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About the Role

Buckles Law is seeking an experienced Private Client Associate to join their high-performing and innovative team in London. This role involves delivering legal solutions, attracting new business, and maintaining client relationships, with some travel and out-of-hours work required for business development, meetings, and training.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Partners in the department.
• Acting as an integral part of the Private Client team, delivering on agreed cases, sourcing new opportunities, and supporting the team's profile.
• Proactively attracting work according to the needs of the Department and the firm, in line with the team’s Business Development strategy.
• Providing legal advice in relation to IHT planning (including UHNW and HNW clients with some experience with multi-jurisdictional assets), Care Home Fee planning, Wills and LPAs, and Estate Administration.
• Delivering individual targets (fees, chargeable hours, BD etc.) with minimal supervision.
• Ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and building appropriate and lasting relationships with clients and referrers.
• Adhering to agreed standards, quality procedures, and management systems, including maintaining neat and proper files to meet ISO standards and complying with financial procedures and accounts rules.
• Delegating and cross-referring work effectively to appropriate personnel.
• Continually developing technical and non-technical skills to meet client and firm requirements and demonstrating continuous improvement.
• Undertaking and delivering work in a commercially effective manner.
• Generating, nurturing, and maintaining a network of multipliers to support the London PC Partner with strategic growth and actively participating in the BD strategy for the office.
• Assisting with the professional development and growth of junior colleagues.

Requirements

• Relevant Professional Qualifications.
• Minimum of 4 years PQE.
• Strong legal skills and knowledge in a Private Client setting.
• Responsible for a broad and varied caseload including Wills, Care Home Fees, IHT planning, trusts, LPAs and Estate Administration.
• Sound knowledge of all private and elderly client matters.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proactive and passionate about career.
• Proven results in supporting Business Development across a team or firm.
• Excellent, innovative, and effective business development skills and enthusiasm.
• Working knowledge of case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• A strong team player with a motivational hands-on approach.
• Uses initiative, plans and organises own time and workload to meet deadlines and prioritises work.
• A measured and rational approach to problem-solving.
• Deals confidently and diplomatically with clients and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrates integrity and congruence when dealing with people.
• Excellent business development skills.
• Delivering a quality service.
• Achieve commercial outcomes.
• Deliver at pace.
• Collaborating and partnering.
• Building capability.
• Changing and improving.
• Making effective decisions.
• Some travel and out of hours working will be required for business development, meetings and training purposes.

Skills

• IHT planning
• Care Home Fee planning
• Wills
• LPAs
• Estate Administration
• Business Development
• Client Relationship Management
• Legal Advice
• Case Management Systems
• Microsoft Office Applications
• Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Planning and Organisation
• Diplomacy
• Integrity

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of 4 years PQE

Education Level

• Relevant Professional Qualifications

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave + all UK Bank Holidays.
• An additional day for your birthday each year (or closest working day to your birthday).
• Additional annual leave on Christmas Eve (1 full day) and New Years Eve (half day PM) if these days fall on a contracted working day.
• Private healthcare options for you – via AXA– funded by Buckles.
• Free healthcare cash back plans for you and your family – funded by Buckles.
• Enhanced pension – 5% matched contribution by Buckles.
• Ability to buy additional holiday – up to 3 days per year.
• Group Life Assurance – 4 x your annual salary.

About the Company

• Buckles Law is an award-winning firm that provides world-class client experience and services on a comprehensive range of legal services to both businesses and individuals in the UK and internationally.
• Delivering effective and cost-efficient legal solutions from our offices based in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Nottingham, Peterborough, and Stamford with international presence in Paris and Milan.
• We recognise that all this is possible due to our team of highly dedicated, enthusiastic professionals across our locations.
• We pride ourselves on providing a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.
• Buckles holds the LawNet Mark of Excellence, is Investor in People Gold accredited, and is a certified B Corporation, reflecting its commitment to excellence, people and responsible business practices.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity and disability-inclusive employer and value diversity across the firm.
• We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or parental or caring status.
• Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process.
• If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email careers@buckles-law.co.uk and add the job title in the subject line of the email.