Clarke Willmott

About Clarke Willmott

Supporting our Southampton based Family Partner, Sarah Wood-Heath, this is an opportunity for you to build on your legal experience by providing proactive assistance. You will work on a varied caseload, handling high quality family law matters to include divorce, financial and children matters for their clients; our particular expertise is with professional clients, high net worth individuals, those with business interests and those in the sports and agricultural sectors. In addition you will assist with cases involving surrogacy, parenting and fertility law. You will be involved with all stages of the case, taking part in client meetings and liaising with clients, counsel, the court and third parties on a regular basis, both over the telephone and face to face. You will be assisting with casework and case file management, drafting legal documents (with supervision), preparing bundles for trial, assisting with the billing process and conducting legal research on occasion as requested. Although this role is primarily a fee-earning role, there may also be some administrative aspects to the role in providing high quality and pro-active support if required. Our national Family team operates from Bristol, Southampton, Birmingham, Manchester and Taunton, providing a full range of services, primarily to high net worth private clients. It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures. About you You will be a law or GDL graduate with a strong level of academic achievement, a genuine passion for family law and a keen interest in pursuing a career in this area. Ideally you will have also completed the LPC. You will have a basic knowledge of family law, attained through your legal studies and/or recent work experience. You should be proactive and flexible in working both individually and as part of a team, with minimal supervision, and be able to prioritise a number of different projects effectively. Communication will be one of your strong points, both written and oral, and you will be enthusiastic about delivering excellent quality service to our clients. We expect you to be able to use your initiative, and be a forward-planner, anticipating our clients’ needs in advance wherever possible.

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Company Type: Private

Company Size: 51 - 250

Revenue: 25 - 50 million (USD)

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