Private Client Solicitor

VNI Legal; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Job summary

VNI Legal is recruiting a Private Client Solicitor for their Glasgow office. The role covers a broad range of private client matters and offers the chance to run matters from start to finish within a collaborative team.

You will join a long-standing, full-service firm with market-leading Private Client practice and hybrid/flexible working arrangements, offering competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experienced in Private Client work
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise
• Ability to use own initiative and seek guidance from supervisors when appropriate
• Excellent client care skills and ability to manage client expectations
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Good IT skills, including use of excel
• Strong and adaptable team player

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload and advising clients on a wide range of private client issues such as Wills, Powers of Attorney, Tax Planning, Executries, Trusts and Guardianship
• Meeting with clients on a daily basis – face to face and via telephone
• Drafting legal documents
• Keeping regular contact with clients by telephone, email and general correspondence
• Management of own case load; Proactively progressing transactions and obtaining information from external parties to ensure efficiency and excellent service delivery.
• Assisting other members of the team, working collaboratively to promote the environment of trust and support.

Skills

Private Client experience

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Time management

Initiative

Client care

Research & analysis

IT skills (Excel)

Team player

Education

Solicitor qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Private Client Solicitor

NQ - 5PQE

Glasgow

VNI Legal are delighted to be working with a strong Scottish law firm who are looking to recruit an experienced Private Client solicitor to join their successful team in Glasgow. It is the chance to join a collaborative and motivated team where you will be focusing on all elements of private client work.

This is an opportunity to join a long standing, full service law firm who are market leaders in their fields. You will join a large and successful Private Client team based in Glasgow but also be supported by the wider firm. You will have the chance to continue to develop your experience as well as being able to run your own matters from start to finish.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload and advising clients on a wide range of private client issues such as Wills, Powers of Attorney, Tax Planning, Executries, Trusts and Guardianship


• Meeting with clients on a daily basis – face to face and via telephone


• Drafting legal documents


• Keeping regular contact with clients by telephone, email and general correspondence


• Management of own case load; Proactively progressing transactions and obtaining information from external parties to ensure efficiency and excellent service delivery.


• Assisting other members of the team, working collaboratively to promote the environment of trust and support.

About You

• Experienced in Private Client work


• Meticulous attention to detail


• Excellent written and oral communication skills


• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise


• Ability to use own initiative and seek guidance from supervisors when appropriate


• Excellent client care skills and ability to manage client expectations


• Strong research and analytical skills


• Good IT skills, including use of excel


• Strong and adaptable team player

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package


• Hybrid and flexible working


• A supportive and collaborative team culture


• Opportunities to grow and develop within a well-respected firm

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some leading lawyers in Scotland as well as be rewarded with a strong salary and benefits package as well as hybrid/flexible working.