Private Client Solicitor

Company: JMC Legal Recruitment
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Location: Lewes
Job Description:

Overview

In this Private Client role, you will handle a varied HNW-focused caseload including wills, LPAs, estate planning, probate, trusts and tax matters. You’ll work under a respected partner within a Legal 500 ranked team that values long-term client relationships over transactions. The role emphasizes advisory work and a collaborative, supportive culture in a market-leading Sussex firm. You’ll contribute to a high-caliber, client-centric practice while benefiting from hybrid and flexible working. This is a rare opportunity to grow within a respected private client team in one of Sussex’s attractive market towns.

Pay / Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible working

Responsibilities

  • Handle wills, LPAs, estate planning, probate, trusts and tax matters for HNW clients
  • Provide advisory, relationship-focused service rather than transactional work
  • Collaborate with a settled private client team and partner on complex matters
  • Develop and maintain long-term client relationships
  • Contribute to high-quality, ethically driven client service

Key requirements

  • 4+ years’ PQE in private client law
  • Private Client Solicitor or Legal Executive
  • Confident across core private client matters
  • Exposure to HNW work helpful but not essential
  • Detail-focused, personable and ambitious
  • detail-oriented
  • personable
  • ambitious
  • wills
  • LPAs
  • estate planning

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Posted: October 1st, 2026