Paralegal - Private Client - Essex

BWF Legal Recruitment; Essex; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday

Life cover

Attractive office environment

Job summary

BWF Legal Recruitment is seeking a Private Client professional for a newly created role in a successful independent practice with offices across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire. You will support the Head of Department in Private Client, focusing on wills, trusts and probate, drafting wills and handling confidential documents with a client-centered approach.

The role offers direct client contact in a supportive, friendly environment, with opportunities to develop your legal

Qualifications

• Experience in Private Client matters; drafting and writing wills; liaising with clients.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Department/Partner in Private Client matters.
• Handle Wills, Trusts & Probate work with emphasis on drafting wills.
• Take instructions from new clients and liaise with other departments for referrals.

Job description

This is a superb opportunity to joined a successful, independent High Street practice with several offices serving the local community across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire who provide a mix of legal services to both independent and commercial clients.

This role will suit someone experienced in Private Client matters, who can provide assistance to the Head of Dept/Partner in Private Client, where you will be involved with supporting across Wills, Trust & Probate matters with emphasis on drafting and writing wills, liaising with clients and dealing with storage of confidential documents.

This is a newly created role, where you will have direct client contact and handle good quality work in a supportive, friendly and professional work environment where you will in time have the opportunity to develop your legal career further and take further qualifications.

We are seeking someone who is interested and passionate about their career to work with clients looking to protect their assets for their loved ones, and draft appropriate legal documents with ease. This will include taking instructions from new clients as well as liaison with other departments for referrals.

What's on offer

This is a modernised traditional firm that will give you a career path, the chance to raise your profile in this area of law, working for a firm seeing increasing workflow and strong client testimonials. Led by a Partner, genuinely invested in the firm's future, the team is established and made up of a mix of fee earners, support staff and trainees undertaking their seats across the firm's offices.

The benefits include a supportive and friendly environment, a salary negotiable depending on experience, pension, holiday, life cover and an attractive office environment.