Private Family Associate Solicitor

• Private Family Associate role handling HNW and complex matters
• Legal 500 team with up to 3 days working from home
• Strong salary, flexibility, and long-term progression in a close-knit team

This is an excellent opportunity for a Private Family Solicitor to join a well-regarded Legal 500 family team in Lancashire, at a point of positive change and growth.

The team is rebalancing after internal restructuring, creating space for a strong associate to come in and take on high-quality work from day one. You’ll be trusted to handle complex, high-net-worth divorce, financial remedy and private children matters, while benefiting from flexibility that’s rare in city-centre firms.

With partners generating a steady flow of work, this is a role where you can focus on fee earning, development and client care, in a genuinely supportive environment.

Who we’re looking for

• 3–5 years’ PQE in private family law
• Strong experience in divorce, financial remedy and private children work 
• Comfortable handling complex and high-net-worth matters
• Experience working as an associate-level fee earner
• Someone who fits a down-to-earth, no-ego, team-first culture
• Willingness to be involved in some networking and relationship-building (Desired)

What you’ll be doing

• Running your own caseload of:
  • Divorce
  • Financial remedy
  • Private children matters
• Working with high-value and complex family law clients
• Delivering excellent client care with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach
• Supporting the growth of the Wigan team as it continues to build out
• Getting involved in light BD and networking (partners lead on work generation)

Salary & Benefits

• Hybrid working – 2 days in the office, 3 from home
• Flexible working hours, log off earlier or later when it suits
• Private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and wellbeing support)
• Pension (4% employer contribution)
• Life insurance
• Two firmwide social events per year, including internal staff awards
• Ongoing training, development and clear progression opportunities

Contact Mel Samson

📩 mel.samson@realmrecruit.com
📞 03300 245 606

Mel specialises in family law roles across the North West and Lancashire and can talk you through how this opportunity compares to other Legal 500 associate roles — particularly around flexibility, culture and workload quality.