[Hiring] Solicitor-Private Client Advisory @IM LLP

Role Description

We're looking for a talented individual to join our Private Client team in Brighton, Gatwick or Chichester, working alongside Naomi Neville, Head of Lifetime and Estate Planning on the South Coast and National Market Lead for Business Wealth. You'll be joining a highly respected team, ranked in both Legal 500 and Chambers High Net Worth, delivering exceptional client service across the region.

• Join a busy and engaged team with a strong pipeline of high-quality work.
• Step straight into a varied and rewarding caseload from day one.
• Advise high-net-worth individuals and families on all aspects of estate, tax, and succession planning.
• Collaborate across multiple offices as part of a strong national practice.
• Benefit from significant support across the firm to help you further develop your practice.
• Play a key role in the expansion of our private client offering in the South.

Qualifications

• Strong experience advising on complex and high-value matters, including wills, lifetime trusts, deeds of variation, powers of attorney, and estate administration.
• Ideally STEP qualified or working towards qualification.
• Skilled in lifetime IHT planning and taxation of trusts and estates.
• Strong financial discipline and ability to collaborate with other teams and external professionals.
• Enthusiastic about business development and building strong client and referrer relationships.
• A team player with a passion for growth and innovation.

Benefits

• 25 days' holiday as standard, rising to 28 days depending on role level, plus bank holidays and the option to purchase additional leave.
• Opportunities to share in our success through annual pay and bonus review processes for eligible colleagues.
• Health and wellbeing support, including Westfield Health and Digital GP access.
• Competitive pension arrangements to help you plan for the future.
• Two paid volunteering days every year to support causes that matter to you.
• Access to a range of colleague discounts and lifestyle benefits to support you both inside and outside of work.
• Wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace.

Company Description

Irwin Mitchell is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

• Commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity, and tackling climate change.
• Recognized in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work guide in 2026, the only law firm included in the 'Very Big' organization category.