Associate - Private Client - Guildford, United Kingdom - Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Guildford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Overview:

With a reputation built on years of industry expertise and a large team of specialist private client lawyers, the Penningtons Manches Cooper private client team provides innovative, clear and tailored solutions for UK and non-UK based clients.

Our services range from personal wealth management, UK and international tax planning and asset protection to advising individuals, family offices, family businesses and fiduciaries on their clients' diverse issues.

The team includes a core of traditional private client lawyers as well as specialist advisors in domestic estate planning, international tax and structuring, contentious trusts and estates, charity matters and court of protection and deputyship work.

Consistently acknowledged as one of the top private client teams in the UK and recognised by all major guides to the UK legal profession, our full service team retains its reputation by understanding our clients' objectives and working with them to deliver results.

Chambers UK describes us as 'an absolutely first-rate firm with excellent private client practitionerstheir advice is always

tailored to get what the client needs'. The Legal 500 notes that we are 'certainly one of the best in the field... their combination of sensitivity and technical knowledge is as good as it gets'.

Our private client team is regularly nominated for and wins awards and there is widespread industry recognition of the team's strength and depth across our network of offices.

Recent accolades include winning runner up for the Citywealth Magic Circle Award for Law Firm of the Year 2018 as well as continued recognition in the ePrivateclient Top Law Firms rankings and two members of the team

winning Citywealth Future Leaders awards.

Members of our team are also included in the Citywealth leaders list; Citywealth Top 20 Women in Private Wealth Management list; Top 35 under 35 and Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite list.

Responsibilities:

committed to developing their technical skills with the support of active mentoring from colleagues and the firm's Knowledge team to service clients and develop their own careers.

Essential & Desirable Criteria:

Main purposes:

To undertake fee-earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the division.

To contribute to the successful development of the firm in line with the team's business plan and firms' commonality of purpose.

To deliver a high quality technical and commercial legal service ensuring personal compliance with quality standards and professional ethics.

To be an ambassador for the firm at all times and always promote it in a positive light

To achieve the competencies for an Associate relevant to level of experience (i.e. 4+ years' experience).

Matter management:

To be able to contribute to the efficiency of matter management by being thorough, proactive and following processes and to take ownership of his/her area of the matter.

To use his/her initiative to think through and research issues, identify problems and design solutions for review; to take matters forward once approved.

To produce detailed and accurate work, maintaining an overview of the matter.

Financial Management:

To demonstrate financial awareness through assisting in the billing process, understand the impact of their and others' billable time on the matter, participates in the billing process as required (e.g. timely billing, chasing for payment).

Communication skills:

To demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, focusing on the key points in a structured manner and presents a reasoned argument in a clear, logical and persuasive way.

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