Permanent

Private Client Lawyer

eNL
South Yorkshire, S64 8EX
money-bag £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 03 August 2026 (3 days ago)
Closing date: 02 September 2026
Ref: 60563016

About the Role

A Private Client Lawyer is sought by a specialist law firm in South Yorkshire, offering a permanent position with a salary between £30,000 and £55,000 per annum, dependent on experience. This role requires a qualified solicitor or legal executive with at least two years’ post-qualification experience. You will manage a varied caseload covering wills, probate applications, estate administration, lasting powers of attorney, and inheritance tax planning. Working within a dedicated team, the position involves advising clients on comprehensive estate planning matters. The firm provides genuine scope for career progression. This is a full-time role suited to a lawyer with sound technical knowledge and strong client care abilities.

Private Client Lawyer / 2+ PQE / South Yorkshire / c£55,000 DOE / An excellent opportunity for a Wills & Probate Lawyer to join a specialist law firm offering a varied private client caseload and genuine career development – To apply please call Teagan on 0113 320 0575 and quote Job Ref: 4888
JOB TITLE: Private Client Lawyer                  
PQE REQUIRED: 2+     
LOCATION: South Yorkshire                 
SALARY: Up to £55,000 (DOE)                     
THE ROLE:
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Wills and Probate Lawyer to join the private client team of a well established specialist law firm based. You will manage a varied caseload of private client matters, advising clients on wills, probate applications, estate administration, lasting powers of attorney, inheritance tax planning and wider estate planning matters. Working closely with clients to provide clear, practical and sensitive advice, you will deliver an exceptional standard of client care whilst managing matters from instruction through to completion. This role offers genuine responsibility within a supportive and collaborative environment, with both full time and part time applications welcomed.
THE CANDIDATE:
Applications are sought from Solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives and experienced Private Client Fee Earners with experience handling wills, probate and estate administration matters. You will be confident managing your own caseload and possess excellent communication, organisational and client care skills. Experience advising on lasting powers of attorney, inheritance tax and estate planning matters would be advantageous. The successful candidate will be proactive, professional and committed to delivering a high standard of service while contributing to the continued success of the private client department.
THE FIRM:
This opportunity is with a well established specialist law firm recognised for delivering high quality legal advice and exceptional client care. The firm offers a supportive and collaborative working environment where individuals are encouraged to develop their skills and build long term careers. With a competitive salary, workplace pension, death in service benefit, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and additional annual leave linked to length of service, this is an excellent opportunity to join a respected private client team within a growing practice.
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Teagan Portas at eNL on 0113 320 0575 / 0161 850 0745 or email teagan.portas@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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