Partner in Cheltenham

We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Private Client Partner to lead our established Cheltenham team and play a key role within our Three Counties Hub. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s largest and most respected Private Client teams, working alongside almost 120 specialists nationwide.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll help shape the strategic direction of our Private Client offering across the region, whilst driving growth, developing talent and strengthening our market presence. You will form an integral part of the senior leadership team within the Three Counties Hub, contributing to the continued success and growth of both the local office and the wider national practice.

Our Private Client team is one of the largest and most highly regarded in the country, with around 120 specialists working across the HCR network. We advise a broad spectrum of clients, including HNW and UHNW individuals, families, business owners, trustees and landed estates, delivering strategic advice across all aspects of private client work. Collaboration is integral to our approach and we work closely with colleagues across the wider firm to provide holistic, tailored advice that meets our clients' needs.

As Head of Private Client, Cheltenham, you will play a leading role in developing the practice across Cheltenham and the wider region:

• Leading and developing the Cheltenham Private Client team, providing strategic direction and support.
• Playing an active role in the growth of the practice, identifying opportunities to expand our client base and regional presence.
• Advising a broad range of clients on complex private client matters including trusts, succession planning, estate administration and wealth preservation.
• Building and maintaining lasting relationships with clients, referrers and key professional contacts.
• Mentoring and developing members of the team, supporting their professional growth and development.
• Actively contributing to business development and raising the profile of both the team and HCR in the local, and wider, market.

We are looking for an accomplished Private Client lawyer who combines technical excellence with commercial acumen, leadership capability and a passion for private client work:

• Qualified solicitor with significant experience in Private Client Law.
• Proven track record of leadership and management within a legal firm or department.
• Experience in advising HNW clients, families and business owners on complex private client matters.
• Strong communicator with the ability to build lasting relationships internally and externally.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking, with a focus on driving results.
• STEP qualified.

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our "Passion for People" lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome.

Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams. As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals.

However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them.

We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards. With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

Benefits Of Working With Us:

• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Car Loans
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations