Partner

HCR Law; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Sight tests / Glasses discounts

Car Loans

Pension Scheme

28 days annual leave

Bonus scheme

Electric vehicle scheme

Gym membership

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Flu vaccinations

Job summary

HCR Law in Leamington Spa seeks an experienced Private Client solicitor to join as a partner and Head of Private Client. You will lead a growing Midlands practice, shaping strategy and managing a high-quality caseload for HNW/UHNW clients with complex estates, trusts and succession planning.

You will mentor junior lawyers, drive business development, and help raise the firm’s profile regionally and nationally.

Qualifications

• Experience in advising high net worth individuals, families and business owners.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities.
• Experience leading strategic growth and mentoring junior lawyers.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in providing strategic direction and leadership to our growing Midlands Private Client practice.
• Delivering expert advice across wills, trusts, estate planning, succession planning, probate and LPA’s.
• Building and maintaining relationships with high net worth individuals, families, business owners, and landed estates.
• Collaborating with colleagues across HCR to deliver holistic legal support to clients.
• Mentoring junior team members and creating an environment of continuous professional development and excellence.
• Actively contributing to business development and enhancing our market profile across the region and nationally.

Skills

Private client law

Leadership

Business development

Education

Qualified solicitor in England and Wales

STEP qualification (desirable)

Job description

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experience private client solicitor to join one of the largest and most respected Private Client teams as a partner, leading our offering in Leamington Spa. As Head of Private Client in Leamington Spa, you’ll play a key role in shaping and growing the practice within one of HCR’s newest offices. You’ll contribute to the continued growth of the office, whilst helping to strengthen our already established presence across the region. You will lead a team of talented lawyers whilst managing a high quality and varied caseload. You’ll be given the platform to develop client relationships, enhance your profile in the local market, and drive the continued growth of our Private Client practice both regionally and nationally. HCR Law is a progressive, entrepreneurial legal firm built on innovation, collaboration and exceptional client service. This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within a nationally recognised team and be part of something ambitious.

Private Client Partner – Head of Private Client, Leamington Spa

The Private Client Team

With almost 120 specialists across the firm, HCR’s private client team is one of the largest in the UK. Recognised by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, we advise individuals, families, business owners, trustees and landed estates on a full range of private client matters.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in providing strategic direction and leadership to our growing Midlands Private Client practice.
• Delivering expert advice across a broad spectrum of private client matters, including wills, trusts, estate planning, succession planning, probate and LPA’s.
• Building and maintaining relationships with high net worth individuals, families, business owners, and landed estates. Many with complex UK and international assets.
• Collaborating with colleagues across HCR to deliver holistic legal support to clients.
• Mentoring junior team members and creating an environment of continuous professional development and excellence.
• Actively contributing to business development and enhancing our market profile across the region and nationally.

About You

• A qualified solicitor with substantial experience in Private Client law.
• Experienced in advising HNW and UHNW individuals, families and business owners.
• Comfortable dealing with complex estates, trusts and succession planning matters.
• Capable of managing teams and developing practice areas.
• Confident in business development.
• Ideally STEP qualified.

Benefits Of Working With Us

• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Car Loans
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards. With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process.