Family Lawyer

JMC Legal Recruitment; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Basingstoke is seeking a skilled Family Lawyer with at least 2 years of post-qualification experience (PQE). This opportunity offers a supportive environment fostering professional growth, providing exposure to various legal matters including financial settlements and children issues. The firm is known for its excellent career prospects and commitment to staff development.

Benefits

Good work-life balance initiatives

Excellent career prospects, with no glass ceilings

Qualifications

• Ideally 2+ PQE, but suitable for legal executives; no upper limit on experience considered.
• Great attention to detail.
• Ambitious and dynamic individual.

Responsibilities

• Handling privately funded matters, including financial settlements, and children's matters.
• Working closely with the partner, associate, and support team.
• Building trust and mutual respect with clients.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ambition

Dynamism

Education

2+ PQE

Job description

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This is a fantastic opportunity for a Family Lawyer to join a growing practice with an unrivalled reputation based in Basingstoke.

This firm is well known for nurturing their staff, offering good work-life balance initiatives, and for being a genuinely approachable, forward-thinking practice.

The Firm

This firm is sympathetic and supportive throughout, which reflects in their high employee retention rates, sense of fun across departments, strong interdepartmental teamwork and cohesion, and close relationships with clients. They have been operating in the Basingstoke area for over 200 years, giving them a strong heritage and a dedicated client base.

This firm boasts teams of 5+ in most practice areas, providing a breadth of expertise across diverse legal services. You will join teams led by market-leading partners, offering excellent caseload exposure and opportunities to progress and establish yourself in the local market.

The Role

This firm is looking for a Family Lawyer with 2+ PQE to join their thriving Basingstoke, Hampshire office.

The team values working closely with clients to build trust and mutual respect. Their experience with local services such as mediation, combined with sound legal knowledge, makes them leaders in their field.

You will gain experience handling privately funded matters, including financial settlements, ancillary relief, civil partnership, children matters, and more. You will work closely with the partner, associate, and support team.

Requirements:

• Ideally 2+ PQE, but suitable for legal executives; there is no upper limit, and less experience may be considered.
• Great attention to detail
• Ambitious and dynamic
• Competitive salary above market rate
• Excellent career prospects, with no glass ceilings.