Nelsons is one of the largest and fastest growing law firms in the East Midlands with experts in Leicester, Derby and Nottingham.
In 2023, Nelsons became part of Lawfront, a national group of leading regional law firms dedicated to delivering comprehensive legal support to individuals and businesses nationwide.
Committed to strategic growth, Lawfront is aiming to build a group in the top 10 of UK regional law firms. As part of this group, you will be able to benefit from working locally for a well-respected leading law firm whilst accessing the scale, investment resources, expertise and professional development opportunities of a national organisation.
We look to empower our clients, give them a voice, fight for them, help them seek justice and steer them through complex legal issues they face. The desire to push ourselves forwards to better serve our clients has been a constant throughout our evolution.
With a defined vision and plan for growth, we have created a culture of working together to achieve and are looking to recruit people with ambition, drive and a can-do attitude to be part of our journey.
The successful candidate can expect a competitive package and benefits that you would expect from a leading regional law firm which is part of a group of national scale.
We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Family Legal Director to play a key leadership role within our highly regarded Family team in Nottingham. This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior family lawyer looking to help shape the future of a thriving practice while continuing to work on a broad range of high-quality family matters.
You will lead complex cases, mentor junior lawyers, contribute to the strategic growth of the team and build lasting relationships with clients and referrers.
The Role
As a Family Legal Director, you will:
- Manage a varied caseload of privately funded family matters.
- Advise clients on divorce, financial remedies, cohabitation disputes and private children matters.
- Handle complex and high-value cases, often involving significant assets.
- Support and develop junior lawyers through supervision and mentoring.
- Drive business development initiatives and strengthen professional networks.
- Contribute to departmental strategy, growth plans and client service standards.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider firm.
About You
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with substantial experience in Family Law.
- Demonstrate strong technical expertise across a broad range of family matters.
- Have experience managing complex financial remedy and children cases.
- Possess excellent client care and relationship management skills.
- Show a proven ability to develop business and generate new opportunities.
- Be an effective leader with experience supervising and mentoring others.
- Be commercially aware with a commitment to delivering exceptional client service.
What We Offer
As part of this role, you’ll be given all the tools to succeed and can expect dedicated training, professional support and a host of benefits.
The extras:
To mention a few of the benefits on offer
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and holiday purchase
- Pension
- Discounts on selected legal service
- Hybrid Working
With a defined vision and growth plan on track, we have created a culture of working together to achieve and are looking to recruit people who have a can-do attitude to be part of our journey and vision.
Competitive Salary and excellent benefits package
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Family Legal Director in Nottingham employer: Nelsons Solicitors
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