Solicitor in Bournemouth

Ready to take the next step in your Family Law career?

We're looking for a Family Solicitor with 2-5 years' PQE to join our large and highly regarded Family team in Bournemouth.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a full-service Family team with recognised strength across both financial and children matters. You will work on a varied mix of complex and high-value cases, while developing your own experience within an established and expanding department.

Why Join Us?

· Competitive salary depending on experience

· Join a well-established and highly regarded Family team

· Work on complex and high-value financial and children matters

· Exposure to specialist work including pensions, trusts, private companies, insolvency issues, cross-jurisdictional assets, relocation disputes and international child abduction

· Be part of a strong NCDR offering on the South Coast, including mediators, collaborative practitioners and an arbitrator

· Support to obtain Resolution accreditation if you do not already have it

· 36 days holiday including Bank Holidays, pro rata

· Private medical healthcare

· Flexible benefits including gym membership, additional pension contributions, extra holiday or a Healthcare Cashback Scheme

· Flexible working arrangements across hours and location

· Monthly Ellis Jones Day, regular socials, sporting and charity events

The Role

Based in our brand-new offices in Bournemouth, you will join the wider Family team in a full-time, permanent role, working on a varied mix of finance and children matters.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside and directly support some of the region’s most highly regarded senior Family solicitors on complex, high-value and often sensitive matters. Alongside managing smaller matters independently, you will benefit from exceptional exposure to sophisticated casework and leading specialist expertise, providing an outstanding platform from which to refine your skills, build your professional profile and develop a high-quality caseload of your own. You will also play an active role in marketing and business development as the team continues its strategic growth.

About You

We're looking for a qualified lawyer with around 2-5 years' post-qualification experience and experience across areas including:

· Divorce and civil partnership dissolution

· Financial matters involving pensions, private companies, property portfolios and tax issues

· Variations of maintenance applications

· Schedule 1 cases

· Cohabitation disputes

· Private law children disputes, including internal and international relocation

Knowledge of child abduction work is welcome but not essential. You will ideally have trained and gained experience with a well-regarded firm and be looking for an opportunity to continue developing within an expanding Family team.

Why Ellis Jones?

At Ellis Jones, there is a strong emphasis on rewarding our people and continually reviewing the benefits and initiatives available to support and motivate staff. Alongside a competitive package, you will join an established Family team offering high-quality work, specialist expertise and genuine opportunities to develop your career.

If you're looking for a role where you can broaden your experience, work alongside experienced specialists and build your career within a supportive and expanding team, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today with your CV and covering letter.

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