Solicitor

JMC Legal Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is supporting a Manchester practice growing its Private Client team, handling wills, trusts, probate and estate administration for high-value matters. You will work closely with the Managing Partner and experienced fee earners to build your own caseload from day one.

The firm emphasises staff welfare and flexibility, offering part-time and remote-working options several days a week, with strong connections to local IFAs and funeral directors.

Qualifications

• Experience handling wills, trusts, probate, and estate administration.
• Court of Protection experience preferred.
• Ability to manage complex/high-value estates.

Responsibilities

• Handle a broad spectrum of Private Client matters.
• Develop your own caseload with guidance from the Managing Partner.
• Collaborate with colleagues and local professionals as needed.

Skills

Private Client

Wills & Probate

Job description

A Manchester practice with a heritage of over 30 years is growing its Private Client team, offering a high quality caseload alongside the Managing Partner and experienced fee earners, with a substantial will bank providing work from day one.

The Firm

This family friendly firm offers expertise across key practice areas including property, litigation, private client and family law. With a focus on services to individuals, it benefits from a good amount of internal cross referral work, creating a sense of client familiarity across departments that is very hard to find at the larger practices in the Northwest.

The firm has a particularly good reputation for looking after its staff, with the managing partner checking in with all fee earners and paralegals weekly. With welfare at the core of the business, flexibility is strong, with people working part time and from home several days a week. Based in South Manchester, the firm also has access to HNW individual clients, meaning anyone joining sees a high quality level of work.

The Role

You will join the growing Private Client department in South Manchester at an exciting time, as the firm continues to establish itself as a specialist across Private Client, Family and Conveyancing. You will handle a broad spectrum of matters including wills, trusts, probate, estate administration and Court of Protection work, often involving complex and high value estates.

Thanks to the firm’s heritage in the area, its established will bank and strong relationships with local IFAs and funeral directors, you will have a good amount of work from your first day. Working closely with the Managing Partner and experienced colleagues, you will receive the kind of bespoke training and development that is hard to find at larger practices as you build your own caseload.