Family Associate

Company: JMC Legal Recruitment
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will join a well-regarded Family team within a Top 100 law firm to handle high-quality, privately funded matters for HNW clients. You will work on complex financial remedies, private children, and cross-border cases, gaining exposure to international assets and jurisdictions. The role blends advanced technical work with client relationship development and business development opportunities. You will operate in a collaborative environment that invests in its individuals and offers flexible working. This is a chance to advance your career by contributing to a growing, multi-disciplinary family practice with cross-border potential.

Pay / Benefits

  • Flexible working
  • Excellent benefits

Responsibilities

  • Handle complex financial remedy matters
  • Manage private children work and cohabitation disputes
  • Work on high net worth and complex asset cases
  • Contribute to matters with international/cross-border elements
  • Collaborate with Partners and senior lawyers
  • Develop client relationships and participate in business development
  • Engage with cross-border family work opportunities

Key requirements

  • Approximately 2+ years PQE in family law, quality over strict PQE
  • Strong privately funded family experience, especially financial remedy
  • Experience handling complex matters and high-value assets
  • Excellent technical and client management skills
  • Interest in cross-border/international family work
  • Commercial mindset and relationship-building drive
  • Ambition to progress within a respected team
  • Client management
  • Commercial mindset
  • Ambition and drive
  • Financial remedy
  • Private children
  • High-value asset matters

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Posted: October 15th, 2026