Family - Senior Associate - Hampshire in Winchester

A highly regarded regional law firm is looking to appoint an experienced Family Solicitor to its established team in Winchester. This is a strong opportunity for someone with 5 PQE+ who wants to continue handling sophisticated family work while gaining greater autonomy, responsibility and scope for long-term progression.

The family practice has an excellent reputation across the South and beyond, with a client base and quality of work that compares well with many larger practices. The team advises on the full range of privately funded family matters, with particular strength in high-value matrimonial finance and complex private children work.

You will join a well-established team led by Partners with significant reputations in the market. The role offers a good balance between working alongside senior lawyers on particularly substantial or sensitive cases and taking the lead on your own matters, with support from more junior colleagues where appropriate.

Your caseload is likely to include divorce and separation, complex financial remedy proceedings, trusts, business and overseas assets, pensions, cohabitation matters, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and private law children cases. Given the nature of the client base, the ability to combine sound technical judgement with excellent client care and a strong grasp of both the detail and wider strategy of a matter will be important.

While primarily based in Winchester, there is also the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across the firm's other offices. The wider environment is collegiate and well resourced, with good technology and infrastructure and an emphasis on giving experienced lawyers the independence to manage their practice effectively.

The firm is looking for an established family lawyer, likely to be around 5-8 years' PQE, although relevant experience and capability will be more important than a precise level of qualification. You should have a strong grounding in privately funded family work and be comfortable handling financially complex matters and private children cases.

Alongside managing and developing your own caseload, you will have the opportunity to support and develop junior lawyers, work closely with senior members of the team and contribute to the continued growth of the practice. An interest in business development and building relationships within the market would therefore be welcomed.

For someone looking beyond their next immediate move, this is a particularly credible platform. The firm offers genuine scope for autonomy and longer-term career progression without sacrificing the quality or complexity of work, within a stable and established practice.

The position is permanent and can be considered on either a full-time or substantial part-time basis. A competitive salary is offered according to experience, alongside a comprehensive benefits package and discretionary performance-related remuneration.

Please note that where a level of preferred experience or qualification is indicated, this is a guideline only and does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Our consultants will review your application and assess your suitability. We endeavour to respond to all applications within 72 hours, however due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually and would advise that if you do not hear from us you should assume you are not successful in your application.