Contentious Probate Solicitor (Legal Director)
215301518
Competitive
Full Time
Permanent
West Midlands,
Legal
Posted 9 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
🔎 The Role
My client is seeking a Senior Contentious Probate Lawyer to lead on high-value, sensitive, and often multi-jurisdictional estate disputes. This is a key hire within a growing team, offering genuine scope for progression and autonomy.
You’ll be advising high-net-worth individuals, executors, trustees, and beneficiaries on a wide range of contentious probate matters including:
• Challenges to the validity of wills
• Inheritance Act claims
• Executor/Trustee disputes
• Claims involving undue influence or lack of capacity
• Disputes over lifetime gifts and trusts
✅ The experience and skills you will be able to offer:
• 7+ years’ PQE with a strong track record in contentious probate
• STEP/ACTAPS membership or working towards it (desirable)
• Exceptional technical knowledge and commercial acumen
• Confident handling complex litigation and client relationships
• Proven ability to mentor and lead junior team members
💡 Why Join this Law firm?
• A nationally recognised Private Client team with top-tier rankings
• Clear partnership prospects and strategic influence within the team
• A supportive and collaborative working culture
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• A commitment to your professional development
• To apply contact Penny on 0121 454 1004 or email penny.trotman@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 level 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 other characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate
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