Business development will also be an important part of the role. You’ll be encouraged to build your profile, develop client relationships and represent the firm at networking and industry events.
About You
You’ll be a Senior Family Solicitor / Legal Director with a strong background in private family law, ideally trained within a well-regarded family department.
You’ll bring:
- Strong technical experience across private family matters
- Excellent client care and communication skills
- Proven leadership and mentoring ability
- A track record of business development and networking
- Commercial awareness and strategic thinking
- The confidence and ambition to play a visible role within a growing practice
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What’s On Offer
- Join an award-winning family team alongside industry-leading specialists
- Genuine opportunity to develop your own professional profile
- Leadership responsibility without losing the quality of fee-earning work
- Supportive, collaborative and progressive culture
- 25 days' holiday plus annual buy/sell scheme
- Cash plan, life assurance and lifestyle benefits
- Access to flexible benefits including private medical, gym discounts, electric car and cycle-to-work schemes
This is an opportunity for an experienced family lawyer to step into a role where your expertise, relationships and ambition can genuinely influence the future of the team.
If you're ready for a role with more influence, visibility and responsibility, apply now for a confidential discussion.
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