Senior Private Client Solicitor
Hot Job
- Senior Private Client role within a Legal 500–ranked Yorkshire team
- Overflowing caseload from day one with genuine succession potential
- Flexible, family-friendly firm with scope to shape and modernise the department
This is a rare opportunity for a Senior Private Client Solicitor to step into a well-established, Legal 500–ranked private client team on the outskirts of Leeds, with an immediate high-quality caseload and a clear gap at senior level.
The team is exceptionally busy, fuelled by strong internal referrals and long-standing client relationships. What’s missing is another experienced, forward-thinking private client lawyer who can help shoulder the workload now, and, over time, play a key role in shaping the department’s future.
You’ll join a friendly, down-to-earth team with a low ego and quality-focused culture, and genuinely flexible around hours and working patterns. This is a role for someone who wnats to make an impact, and step into a trusted senior position.
Who we’re looking for
- 6–7 years’ PQE+ in private client work
- Strong experience across Wills, LPAs, Probate and estate administration
- Comfortable handling complex and higher-value matters
- Able to run a full caseload autonomously
- Appetite for business development and contributing to departmental growth
- Hungry, ambitious and forward-thinking, without ego
- Collaborative, approachable and client-focused
- Experience advising business owners or HNW clients (Desired)
What you’ll be doing
- Managing a full mixed private client caseload from day one
- Delivering high-quality, relationship-led client service
- Supporting and mentoring junior colleagues where appropriate
- Playing an active role in BD and local networking
- Identifying opportunities to streamline, modernise or improve working practices
- Becoming a trusted senior presence within the department, with scope to evolve into a leadership or technical-lead role
Salary & Benefits
- Legal 500–ranked Private Client team
- High-quality caseload ready and waiting
- Clear succession and leadership potential over time
- Hybrid working: 1–2 days from home, potentially more once settled
- Part-time considered
- Family-friendly hours and genuine flexibility
- Free parking and easy motorway access
Contact Bill Szajna-Hopgood
📩 bill.szajnahopgood@realmrecruit.com
📞 03300 245 606
Bill specialises in senior private client roles across Yorkshire and can give you a clear, honest view on how this opportunity compares to other Legal 500 and leadership-track roles in the region.
Key details
Salary
£60,000 - £75,000
Location
- West Yorkshire
Role type
- Hybrid working
Contract type
- Permanent
Practice area
Private Client
Job ref
V-55838-3
Specialist for Private Client, Court of Protection and Contentious Probate lawyers in Yorkshire.
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