Private Client Solicitor

Bournemouth – £60,000 - £70,000

Private Client Solicitor - Bournemouth
 
Join an Ambitious Top 200 Law Firm | Exceptional Career Progression | Premium Private Client Work
 
Are you a Private Client Solicitor ready to take your career to the next level?
 
This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the UK's Top regional law firms, renowned for its dynamic growth, supportive culture, and commitment to excellence. Based in Bournemouth, you'll be part of a forward-thinking Private Client team that's setting new standards in client service and professional development.
 
Why Join Us?
 
At this firm, career progression isn't just encouraged — it's built into everything they do. They believe in empowering solicitors to thrive, offering a clear and transparent pathway to advancement, ongoing mentoring, and the autonomy to build your own professional brand.
 
You'll benefit from:
  • A market-leading salary and benefits package, including flexible and hybrid working options
  • A genuinely supportive environment, with open-door access to partners who are invested in your growth
  • Exposure to high-quality, complex work, servicing high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, family businesses, and agricultural clients
  • Real opportunities to make your mark — from business development and networking to shaping the firm's future strategy
About the role:
 
You'll advise on a broad range of Private Client and Private Wealth matters, including:
  • Estate and succession planning for high-net-worth clients
  • Drafting and administering wills, trusts, and lasting powers of attorney
  • Inheritance tax and wealth protection strategies
  • Complex estates involving business and agricultural assets
You'll be trusted to manage your own caseload, build long-term client relationships, and play an active role in developing the firm's private client offering.
 
About You:
 
The firm are looking for a solicitor with upwards of 3  years' PQE (or equivalent experience), ideally from a city, regional, or well-regarded private client practice. You'll bring:
  • A strong technical background and meticulous attention to detail
  • A passion for delivering exceptional client service
  • Ambition, drive, and a genuine desire to progress your career
  • The confidence to engage in business development and networking initiatives
What's Next?
 
If you're seeking a long-term career with a firm that recognises talent, rewards ambition, and provides every opportunity to grow, this is the role for you.
 
Apply now and take the next step in your private client career with one of the most progressive and people-focused firms in the region.

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Dante Friend

Senior Recruitment Consultant
0117 284 2120

dante@douglas-scott.co.uk

Dante Friend is a Senior Recruitment Consultant at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment, with over 4 years at the company. Having joined in 2011, he now oversees Hampshire, Dorset, and the southwest. Dante provides a highly professional service, recruiting for all levels of firms, from city and large regional to Legal 500 and high street. If Dante weren’t in recruitment, he would be pursuing a career in journalism. One of his goals this year is to buy a Porsche.


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Job Spec:

  • Area of Law: Wills & Probate Law
  • Type: Solicitor / FILEX
  • Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
  • Term: Permanent
  • Location: Bournemouth
  • Reference: 1299196

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