Private Client Solicitor (NQ-5 PQE) – High Net Worth

BCL Legal; North East; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

BCL Legal seeks a Private Client Solicitor (NQ-5) to join its Newcastle private client team. The role focuses on advising business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families on wills, estate planning, and related probate matters in a commercial North East environment.

The successful candidate will have 0-5 PQE, be STEP qualified or working towards it, and look to develop a long-term career in private client law within a respected firm.

Qualifications

• Must have private client experience and be aiming for STEP qualification.
• Experience drafting wills, including business assets and discretionary trusts.
• Involvement in inheritance tax planning and probate/estate administration.

Responsibilities

• Advising business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families.
• Drafting wills and related instruments.
• Inheritance tax planning, including business property relief.
• Probate and estate administration.
• Court of Protection matters.
• Lasting Powers of Attorney for personal and business affairs.

Skills

Private Client experience

Wills & estate planning

Court of Protection

LPA (Lasting Power of Attorney)

High-net-worth clients

Education

STEP qualification or working towards

Job description

BCL Legal seeks a Private Client Solicitor (NQ-5) to join its Newcastle private client team. The role focuses on advising business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families on wills, estate planning, and related probate matters in a commercial North East environment.

The successful candidate will have 0-5 PQE, be STEP qualified or working towards it, and look to develop a long-term career in private client law within a respected firm.