Accuflex has a great opportunity for an experienced and motivated Solicitor (minimum 5 years PQE) with strong Private Client expertise to join our client, a long-established and highly respected regional law firm, in Cumbria.
This role offers a genuine leadership opportunity within a collaborative and supportive firm environment, with scope for future directorship.
Department Leadership: Lead and manage an established Private Client team, maintaining high technical standards and fostering a collaborative culture.
Complex Estate Planning: Advise on wills (including high-value and complex estates), trusts, inheritance tax planning and estate structuring.
Probate & Administration: Oversee estate administration matters from instruction through to completion.
Supervision & Mentoring: Provide training, supervision and technical guidance to junior team members.
Risk & Compliance: Ensure compliance with SRA and regulatory requirements.
Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with 5+ years PQE.
Strong background in wills, trusts, probate and estate planning.
Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers.
Comfortable managing complex client relationships independently.
STEP qualification desirable but not essential.
Location: Cumbria (hybrid working considered)
Why Apply?
No billing targets.
Clear pathway to Head of Department and potential Directorship.
Competitive regional salary with discretionary firm-wide bonus.
Excellent work-life balance in a scenic location.
Accutrainee provides a unique, flexible and efficient way for law firms and in-house legal teams to take on trainee solicitors and for graduates to benefit from bespoke training contracts designed around them.
Trainees can gain experience in more than one organisation during their training contract or stay at one firm for the whole two years. There is no typical training contract at Accutrainee. To date, all of our trainees have secured positions on qualification.
We employ trainees under training contracts and second them to law firms and in-house legal teams in accordance with our clients' requirements and business needs. The result is improved efficiency and flexibility for our clients and greater opportunities for our trainees.
We work with organisations who have their own trainee cohort as well as those who have wanted to take on trainees in the past but not yet done so. Our role is to ensure clients get access to quality assured trainees but without having to worry about anything else as it’s all taken care of by us!
We are continually talking to firms and in-house teams about their trainee requirements and therefore we have training contracts opportunities starting all year round.
During training contracts, we heavily monitor trainees ensuring that all training requirements are met and exceeded and to ensure each trainee is day one competent. We also deliver additional mentoring to each trainee so that they get the support and guidance they need during this crucial time in their career development.
Our extremely robust selection process takes place all year round enabling us to meet far greater numbers of candidates to understand their strengths and competencies. This method is crucial to supporting our passion and focus on improving diversity within the legal profession.
If you would like more information about Accutrainee, please call us: 020 7871 2822, email us: info@accutrainee.com or visit our website: www.accutrainee.com.
