Job Description

Private Client Legal Director / Junior Partner (Contentious Trusts & Probate)

Location: Altrincham

Salary: £95,000 to £130,000 (plus bonus and benefits)

Experience: Legal Director / Junior Partner level

 

If you are a senior contentious trusts and probate lawyer looking for a platform where you can lead on complex, high-value work and help shape the next stage of a growing team, this is an outstanding opportunity.

Our client is looking to appoint a Private Client Legal Director or Junior Partner to join a specialist contentious trusts and probate practice in Altrincham. You will work on sophisticated disputes for business owners and high net worth individuals, often involving sensitive family dynamics, significant assets and complex legal issues.

This is a senior hire with genuine scope to lead matters, supervise and develop junior lawyers, and play a visible role in the continued growth of the department. You will be supported by a people-first culture, a modern working environment designed for collaboration and wellbeing, and a firm that takes development seriously.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading on a varied caseload of contentious trusts and probate matters, including high-value and complex disputes

• Advising on Inheritance Act claims

• Advising on challenges to the validity of wills

• Handling executor and trustee disputes

• Advising on construction and rectification proceedings

• Advising on proprietary estoppel claims

• Delivering clear, practical advice with a strong focus on client care and outcomes

• Supervising, mentoring and developing junior members of the team

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, introducers and referrers

• Supporting business development and profile-raising activity for the department and wider firm

 

What We’re Looking For

• Senior contentious trusts and probate experience, operating at Legal Director / Junior Partner / Partner level

• STEP qualified (essential)

• ACTAPS qualified (essential)

• Strong technical ability across contentious wills, trusts and estates

• Confident leading matters and supervising others, with a collaborative working style

• Strong client relationship skills, with the ability to build trust quickly in sensitive situations

• Commercial awareness and appetite to contribute to growth through networking and referrals

 

What’s On Offer

• Salary of £95,000 to £130,000 (plus bonus and benefits)

• Generous annual leave, plus an additional half day holiday for your birthday

• Hybrid and flexible working (where the role allows)

• Higher-level pension contributions

• Healthcare support

• Gym membership

• Death-in-service scheme

• Bike-to-work scheme

• Staff socials and regular team events

• CSR activities and firmwide fundraising initiatives

• Strong commitment to training and development, including structured plans and soft-skill training

• Modern working environment designed to support collaboration and wellbeing

 

Working Arrangements

Full-time, permanent role based in Altrincham, with hybrid working available.

 

Next Steps (How to Apply)

Apply online or send your CV to  lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.