Divorce Lawyer

Divorce Lawyer

Bristol

Salary up to 60,000 DOE

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded national law firm with the recruitment of an experienced Divorce and Finance Lawyer to join its well-established Family Department in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior family law specialist to manage a high-quality caseload of divorce and financial remedy matters, while playing a key role in business development, supervision and the continued growth of the team.

As a Divorce and Finance Lawyer, you will be joining a supportive, forward-thinking family law team with strong career prospects and the opportunity to work on a broad range of privately funded family matters, including divorce, financial settlements, pre-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.

This is what you will be doing

As a Divorce Lawyer, your duties and responsibilities will include:-

• Managing your own caseload of divorce and financial remedy matters from instruction through to conclusion.
• Advising clients on pre-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and related family law issues.
• Undertaking your own advocacy where appropriate.
• Supporting business development, networking and marketing activity to help generate new work.
• Assisting with the training, supervision and development of junior case handlers within the Family Department.

The experience you will bring to the team

You will bring the following experience to the Family Department:-

• You will be a qualified Solicitor, FCILEx authorised litigator or equivalent with a minimum of 8 years' PQE or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience running your own caseload of divorce and finance matters within a family law environment.
• Advocacy experience and the confidence to deal with urgent, complex and time-sensitive work.
• Previous supervision experience and the ability to support the development of junior colleagues.
• A positive, commercial and client-focused approach, with the ability to bring in your own work.
• Resolution Accreditation would be beneficial, although this is not essential.

This is what you will get in return

• Salary up to 60,000 dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working from the Bristol office, with a combination of home and office working.
• Excellent annual leave and welfare benefits.
• Health cash plan and gym/lifestyle benefits.
• Work-life balance initiatives, including dress for your day.
• People-focused recognition and referral schemes.
• Genuine development opportunities and clear career prospects.

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're a Divorce and Finance Lawyer ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch to find out more. All enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence by Yolk Recruitment. If you are looking to pursue the next step in your career with a highly regarded law firm, we encourage you to apply by contacting Oliver Coodye on (phone number removed) or alternatively send your CV Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work. Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.