Solicitor/Associate - Family

Irwin Mitchell; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm in Bristol is seeking an experienced Solicitor to join their award-winning National Family team. This role involves representing clients in various family law cases, including finance and children matters. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package, including ample holiday, pension schemes, and well-being initiatives.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Volunteering days

Health membership

Qualifications

• Up to 5 years PQE with sound all-round knowledge of family law and procedure.
• Experience in meeting clients and advising face to face and remotely.
• Demonstrable ambition, energy and enthusiasm for family law.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in a variety of matrimonial and family law cases.
• Work within a highly specialized team.
• Handle complex issues such as business assets and international cases.

Skills

Client meetings

Advocacy in family court

Client service skills

Teamwork

Business development

Job description

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

• Up to 5 years PQE with a sound all-round knowledge of family law and procedure
• Experience and confidence in meeting with clients and advising face to face and remotely
• Experience of advocacy in the family court and/or in other public speaking environments
• A natural team player with a professional and collegiate approach to working with clients and colleagues
• Well rounded client service skills with the ability to empathise with a wide range of clients in order to resolve the most sensitive and complicated practicalities involved in family break-ups
• Demonstrable ambition, energy and enthusiasm for continuing to build a successful Family law team at the top of the market. Confident in developing relationships with other professionals and referrers as part of personal and firm-wide business development plans

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity

Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

We are currently looking to recruit a Solicitor to join our highly ranked and award-winning National Family team to be based from our offices in Bristol. You will be working within a high specialised and experienced team of Family law professionals representing clients in a variety of matrimonial and family law cases including finance and children matters. The team have particular expertise in dealing with complex issues such as business assets, farming businesses, trusts and pensions and cases with an international dimension. This is a superb opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise working as part of a long-established regional team as well as an award-winning top tier National Family team in one of the UK's leading law firms.

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays – you can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements. We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!