Private Client Associate

This independent Scottish firm is known for cultivating a supportive and friendly working environment, as well as its status as a leader in providing expert legal advice and service.

Private Client Solicitors (5+ PQE) looking for a varied and high-quality caseload, an excellent work-life balance, and a proactive market-leading team, this Edinburgh opportunity could be for you.

The Firm

This small independent Scottish firm has a fabled history and is renowned in the market for punching well above its weight and providing exemplary legal advice.

Staff working at the firm benefit greatly from a friendly and supportive environment, where they can weave work around their lives with ease. The firm has a non-stuffy, and forward-thinking feel which places its staff at the centre of its success.

Considering its modest size, it is all the more impressive that the firm has been recognised with numerous Legal 500 and Chamber & Partner rankings. Many of the lawyers at the firm have gained individual recognition in these legal directories for their expertise, again showing the quality of the firm.

If you are seeking to work with a friendly team and develop a reputation as an expert within your practice area of choice, this is an excellent firm to work with.

The Role

Working as part of a collegiate team, the successful applicant will support the established and growing Edinburgh Private Client team to service a dynamic caseload of clients, including HNW individuals. Variety of work creates a refreshing role where the Associate takes ownership of clients to provide a range of advice on asset protection, tax and executry administration.

The Associate will work with large trusts and estates, support succession planning, and create and execute wills and power of attorneys.

Additionally, the team undertake work with guardianship and capacity cases.

Clients and cases span the full gamut of size and complexity, meaning the role will provide the successful candidate to gained unrivaled practical experience.

As an Associate, you will manage workload through delegation to other team members whilst ensuring efficient completion of the work to a high standard. Moreover, you will be expected to engage in departmental and firm-wide business development, undertake work to raise the profile of the firm, and to grow the revenues of the firm.

The Ideal Candidate

• Is an ambitious solicitor with 5+ experience in Private Client
• Ability to manage caseload independently
• Has first-rate customer service and relationship management
• Are an excellent verbal/written communicator with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients and team members alike
• Has a proactive, innovative and value-adding mindset

What's on offer

• Join a market-leading firm
• Benefit from a positive working environment and culture
• High-value transactions, low volume case-load
• First-rate career development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Favorable benefits package

If this exciting opportunity is of interest to you, call or email now for a confidential chat.

Alternatively, if this isn't quite right, reach out to find out about other roles we are currently recruiting for, or to have a general chat about your career and the current legal market.