Wills, Trusts & Probate Lawyer in Watford

Department: Wills, Trusts & Probate - Bereavement Team

Office: Hertford/Hybrid

Are you looking to advance your legal career whilst enjoying a healthy work/life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as interested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in? Then Attwaters Solicitors could be the firm for you.

With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Solicitors is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the ‘go to’ private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.

In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we’re looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.

The role:

• We are looking for a 3+ years Qualified Solicitor or CILEX/FILEX to join our busy Wills, Trust and Probate department (Bereavement Team) - based in Hertford.
• We require solid experience in Wills, Trust, Probate and Private Client work. STEP-qualified or working towards qualification is desired but not essential.
• Taking client instructions and preparing Wills, LPAs and general Powers of Attorney, from straightforward to complex matters.
• Managing probate and estate administration files for High-Net-Worth Clients, including taxable estates requiring IHT400s and schedules, identifying and claiming relevant inheritance tax reliefs.
• Administering intestate estates with strong knowledge of intestacy rules.
• Trust administration, including knowledge of the principles of tax affecting trusts upon creation and during the lifetime of the trust, when their use would be appropriate within Wills and creation of a trust during lifetime.
• An understanding of the set up and administration of Life Interest trusts and Discretionary trusts following a death where such trusts are to be found in a deceased’s Will.
• An understanding of the mechanism for collapsing Discretionary Trusts as part of the administration of an estate if not required.
• An awareness and some experience of issues affecting the older client and understanding of the Court of Protection and Deputyship work where the mentally incapacitated client is concerned.
• Keenness to get involved in networking and business development activities and be a great ambassador for our firm generally.

What we expect from you:

• You’re dedicated to providing excellent client service in line with our Service Pledge.
• You’re somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
• You’re interested in promoting the firm’s good name both internally and externally.
• You’re a team player who will always go the extra mile.
• You have a positive attitude and always look to lift spirits, not lower them.
• You show good judgement and maturity.
• You’re risk-aware – you know what you don’t know.
• You’re a hard worker with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

What you can expect from us:

• A structured career path that provides all the information you need to develop and progress.
• A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Automatic enrolment to our contributory corporate pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.
• Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee’s expense.
• Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.
• Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.
• Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches and our annual online Staff Quiz!

Click ‘Apply’ to complete and submit your application – we can’t wait to hear from you! Send in your CV to us, as we are always looking for great candidates.