Experienced Private Client Solicitor

Legal Southwest; Truro; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progression into a senior leadership position

Supportive working environment

Competitive workload management

Job summary

A niche law firm in Truro is seeking a highly capable Private Client Solicitor with at least 5 years’PQE. This role includes managing a varied caseload in wills, probate, estate planning, and providing high-quality advice to clients. The firm values personal development and offers genuine progression into a senior leadership position, along with a hybrid working model and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years’ PQE working in private client work.
• Proven experience managing your own caseload and delivering high-quality client service.
• Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to generate and develop business.
• Leadership potential with capacity to mentor junior staff and drive processes.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for a varied caseload in the private client arena.
• Provide high-quality advice to individuals and families.
• Build and deepen client relationships and manage cases from initial instruction to completion.
• Develop and deepen client relationships; identify growth opportunities.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to department strategy.
• Lead business development and promote services to new and existing clients.

Skills

Strong technical knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Leadership potential

Organisational skills

Team-player attitude

Education

Minimum 5 years PQE

Job description

Location: Truro, Cornwall
Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent, Hybrid Working

Our client, a niche law firm based in Truro, is seeking a highly capable and motivated Private Client Solicitor with at least five years’ post-qualified experience (PQE) to join their evolving team. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious solicitor to develop an existing caseload and take on a senior leadership role within the private client department.

The Role

As Private Client Solicitor, you will:

• Take responsibility for a varied caseload in the private client arena, including wills, probate, estate administration, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, and inheritance tax planning.
• Provide high-quality advice to individuals and families, dealing with both straightforward and complex matters, ensuring service excellence and strong client relationships.
• Manage cases from initial instruction through to completion and post-completion matters (for example, estate accounting, trust registration, probate filings, asset transfers).
• Build and deepen client relationships, identifying opportunities to broaden the work and deliver added value.
• Work collaboratively with other fee-earners and support staff, ensuring file management, billing, compliance and risk‑management standards are met.
• Act as a senior member of the department with a view to becoming part of the firm’s management team: contributing to strategy, mentoring junior staff, developing processes and helping drive growth.
• Lead business‑development activities within the private client area: generating referrals, networking locally (and beyond), promoting the service to new and existing clients.
• Operate with autonomy while being aligned with the firm’s ethos, high standards and commitment to client service.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 5 years’ PQE working in private client work within a law firm (or the equivalent in a highly relevant role).
• Strong technical knowledge across wills, trusts, probate, estate planning, LPAs and inheritance tax.
• Proven experience of managing your own caseload and delivering high-quality client service.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and relationship‑building skills.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable generating and developing business, as well as delivering the work.
• Leadership potential: ability to step into a senior role, mentor more junior colleagues and help develop the department and its processes.
• Strong organisational and time‑management abilities; attention to detail and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• A team‑player attitude, but also the confidence and drive to work independently when required.

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• You will join a firm known for quality, expertise and excellent client service in the region.
• This is more than a case‑handler role — it offers genuine progression into a senior leadership position within the firm.
• You will be trusted with autonomy, supported by an established team but encouraged to take ownership of your caseload and your career.
• Located in Truro, the role offers an attractive working environment in Cornwall, combining professional challenge with lifestyle benefits.
• The firm values long‑term commitment, personal development and celebrates achievement — you’ll be joining a culture that recognises and rewards ambition, expertise and client‑focused service.

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