Private Family Solicitor – Legal 500 Firm
Location: South Manchester (Hybrid Working Available)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Experience: Ideally 4+ years’ PQE
Contract: Full-time, permanent
About the Firm
Our client is a highly regarded Legal 500 firm with an established reputation for delivering exceptional private family law services. The firm advises a broad client base, including professionals, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals, and is known for its strong client relationships and pragmatic legal advice.
The Role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Private Family Solicitor to join the firm’s expanding Family team in South Manchester. The position offers a varied and high-quality caseload of purely private family matters, with particular emphasis on complex financial remedy cases and divorce work, alongside some private children matters.
Key Responsibilities
* Managing a caseload of divorce, financial remedy, and private children cases.
* Advising on high-value financial settlements, including matters involving police and public sector pensions.
* Preparing and negotiating pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, and cohabitation agreements.
* Working closely with clients to provide practical, sensitive, and strategic advice.
* Managing cases from initial instruction through to resolution, maintaining excellent standards of client care.
* Building and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues and external professionals.
About You
* Qualified Solicitor with 4+ years’ PQE in private family law.
* Proven experience handling complex financial remedy work.
* Familiarity with police pension and public sector pension issues is highly desirable.
* Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a client-focused approach.
* Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment.
* Organised, commercially aware, and committed to professional growth.
What’s on Offer
* Hybrid working arrangement (office/home balance).
* Competitive salary and benefits package.
* Supportive, friendly working culture within a respected Legal 500 firm.
* Genuine opportunity for career progression within a growing Family team.
If you are a driven Family Solicitor seeking a high-quality private caseload and the flexibility of hybrid working in South Manchester, we would love to hear from you.
To apply, please send your CV over to Millie Ebbrell @ Simpson Judge Legal
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