Private Client Solicitor 2-4 YRS PQE
Job description
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Private Client Solicitor/Lawyer - Braintree. Are you looking for a firm that will support you with further training and specialist courses? Looking to take more responsibility or just progress your career? I am pleased to be working with large, agile and long established firm who have an opportunity in their Family Team. Experience required:
- Dealing with all matters of Private Client, predominately
- Wills - from basic to extremely complex
- Lasting Power of Attorneys
- Probates
- STEP qualification would be advantageous but not essential
- Supervisory experience also would be an advantage
Please apply with a current CV, I look forward to your application.
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Application advice
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⭐ Lead your CV personal statement with your Private Client specialism — the advert explicitly seeks someone handling Wills, LPAs and Probate, so name all three in your opening profile.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed a caseload of 80+ active Private Client matters including complex multi-jurisdiction Wills and LPA applications'.
🎯 If you hold or are studying toward STEP, place it prominently in your qualifications section — the advert flags it as advantageous, so it will differentiate you from other 2-4 PQE candidates.
🤝 Highlight any supervisory or mentoring experience explicitly — even informal supervision of paralegals or trainees counts, as the advert lists this as a desirable attribute.
🌐 Tailor your CV to the Braintree/Essex market by referencing experience with regional clients or high-net-worth individuals in similar practice settings, demonstrating cultural fit with a long-established local firm.
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- •Managed a caseload of 75 active Private Client matters simultaneously, including 20+ complex Wills involving discretionary trusts and Inheritance Tax mitigation strategies.
- •Drafted and registered 40 Lasting Powers of Attorney per quarter with zero OPG rejections, reducing average registration turnaround by 3 weeks through process improvements.
- •Supervised 2 paralegals on Probate files totalling £4.2M in estate assets, ensuring compliance with SRA standards and delivering all matters within agreed client timescales.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Private Client law, specifically the drafting of complex Wills and the administration of Probate matters, is where I have focused my practice since qualification — which is precisely why this Solicitor role at your Braintree firm caught my attention. With 3 years of post-qualification experience handling LPA registrations, multi-asset estate administrations and Inheritance Tax planning, I am confident I can contribute meaningfully from day one.
My background in Private Client work spans a broad caseload of individual and high-net-worth clients, including complex testamentary instructions involving discretionary trusts and blended family arrangements. I have also taken on informal supervisory responsibilities for paralegals, reviewing file progress and providing guidance on procedural matters, and I am keen to formalise that aspect of my role.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through how you would handle a complex Will instruction involving a blended family and potential Inheritance Tax planning.
- ›What is the process you follow when registering a Lasting Power of Attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian?
- ›How do you approach a contentious Probate matter where a beneficiary disputes the validity of a Will?
- ›What are the key considerations when advising a client on a Discretionary Trust within their estate plan?
- ›How does STEP membership or qualification influence best practice in Private Client work?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or sensitive client matter from instruction through to completion.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to supervise or guide a junior colleague on a Private Client file — how did you approach it?
- ›Give an example of when you identified an issue on a client's estate plan that the client had not anticipated — how did you handle it?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage competing deadlines across a high-volume Private Client caseload.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to deliver difficult news to a client regarding their estate or a Probate matter.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or sensitive client matter from instruction through to completion.
Describe a situation where you had to supervise or guide a junior colleague on a Private Client file — how did you approach it?