Eventus Legal are seeking a Family Solicitor with experience to join a successful team based in Leeds city centre. The successful Family Solicitor will be working within a small, highly experienced team. The role is a permanent position available on a full-time basis, with hybrid working (office-based one day per week) and competitive salary up to £70,000. Benefits include 23 days holiday, plus bank holidays and additional days over Christmas shutdown, death in service, life insurance and medical insurance and overall, a strong opportunity to gain a positive work-life balance.

Role responsibilities

The successful Family Solicitor will undertake private fee-earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the firm. The fee-earning work shall be focused on private bespoke matters dealing with enquiries promptly with a view to converting to a full retainer to working through instructions to completion. Whilst providing support and guidance to the overall Team. Specific duties may include:

• Manage a full caseload of privately funded family law matters, with a focus on complex financial remedies and sensitive children-related issues.
• Successfully retain all clients during transitions in representation by providing reassurance and continuity of service.
• Rapidly assimilate ongoing cases and deliver effective advocacy at remote court hearings.
• Proactively convert new client referrals into active instructions, contributing to sustained and ongoing business growth.
• Advise on the division of high-value assets including businesses, trusts, and offshore holdings.
• Regularly handle cross-jurisdictional divorce issues and work closely with forensic accountants to ensure fair financial disclosure.
• Draft bespoke agreements designed to protect individual or family wealth before or during marriage, often involving international assets or parties.
• Manage complex disputes involving custody, international relocation, and privacy, particularly in high-profile or high-net-worth cases.
• Management of support services for which (s)he is responsible, including supervision of own assistant if required.
• Performance and compliance management support to the Managing Director in respect of junior fee earners/solicitors.
• Participation in marketing/brand promotion activities, whether on a firmwide, LinkedIn postings, departmental or office basis as directed by the Managing Director.

Person specification

The successful Family Solicitor will be a qualified Solicitor or Fellow of CILEX with a minimum of 5 Years PQE in privately funded matters. You will also:

• Be a confident and competent advocate
• Have good understanding and competence of IT.
• Be commercially aware and astute.
• Be supportive, trusted, self-motivated and understand the importance of work-life balance
   

Benefits and Rewards

The incoming Family Solicitor will be joining a well-established, industry leading independent practice in the heart of Leeds with a national presence. The firm are also offering the following:

• Competitive salary (negotiable, depending on experience)
• Hybrid working – 1 day based in the office/4 working from home.
• State of the art company laptop, mobile phone, and assistance to set up an office at home
• 23 days holiday + Bank holidays plus Christmas office shut down.
• Death in service, pension, life insurance and medical insurance including mental health support and counselling
• Flexibility over working hours to support personal commitments.

About the Company

This law firm were incepted in 2008 when the firm was set up with the simple ethos of paying attention to the client and not just the law, creating and arguing law in favour of the client and not the other way around. Their team of specialist lawyers believe in taking clients through their challenging legal journeys with effective and valuable legal protection. The team shares a combined 150 years’ worth of legal experience specialising in high net worth, complex and international family law matters.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Family Solicitor job, please send your CV to Vanessa Grey at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at vanessa.grey@eventuslegal.com or phone 07572 760099

If this job is not right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.

The Eventus Recruitment Group are award-winning recruitment specialists operating in the Legal, HR, Finance and Accountancy sectors across the UK. Please note, the years’ experience and / or salary are listed in our advertisements as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Our privacy policy can be found on the bottom of our website.