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Associate/Senior Associate - no agencies (4026)
Newcastle upon Tyne, City and Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Salary: Competitive H1: Join Our Team - Associate/Senior Associate - no agencies (4026) Law Firm is looking to recruit an Associate or Senior Associate to join the highly regarded Newcastle Family team. This is a superb opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise working as part of a long established regional team as well as an award-winning top tier National Family team in one of the UK‘s leading law firms. H2: Your Role and What You'll Be Doing We are currently looking to recruit an Associate or Senior Associate to join the highly regarded Newcastle Family team from Silk Family Law, who will (subject to approval) shortly become a part of Irwin Mitchell. Silk Family Law was founded in 2010 and has been ranked consistently by the leading independent legal guides as top tier (Legal 500) and band one (Chambers) since inception. Many of the firm’s partners and senior associates are also highlighted individually within the guides. You will be working within a high specialised and experienced team of Family law professionals representing clients in a variety of matrimonial and family law cases including finance and children matters. The team have particular expertise in dealing with complex issues such as business assets, farming businesses, trusts and pensions and cases with an international dimension. H2: About You Law Firm is looking for someone who is: A sound all-round knowledge of family law and procedure - used to dealing with and leading on both day-to-day and high value, complex cases with a high standard of drafting skills Experienced and confident in meeting with clients and advising face to face and remotely Experienced in advocacy in the family court and/or in other public speaking environments A natural team player with a professional and collegiate approach to working with clients and colleagues Having well rounded client service skills with the ability to empathise with a wide range of clients in order to resolve the most sensitive and complicated practicalities involved in family break-ups Demonstrating ambition, energy and enthusiasm for continuing to build a successful Family law team at the top of the market. Confident in developing relationships with other professionals and referrers as part of personal and firm-wide business development plans We believe the role would suit someone with around 4 – 5 plus PQE but are happy to consider applications from those outside of this bracket if you feel that you could add value to the role. H2: Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You Law Firm is proud of its values and is 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 and to work with a foundation of integrity. In addition to this, we offer the following benefits: Flexible working options - Make work fit around your life, not the other way round. 25 days holidays as standard - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes Car parking pass for Associate level and above Private Healthcare for Associate level and above Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported to work in a way that best suits you. We have recently been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2023! Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have a range of groups to celebrate our people across sexuality, disability, age, gender and culture. Salary: Competitive |
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