Senior Associate Family - Top 60 Firm
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Do you have 4-5 years PQE as a Family Solicitor? Then this is the opportunity for you!!
I am excited to be working with one of the most respected legal firms in the country (Top 60), and their Family Law team is a key part of the business. They cover every aspect of family law, from divorce, to children’s law, and wealth protection.
They are looking for an ambitious Senior Associate to join the team and work closely with the Partner who has a wealth of family experience. Your role will include working on a broad range of family matters including divorce, cohabitation disputes, wealth protection and complex issues surrounding children.
What we need you to do:
- Advise on and manage a wide range of Family work, including high net worth individuals.
- Develop and maintain knowledge on issues within the Family Law sector, working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole team to share knowledge.
- Develop opportunities for referral of work across the business and actively participate in business development opportunities.
- Contribute to business development opportunities and identify networking to help introduce new business to the firm.
Requirements
- 4-5+ years PQE
- A solid grounding in family law
- Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
- Ability to supervise junior staff
- Excellent technical ability and drafting skills
- Can demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
- Strong commercial acumen
- Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail
Benefits
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations
If you are interested in this role then please apply with your most up to date CV.
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⭐ Open your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly states your PQE level (e.g. '4 years PQE Family Solicitor') as the advert lists this as the primary requirement.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed a caseload of 60+ active family matters including 12 high net worth divorce cases with combined asset pools exceeding £4M'.
🎯 Highlight any business development activity — the advert mentions networking and referrals twice, so include specific examples such as 'Generated £35k in new instructions through referral relationships with two local IFAs'.
🤝 Demonstrate supervisory experience explicitly, naming the number of junior fee earners or paralegals you have overseen, as the role requires ability to supervise junior staff.
🌐 Tailor your skills section to mirror the advert's specific practice areas: divorce, cohabitation disputes, children's law, and wealth protection — these are the four pillars the firm covers.
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- •Managed a caseload of 60+ active family matters including 15 high net worth divorce cases with combined matrimonial asset pools exceeding £5M, achieving settlement in 80% of cases without contested final hearings.
- •Supervised 2 trainee solicitors and 1 paralegal across children law and financial remedy files, reducing file review turnaround time from 5 days to 2 days through structured weekly supervision sessions.
- •Generated £42,000 in new instructions over 12 months by establishing referral relationships with 3 local IFA firms and presenting at a regional family law networking event attended by 40+ professionals.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Having built a focused practice in family law over the past five years, the Senior Associate position at your Top 60 firm in Huntingdonshire is a natural next step. Your team's breadth — spanning divorce, children's law, cohabitation disputes and high net worth wealth protection — aligns precisely with the caseload I have developed, and I am drawn to the firm's collaborative approach to knowledge-sharing across the team.
My background in family law includes managing complex financial remedy proceedings for high net worth individuals, supervising junior fee earners on contested children matters, and contributing to business development through referral relationships with local financial advisers and accountants. I have consistently maintained a caseload of over 55 active matters while meeting billing targets and delivering timely, technically sound advice.
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Tecniche
- ›How do you approach advising a high net worth client on wealth protection during divorce proceedings?
- ›Walk me through your experience handling complex children's law matters, including any contested proceedings.
- ›How do you manage cohabitation disputes where there is no formal legal agreement in place?
- ›What drafting experience do you have in family law, and how do you ensure accuracy in complex financial remedy orders?
- ›How do you stay current with developments in family law, particularly case law affecting HNW divorces?
Comportamentali
- ›Tell me about a time you successfully developed a new referral source or contributed to business development at your current firm.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to supervise a junior colleague on a difficult family matter — how did you manage it?
- ›Give an example of a particularly complex family case you managed from instruction to resolution and what challenges you overcame.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to balance competing client demands across a large caseload — how did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a cross-referral opportunity within your firm and how you pursued it.
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Tell me about a time you successfully developed a new referral source or contributed to business development at your current firm.
Describe a situation where you had to supervise a junior colleague on a difficult family matter — how did you manage it?