Private Client Lawyer
ENL Legal · West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Private Client Lawyer at ENL Legal, based in West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, paying £50,000 per annum. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Salary
- £50,000 per annum
- Location
- West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire · Hybrid
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 2 days ago
- Closes
- 18 Sep 2026
- Sector
- Solicitor
27% below the typical rate for solicitor
Reference 215305032
About the role
JOB TITLE: Private Client Lawyer
PQE: 1+
LOCATION: West Yorkshire
SALARY: Up to £50,000 (DOE)
THE ROLE:
This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Probate Specialist to join a well established and highly regarded Private Client department located in West Yorkshire. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across a varied portfolio of high value and complex estates, providing expert advice and tailored support to individuals, families, executors, trustees and professional advisers. Key responsibilities will include handling all aspects of estate administration, including probate applications, inheritance tax, estate accounts and distributions, with exposure to matters involving trusts, business and agricultural assets, investments and overseas property. You will also have the opportunity to work on more complex and contentious estates, while developing strong client and professional relationships and contributing to the continued growth of the private client team.
THE CANDIDATE:
Applications are welcomed from talented and ambitious probate and estate administration professionals who can demonstrate significant experience of handling high net worth and complex estates. The successful candidate will be either a qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive who possesses a strong technical knowledge of inheritance tax, trusts and estate administration alongside an ability to manage sensitive matters in a calm, empathetic and discreet manner. You will be well organised, commercially minded and proactive, possess an excellent understanding of probate practice and procedure and be able to work confidently and autonomously while simultaneously delivering a high standard of service.
THE FIRM:
Join an award winning, forward thinking law firm offering to the successful candidate a competitive salary coupled with an attractive benefits package. This includes flexible and hybrid working opportunities, pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements, mentoring to support career progression, pension schemes and a highly rewarding bonus scheme.
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Teagan at eNL on [phone removed] or email [email removed] 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 within 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.
Reference: 215305032 · Posted 2 days ago · Closes 18 Sep 2026 · Listed via ENL Legal
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