Private Client Lawyer

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Job title:Private Client Lawyer

Based:Wandsworth, London

Contract Type:Permanent, Full Time

Hours of work: 9:00am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday

Flexibility: Hybrid WFH 2-3 days a week

The Ince Group

There is more to just providing legal advice and strategic guidance. We are here to help our clients seize new opportunities that stimulate growth. We put our hearts and energy into building meaningful, lasting relationships and are passionate about connecting people. If you are looking for a challenging and fulfilling career in a supportive, inclusive and high performance work environment where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential, Ince could be the firm for you.

As a firm, we recognise that everyone has a part to play in realising our vision. We aim to have a “One Firm; One Team” mind-set in everything we do, where everyone in the firm is treated with respect and equal value. We thrive on the challenges our work brings, but it is important to us that our people have time to make the most of life outside of work too.

Private Client Lawyer

After a period of significant growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join us at Alen Buckley as a Private Client Lawyer with good experience of Wills, Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney. You will have the chance to really make an impact and work with our impressive and diverse Legal Team that has proven itself to be fast-paced, dynamic and have delivered excellent results.

Role Responsibilities:

• Legal/technical ability as it relates to Wills and inheritance tax planning with some knowledge of trusts
• Good experience of wills and probate and lasting powers of attorney is essential
• Trusts and court protection knowledge advantageous
• Good understanding of relevant taxes as they apply to probate essential
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the client’s aims and objectives, together with being able to interview and advise clients, helping them decide the best course of action.
• Able to demonstrate competence in own area of law and able to identify the relevant legal issues applicable to a case or a transaction.
• Take client calls successfully and produce / record effective telephone notes and conduct effective case and transaction management to progress client matters.
• To apply firm and departmental processes and procedures. This would include achieving agreed fee earning and caseload targets as set by the head of the team.
• Draft Wills in plain language that is clear, concise and make best use of precedents including knowing how to save time and costs.
• Participate in business generation activities including Identifying and attending appropriate networking opportunities

Person Specification

• Exceptional communication, presentation and problem solving skills. Both verbal and written with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability communicate professionally and respectfully with all you interact with.
• Proven multi-tasker, who can demonstrate the ongoing use of initiative.
• Team player but self-motivated and able to work autonomously and pro-actively. We would expect you to plays an active role within the team and supports other team members during busy times.
• Used to delivering against short deadlines, accurately and a proven ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload
• Able to demonstrate experience liaising pro-actively with third parties professionally
• Excellent time management, organisational and administrative skills. We would expect you to demonstrate an understanding/awareness of good financial health, working capital and regular billing and refers matters as necessary in a timely fashion to a supervisor.

Benefits

• Salary is competitive and you will be eligible for the firm’s discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Assurance at 4x Salary
• Income Protection Cover
• Optical Care vouchers and many more benefits and discounts

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.

Appointment is subject to the appropriate background checks and satisfactory references.

A note to recruitment agencies: we like to recruit ourselves initially so this role is only open to direct applicants. If we do need any extra help we will reach out to you and utilise our PSL in the first instance.