Divorce Lawyer in Bristol

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded national law firm with the recruitment of an experienced Divorce and Finance Lawyer to join its well-established Family Department in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior family law specialist to manage a high-quality caseload of divorce and financial remedy matters, while playing a key role in business development, supervision and the continued growth of the team.

As a Divorce and Finance Lawyer, you will be joining a supportive, forward-thinking family law team with strong career prospects and the opportunity to work on a broad range of privately funded family matters, including divorce, financial settlements, pre-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.

This is what you will be doing:

• Managing your own caseload of divorce and financial remedy matters from instruction through to conclusion.
• Advising clients on pre-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and related family law issues.
• Undertaking your own advocacy where appropriate.
• Supporting business development, networking and marketing activity to help generate new work.
• Assisting with the training, supervision and development of junior case handlers within the Family Department.

The experience you will bring to the team:

• You will be a qualified Solicitor, FCILEx authorised litigator or equivalent with a minimum of 8 years' PQE or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience running your own caseload of divorce and finance matters within a family law environment.
• Advocacy experience and the confidence to deal with urgent, complex and time-sensitive work.
• Previous supervision experience and the ability to support the development of junior colleagues.
• A positive, commercial and client-focused approach, with the ability to bring in your own work.
• Resolution Accreditation would be beneficial, although this is not essential.

This is what you will get in return:

• Salary up to £60,000 dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working from the Bristol office, with a combination of home and office working.
• Excellent annual leave and welfare benefits.
• Health cash plan and gym/lifestyle benefits.
• Work-life balance initiatives, including dress for your day.
• People-focused recognition and referral schemes.
• Genuine development opportunities and clear career prospects.

Are you up to the challenge? If you're a Divorce and Finance Lawyer ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch to find out more.