Solicitor / Associate

PT group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a prestigious legal firm for a Private Client Solicitor or Associate in Cheltenham. This role offers the chance to work with high net worth clients, managing a diverse range of Private Client issues. You will collaborate with experienced partners and a robust team, contributing to business development and enhancing your expertise in a supportive environment. The firm is renowned for its commitment to quality legal services and fostering a culture of teamwork and personal growth. If you're proactive, ambitious, and eager to make a difference, this position is a perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Income Protection

Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Electric Vehicle Scheme

International Secondments

Sight Tests / Glasses Discounts

Scottish Widows Pension Scheme

27 Days Annual Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• 0-5 years PQE with STEP qualification or working towards it.
• Demonstrable technical ability and excellent drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-grade fee-earning support in the Private Client Team.
• Advise on wills, probate, LPAs, trusts, estates, and tax.

Skills

Technical Ability

Drafting Skills

Teamwork

Client Relationship Management

Proactive and Organised

Education

STEP Qualification

0-5 years PQE

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Private Client Solicitor or Associate to join our Cheltenham based team. We’re one of the most respected legal firms in the country, and our Private Client team particularly excel in looking after high net worth clients to include owner managed businesses and agricultural clients offering a broad and varied workload.

Many members of our team hold Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners qualifications, and are part of Solicitors for the Elderly. We also act for a number of private family charitable trusts, an area that is constantly growing. We are experienced in helping clients to manage international assets.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work directly with well-known, experienced and recognised Partners, and with the wider Private Client team who are over 100 strong.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO:

1. Provide high grade, profitable fee earning support in the Private Client Team
2. Advise on and manage a wide range of Private Client issues including wills, probate, LPAs, trusts, estates and tax.
3. Develop and maintain knowledge on issues within Private Client, working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole team to share knowledge.
4. Contribute to business development opportunities and identify networking opportunities internally and externally, marketing and cross selling.

About You

You will need:

1. 0-5 yrs PQE
2. STEP qualification or working towards
3. Demonstrable technical ability and excellent drafting skills
4. Able to work flexibly in other HCR offices as required.
5. Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
6. Can demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
7. Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail
8. Willingness to nurture and teach junior members of the team

About Us

Benefits of working with us:

• Income Protection
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• International Secondments
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.

A note for recruitment agencies: The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.