Solicitor - Estate Administration/Probate

at  Irwin Mitchell

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘we’re legal and financial experts that care’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
We’re always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

ABOUT YOU

• Technical knowledge of Estate Administration ideally including in more complex areas for example trusts, taxable estates, foreign and business assets.
• Ability to work professionally and collaboratively
• Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
• A friendly, enthusiastic and can-do approach

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

We believe the role would best suit someone with around 2 PQE plus but we are open to applications from candidates outside of this who feel they can add value to the role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Legal Executive / Solicitor to join our Estate Administration Team in Sheffield, forming part of our Partnerships, Wills and Probate Division.
You will run a large caseload with autonomy under limited supervision, often managing demanding and competing priorities.
The successful candidate will have a solid background of estate administration and in dealing with a wide variety of estates ranging from low to high value/ complexity.