James Ray Recruitment are recruiting for one of the fastest growing Legal 500 firms in Europe. Their focus over the coming years is to secure a number of candidates at Partner level across a range of departments, adding to their 300+ team.
Current focus is a Private Wealth Legal Director, STEP qualified, with a minimum of 8 years experience. Could this be you?
The Role
Your caseload will include a broad and varied mix of Private Client work including Wills, Succession Planning, IHT planning, Trusts, Administration of Estates and LPAs. A large proportion of your clients will be high net worth or ultra-high net worth individuals and business owners. Clients will often have cross border issues and deceased estates will regularly be high value and complex.
As Legal Director you will also be involved in firm-wide projects and take responsibility for certain tasks outside of the day-to-day legal work, such as strategic business development and team supervision, and learning and development.
About you
* Step Qualified
* 8 years PQE +, working at highly regarding regional or national firms
* Experience in high net worth and ultra high net worth
* Experience in lifetime planning, estates, IHT, planning and probate, complex contentious matters
* Supervising experience
* Ability to generate own work, desirable but not essential
* Strong cross border experience, desirable
Benefits
* Competitive Salary
* 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, and your birthday off (with the option to buy or sell holiday)
* Private Health scheme
* Hybrid working
* Reward scheme
* Volunteer days
* Pension and Life Assurance
* Generous ‘family friendly leave’
* An array of wellness benefits (including onsite yoga/pilates and mental health programmes)
* A wide range of additional benefits such as Vivup, reduced travel/parking charges and a cycle to work schemes with fully secure bike storage on-site