Contentious Probate Solicitor (Team Leader)

We are working with an award winning leading regional law firm, which offers a full service to a wide and diverse range of clients.

With a strong presence throughout the Midlands our client has a number of offices in towns and cities providing second to none legal services.

At the helm of each department our client employs Team Leaders to ensure excellent client care and team work. Promoting a meritocratic environment each lawyer is enabled to work at their own pace and develop their career in the direction they choose, supported by their immediate Team Leaders and an incredibly supportive and encouraging Employment HR Business Partner.

Currently our client is looking to appoint a Team Leader for one of its litigation teams - with a primary focus on overseeing Contentious Probate, COP and Property Litigation.

The Successful Candidate:

The successful candidate for this Team Leader role will be able to offer the following.

• 8 years PQE within Contentious Probate Law

• UK qualified solicitor

• Strong academics

• Delegation and mentoring skills

• Excellent communication skills for both clients and colleagues

• Strong BD skills with the hunger to win new clients and build relations with referrers

Self-motivated and able to drive a small team

If you would like to discover more about the firm and the role - plus the remuneration package available, please contact me directly for a discrete chat.

For more information on this opportunity or for general career advice in the strictest of confidence, please contact me, Helen Abrahams at VG CHARLES &CO

Job ref: HA/11151/SL

Why use VG CHARLES &CO?

There are literally hundreds of recruiters out there all claiming to be the best - at VG CHARLES &CO we make some fairly simple and straightforward claims. We NEVER lose sight of the fact that our candidates and clients are people and not commodities. We are in recruitment because we want to improve lives not just change them for the sake of it. We are here for the long haul and hope to be able to advise you not just over months but over years.

We are staffed by lawyers and non-lawyers alike all sharing our passion to get things right and all having gone through rigorous training and development to ensure we are always able to help and offer pragmatic and non-patronising advice. We are happy to talk even when there is absolutely no chance of a fee as we think that is the right thing to do.

We aim to give all of our candidates an edge by giving them every legitimate help that we can - to ensure that in the current competitive environment our candidates are the best prepared and researched. Having been established for nearly a decade we are proud to have staff with a wealth of experience in top end legal recruitment which helped countless candidates through the recession of the early '90s. All of them genuinely care about the people they represent.

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