Private Client Solicitor/Senior Solicitor

IDEX Consulting; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEX Consulting seeks a Private Client Solicitor/Senior Solicitor in Glasgow to handle high net worth matters, Wills, trusts, and tax planning. You will manage your own caseload, collaborate with a seasoned team, and contribute to business development while mentoring juniors.

The role offers exposure to top-end private client work and opportunities for growth within a supportive department.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor in Scotland with a strong private client background.
• Proven technical expertise across wills, estates, trusts, and succession planning.
• Excellent mathematical skills, with confidence handling complex tax calculations.
• Strong client care, compliance, and relationship-building skills.
• Commercially aware, with an appetite to contribute to the firm’s growth.
• Ideally 3+ years PQE in private client/private wealth work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and advise on Wills and Powers of Attorney.
• Inherit

Skills

Private Client Law

Wills & Trusts

Estate Planning

Tax Calculations

Client Relationship Management

Business Development

Mentoring Juniors

Education

Qualified Solicitor in Scotland

Job description

Are you a private client solicitor looking to take the next step with a firm that’s genuinely growing? Our client, a well-established and highly regarded private wealth practice based in Glasgow city centre, is expanding its team and looking to appoint an additional Private Client Solicitor/Senior Solicitor. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a busy, successful team working at the top end of the private client market - advising high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients on some of the most technically interesting work in the field.

The Role:

Reporting to the Head of Department, you’ll take on a varied and intellectually engaging caseload, including:

• Preparing and advising on Wills and Powers of Attorney
• High net worth and ultra-high net worth Inheritance Tax planning, including lifetime and death planning and asset transfers
• Estate administration
• Creation and variation of Trusts
• Trust administration, including calculation of 10-year and exit charges
• Winding up trusts
• Negotiating directly with HM Revenue and Customs

You’ll manage your own caseload proactively and independently, while working collaboratively within a supportive and experienced team. There’s also real scope to get involved in business development and to help train and mentor junior colleagues as the team continues to grow.

About You:

• Qualified Solicitor in Scotland with a strong private client background
• Proven technical expertise across wills, estates, trusts, and succession planning
• Excellent mathematical skills, with confidence handling complex tax calculations
• Strong client care, compliance, and relationship-building skills
• Commercially aware, with an appetite to contribute to the firm’s continued growth
• Comfortable working to financial targets
• Willing to attend business development events, including some outside normal working hours
• Ideally 3+ years PQE in private client/private wealth work

Nice to have (not essential):

• STEP qualified, or working towards it
• Guardianship and Intervention Order court experience
• Contentious trusts and estates experience
• Cross-border estate planning and/or administration experience

What’s on Offer:

• The opportunity to work with a highly respected and well-known Private Client Partner and team
• A genuinely expanding team with strong technical depth
• High-quality, high-value work
• A collegiate environment with real opportunities to develop and mentor others

If you’re an ambitious private client solicitor ready to bring your expertise to a growing team and help shape its next chapter, we’d love to hear from you.

At IDEX, we strive for an inclusion-first company culture where everyone is treated fairly and can bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise and acknowledge that diverse representation at every level of our business requires continuous and measurable effort. We are committed to driving conscious inclusion across our business and creating equitable pathways.