Private Client Senior Associate/Partner

JMC Legal Recruitment; Redhill; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is seeking a Senior Private Client Solicitor with 8+ PQE for Redhill, Surrey. You will lead a well-established private client practice, building your own client base and guiding a growing team.

This is a genuine pathway to Partnership, with autonomy to shape strategy, mentor juniors, and contribute to business development while handling complex wills, trusts and estate planning for high-net-worth clients.

Qualifications

• 8+ PQE in Private Client law.
• Proven track record in bringing in work and building client relationships.
• Experience with leading teams or senior leadership responsibilities.
• Ambition to progress toward Partnership and contribute to strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a private client practice in Redhill.
• Bring own clients and drive business development.
• Mentor junior lawyers and shape team growth.
• Lead growth of the Redhill office and work toward Partnership.

Skills

8+ PQE in Private Client law

Leadership & mentoring

Business development

Client relationship management

Job description

Senior Private Client Solicitor | 8+ PQE | Redhill, Surrey

Here's what separates this from every other "senior" role: a Legal 500 regional firm isn't looking for someone to maintain what's already there. They're looking for someone ready to lead it, bring their own clients, grow the team, and move into Partnership because they've earned it through genuine contribution.

You'll step into a senior position within a well-established private client practice at a firm that's serious about succession and genuinely understands that partnership should be earned, not dangled as a vague someday promise.

If you're an experienced Private Client Solicitor with a track record of building relationships, managing people, and bringing in work and you're ready for a firm that will actually back your progression to Partnership, this is it.

The Opportunity

This is genuine senior leadership, not a fancy job title:

• Build your own practice while handling a strong flow of complex, rewarding private client work
• Bring your own clients and benefit directly from that business development
• Lead and mentor junior lawyers: shape how the team develops and operates
• Feed the team: not just manage your own cases, but help junior lawyers grow and contribute
• Drive the Redhill office's growth and profile within the firm and market
• Fast-track to Partnership: clear, realistic pathway based on your performance, business contribution, and leadership
• Genuine autonomy and influence: shape strategy, not just execute it

You'll work on wills, probate, estate administration, trusts for high-net-worth individuals and families, the kind of work that builds lasting client relationships and genuine expertise.

The Firm

A highly regarded Legal 500 regional firm with a genuine reputation built on long-standing client relationships and a collaborative, people-focused culture. Private client work sits at the heart of the practice and continues to attract high-quality instructions.

They're not looking to replace someone. They're building for the future and want someone with the capability and ambition to grow into Partnership.

About You

• 8+ PQE in Private Client law
• Proven track record of bringing in your own work and building client relationships
• Management experience or genuine capability in this area
• Comfortable operating in a senior, visible leadership role
• Commercial mindset: you understand business development and practice growth
• Approachable, relationship-driven, but commercially astute
• Ambitious: motivated by genuine progression toward Partnership, not just salary

What's On Offer

• Salary reflecting your seniority and business contribution
• Performance-based bonus on your own work and the team's growth
• Clear and realistic route to Partnership for the right individual
• Hybrid and flexible working with genuine autonomy
• Genuine influence over practice direction and strategy
• Managerial responsibility with proper support
• Long-term stability: a firm that values people who want to build something lasting
• Redhill location with regional presence and strong market position

Why This Works

This firm is clear about what it wants: someone with the capability, experience, and ambition to become a partner. Not someday. Not vaguely. With a defined path and genuine support.

They're willing to invest in you because they understand that a partner who brings clients, manages people, and grows the practice is worth investing in. Your business development isn't seen as a nice-to-have, it's expected and rewarded.

The hybrid working and flexibility reflect a firm that trusts its senior people to manage their own time and focus on delivering results, not presenteeism.

If you've built client relationships, managed teams, and you're ready for a firm that will actually back your progression to Partnership, not in five years, not in ten, but based on your genuine contribution, this is it.