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Location: Birmingham City Centre/Solihull

Title: Contentious Probate Solicitor

Salary Starting Salary from £50000

Our client based in Birmingham is seeking a Contentious Probate Solicitor. You will be managing a high-volume caseload of residential property sales. You will need to communicate professionally and effectively with clients, 3rd parties, customers and colleagues by phone and in writing, within tight deadlines.

The ideal candidate

* A Contentious Probate Solicitor with 10+ years’ PQE

* Have excellent client care and interpersonal skills

* May have contacts in the local market and some following of work

* A confident communicator who is comfortable undertaking business development activity/networking

* Ideally, you will be ACTAPS qualified, but this is not essential

The company & role

* A Legal 500 firm with a longstanding commitment to personal legal services and a market leader in a number of private client-facing practice areas

* You will join a contentious probate team with a supportive friendly culture

* Working alongside leading solicitors, you’ll handle a mixed caseload of high-quality matters including disputes between beneficiaries and executors or trustees regarding the performance of their duties and the administration of estates of trusts

* You will also be expected to supervise more junior members of the team

* Be involved in business development, networking and helping to grow the team.

What we can offer you…

* competitive salary and benefits package.

* 25 days holiday + bank holidays

* Death in Service

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Option to buy and sell holidays.

* Scottish Widows Pension Scheme

* Health Shields Policy (after completion of Probation Period)