At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage probate cases and provide expert legal advice with empathy.
- Company: Dynamic legal firm in Berkshire offering a hybrid work model.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive team culture, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace valuing diversity and encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in clients' lives while advancing your legal career.
- Qualifications: Minimum one year of experience in probate or private client law.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 60000 £ per year.
JOB TITLE: Legal Executive - Probate LOCATION: Berkshire (Hybrid – 3 days on-site, 2 days from home) SALARY: £35K- - £60K (DOE) THE ROLE: We're looking for a Legal Executive with a minimum of one year's Private Client / Probate experience to help deliver modern, efficient and empathetic probate and estate administration services.
Managing your own caseload of probate matters, your role will include
- Managing a varied caseload of probate and estate administration matters from instruction through to distribution.
- Providing expert legal advice on probate, inheritance tax and private client matters.
- Drafting and reviewing legal documents including IHT forms, grant applications and estate accounts.
- Ensuring compliance with probate law, SRA regulations and internal governance standards.
- Supporting and mentoring junior colleagues and paralegals.
ABOUT YOU
- Legal Counsel / Legal Executive / Lawyer with a minimum of one year's experience in probate or private client law.
- Someone who thrives in a fast‐paced environment and is excited by the future of legal services.
- A confident communicator who can support clients through emotionally sensitive situations with empathy and clarity.
- Proven experience managing end‐to‐end probate and estate administration cases.
- Ability to handle complex or high‐value estates with minimal supervision.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys contributing to a positive team culture.
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As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days.
If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At e NL we value diversity and inclusion.
We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate
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