Senior Associate - Worcester, United Kingdom - Harrison Clark Rickerbys Legal LLP

Harrison Clark Rickerbys Legal LLP

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Worcester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Private Client Senior Associate to join our Worcester based team.

We're one of the most respected legal firms in the country, and our Private Client team particularly excel in looking after high net worth clients to include owner managed businesses and agricultural clients offering a broad and varied workload.

Many members of our team hold Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners qualifications, and are part of Solicitors for the Elderly.

We also act for a number of private family charitable trusts, an area that is constantly growing. We are experienced in helping clients to manage international assets.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work directly with well-known, experienced and recognised Partners, and with the wider Private Client team who are over 45 strong.

What we need you to do:

Provide high grade, profitable fee earning support in the Private Client Team
Advise on and manage a wide range of Private Client issues including wills, probate, LPAs, trusts, estates and tax. A knowledge of court of protection work would be an advantage.
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
Supporting and training junior members of the team.

About You:

You will need:

5+ years or more PQE
A solid grounding in Private Client (Wills, Trusts & Estates).
STEP Qualified or working towards.
An ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
Excellent technical ability and drafting skills
To demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
To have strong commercial acumen
To be proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail

About Us:

Benefits of working with us:

Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
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