Private Client Solicitor
- Join a Tier 1 Legal 500 Private Client team in Leeds
- Handle complex, high-value private client matters with market-leading lawyers
- Competitive salary + hybrid flexibility + excellent benefits
We’re looking for an Associate or Senior Associate Solicitor (2+ PQE) to join a highly regarded Private Client team in Leeds.
With a newly appointed National Head of Private Client driving growth across the country, this is an exciting opportunity to become part of an ambitious team aiming to be the market leader in private client law.
This role offers exposure to some of the best-quality work in the country, support from top-ranked lawyers, and the chance to carve out your own niche within a highly collaborative and forward-thinking environment.
Who we’re looking for
- Solicitor with at least 2 PQE in private client
- Solid grounding across wills, trusts, tax and estates
- Experience in HNW and complex matters such as business wealth, cross-border work, agricultural estates or specialist trusts
- Ambitious and keen to grow your practice
- STEP qualified or working towards
What you’ll be doing
- Advising on a broad range of private client matters (excluding CoP)
- Managing complex estates, trusts and tax planning matters
- Working alongside senior colleagues on cross-border work, business-owner wealth and agricultural matters
- Developing your own niche specialism with support from the national team
- Building long-term relationships with clients and professional referrers
Salary & Benefits
- Highly competitive salary
- Hours: Full time, with flexibility around working hours
- Flexible working: Hybrid, 1–2 days in the office per week
- Holiday: 25 days + bank holidays, with the option to buy additional leave
- Bonus scheme
- Free parking at Associate level
- Car, fuel and parking expenses at Partner level
- Private health insurance
- Pension scheme
- Clear progression pathway: Associate → Senior Associate → Legal Director → Partner
- Learn from some of the best solicitors in the market, in one of the strongest Private Client teams in the country
- Support for professional development, including STEP
- Recognised as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work
📩 Contact Bill Szajna-Hopgood
Call 03300 245 606 or email bill.szajnahopgood@realmrecruit.com to find out more or apply confidentially.
Key details
Salary
£50,000 - £65,000
Location
- West Yorkshire
Role type
- Hybrid working
Contract type
- Permanent
Practice area
Private Client
Job ref
V-46425-13
Specialist for Private Client, Court of Protection and Contentious Probate lawyers in Yorkshire.
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