Senior Wills & Estates Solicitor in Southampton

Senior Wills & Estate Planning Solicitor (5-8 PQE) - Hampshire

The Firm

This long-established full-service firm that advises individuals and businesses across Hampshire, London and beyond. Its Wills & Estate Planning team is led by a Director and Head of Department, alongside a second director, a solicitor and three legal secretaries. The team is a member of STEP, the Association of Lifetime Lawyers and the Law Society's Probate Section.

The firm puts real weight on collaboration, and the team gets regular referrals from colleagues across the business. A newly launched career framework gives a clear route to progression, and the directors are committed to supporting their people.

The Role

This senior role offers a varied, high-quality private client caseload, including:

• Drafting Wills, including complex and tax-efficient Wills
• Setting up, advising on and administering trusts
• Inheritance tax and estate planning
• Estate administration and probate
• Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters
• Advising elderly and vulnerable clients, including home and care home visits
• Supporting and supervising more junior members of the team
• Business development, networking and growing cross-team referrals

Requirements

• 5-8 years' PQE in wills, trusts and estates
• Trust experience preferred but not essential
• A confident networker who enjoys building a personal client base
• Happy to supervise and mentor junior colleagues
• A client-focused, approachable manner

Benefits

• 35-hour working week
• Hybrid working
• 25 days' holiday, rising by one day per year of service, plus your birthday off
• Contributory pension (4% employer contribution)
• Paycare health cash plan
• Enhanced maternity and sick pay
• Staff commission scheme
• Discounted legal services
• Onsite parking (limited)
• Easily commutable from Southampton, Surrey and the surrounding areas