Private Client Associate - Putney

Job description

Private Client Solicitor – 5+ PQE

Putney (with hybrid working)

Are you a driven and technically excellent Private Client solicitor seeking your next challenge? One of London’s well‑established full‑service firms is expanding their Private Client team and looking for someone exactly like you — someone who can combine strong legal expertise with commercial appetite, relationship building, and leadership potential.

What the Role Offers You

• A senior, high‑impact position: You’ll manage your own caseload covering the full spectrum of private client work — wills, trusts, mental capacity, estate and inheritance tax, estate administration, cross‑border matters, business succession, and more.
• Professional autonomy + ownership: You’ll take responsibility for your clients, financials (time recording, billing), supervise junior fee‑earners, and contribute meaningfully to business development.
• Career growth into leadership: There is a clear path towards management and partnership. The firm fosters development with strong technical training and supportive line management.
• Flexible working: Based in Putney. You’ll also attend central London and other regional offices as needed. Hybrid working policy allows up to ~40% of your working time from home each month.
• Prestigious, international work: Known for cross‑border legal work, including dual‑qualified French/English and Italian/English offerings, handling technical, high‑value, and complex client matters.

Who We’re Looking For

• A solicitor with ~5+ years’ PQE, excellent academic credentials.
• Broad Private Client experience, ideally including trusts, taxation, mental capacity, cross‑border work.
• STEP / ATT / CTA or similar qualifications (or working towards them) are very desirable.
• Strong commercial sense: you should be punctual with billing, able to manage fees and WIP, and motivated by contributing to the growth of the team.
• Excellent interpersonal and client‑management skills, able to build and maintain relationships with clients, referrers (e.g. Accountants, wealth managers), colleagues across departments, and external professionals.

Why Join This Firm

• A well‑established, highly regarded full‑service law firm with an extensive Private Client team and several partners in this area.
• Strong reputation in professional directories; known for high standards of technical work and a client‑focused approach.
• Unique cross‑border strengths: existing dual qualification teams (French/English, Italian/English), handling overseas legal matters as well.
• Friendly, inclusive working environment, with excellent support and professional development for senior legal talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing your own complex caseload, drafting wills, giving inheritance, tax, trusts advice.
• Supervising junior fee earners (trainees, paralegals) and contributing to internal mentoring.
• Business development: writing articles, networking, cultivating referrer relationships.
• Maintaining excellent financial performance on your files: billing, managing WIP, meeting targets.
• Continuous professional development & maintaining up‑to‑date qualification status.

What We’d Like You to Send Us

• Your current location
• What attracts you to this opportunity / firm
• Why you are considering leaving your current role
• Your current salary and full compensation package
• Detail of your technical skills & expertise, especially in trusts, taxation, cross‑border work, mental capacity etc.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Putney

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

17-10-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English