Associate - Private Client (2-4PQE) in Kingston upon Thames

Associate Solicitor (2-4 PQE)

Hours

9.30am - 5.30pm

Department

Private Client Kingston

The Role

We are looking for an ambitious, professional candidate to join our Private Client team in Kingston. The ideal candidate will be 2-4 PQE in the non-contentious Private Client area of law and should be a self-starter, highly motivated and demonstrate experience of a wide range of private client work, with a keen desire to develop their knowledge and practice. We would also expect them to develop and maintain excellent relationships with both clients and with other professionals

The Private Client team at Russell-Cooke has a well-established reputation and broad experience over the entire sector. We have an agile working policy which includes working from home for up to 40% of working time each month.

We handle varied and high-quality work to include: advising on and drafting wills; estate and inheritance tax planning advice; the administration of estates of varying degrees of complexity; the creation, administration and taxation of trusts; cross-border advice; inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax advice in relation to trusts and estates; advising on mental capacity issues and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Our client base is extremely varied, including high net worth individuals and have international clients as well as UK based clients.

Russell-Cooke offers an excellent opportunity to join a stimulating work environment, working alongside friendly and supportive colleagues. The Private Client Team is client-focused in its approach and offers superb career development opportunities.

Technical skills and expertise

Main Duties:

• Conduct of own caseload under line management of supervising partner
• Business development to include networking, article writing, cross-departmental relationship building, developing referrer relationships such as accountants, wealth managers, trust companies etc
• Excellent financial management including time recording and billing to reach annual targets.
• Participation in firm wide cohort and other events

Client Relations:

• To provide a high-quality service to all Russell-Cooke clients
• To develop and maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients’ confidence and that of other professionals
• Receive requests for advice from current and potential clients and deciding on the most appropriate responses to make to these requests
• Establishing what needs to be done to solve a client’s problems

Personal Development:

• Qualify into and maintain professional development in a professional body such as STEP
• Support internal procedures and systems of Russell-Cooke including file and financial management
• Attend internal training and external training as and when required
• Read journals and attend courses as part of continuing professional development
• Maintain high standards of professional conduct while generating adequate practice income, ensuring that the fees earned sufficiently exceed total costs and expenses incurred

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree level 2:1 and ideally commendation at LPC level
• Highly numerate, IT literate, with excellent working knowledge of Excel.

Your career development

Russell-Cooke’s lawyers are rounded professional advisers with strong commercial awareness and a commitment to exceeding client expectations. All our lawyers benefit from our cohort based career development programme. We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed this excellent cohort programme to allow our lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

At each stage of your career, and as you move through the cohorts, a bespoke training programme will be provided to support you with your development and progression.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

We have a diverse workforce and aim to attract high calibre applicants who reflect the demography of our geographical location and client base. Individuals will be employed solely on merit and the requirement of the position. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender Identity or religion. Reasonable adjustments will be made to eliminate or reduce disadvantage.