Private Client Solicitor - United Kingdom - PT group

Description

About The Role

Are you a private client solicitor with a passion for the agricultural and estates sector? If so, we have a unique opportunity just for you

Our dedicated Agricultural & Estates team (a group of more than 40 across the country), working with our Private Client team are seeking an experienced Private Client Solicitor who specialises and wishes to play a key part in developing our offering across an agriculturaland estates client group. This opportunity would best be supported from one of our "West" offices (Cheltenham, Worcester, Hereford, Wye Valley or Cardiff) as these locations are partnered with our highly experienced tier 1 teams who are both entrenched in and widely regarded across this sector. We are developing a full service, specialised offering to our agriculture and estates client and are looking for the right person with energy and enthusiasm wanting to be on that exciting journey with us.

Our Agriculture & Estates teamact for some of the largest landowners in the country, 4 of our clients being within the top 50 landowners in the UK. We are leading the way putting in place agreements to unlock Biodiversity Net Gain. Our land owning clients have renewable energy schemes and strategic land sales with values in excess of £100m. We areconsistently ranked top in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Furthermore, wehave been on the NFU Legal panel since 2009 and have close links to the CLA, with team members sitting on County committees. The team are active members of the Agricultural Law Association, with the Director of Education, Committee members, and 4 Fellows of the Agricultural Law Association. We actively support and encourage engaging with industry groups.

• Provide high grade, profitable fee earning support.
• Advise on and manage a wide range of private client and estate planning and management issues across an agricultural client group including wills, probate, LPAs, trusts, estates and tax.
• Develop and maintain knowledge on issues within private client, working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole team to share knowledge.
• Contribute to business development opportunities and identify networking opportunities internally and externally, marketing and cross selling.

About You

You will need:

• 3+ years or more PQE
• STEP qualification or working towards
• Demonstrable technical ability and excellent drafting skills
• Able to work flexibly in other HCR offices as required.
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
• Can demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
• Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail
• A passion / interest in agricultural client groups and networks

About Us

Benefits of working with us:

Income Protection

Bonus Scheme

Private MedicalInsurance

Electric Vehicle Scheme

International Secondments

Sight tests / Glasses discounts

Scottish Widows Pension Scheme

27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
Cycle to Work scheme
Life Assurance
1/3 gym membership contribution
Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we'll back your good ideas. Our "Passion for People" lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples' energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR's growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We're flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society's Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they're located. We've expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don't just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership