We are always looking for talented people to join us. If you are enthusiastic, pragmatic and want to join our friendly team to achieve your full potential, and help others achieve theirs, we would love to hear from you.

Our Wills, Trusts and Estates team is further expanding and as part of our growth, we are looking to appoint a newly qualified solicitor to the team.

Your day-to-day caseload will involve working on the full range of non-contentious matters including the preparation and drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, as well as handling estate administration work (including advice relating to inheritance tax and the preparation of IHT accounts) for a wide range of private clients.

As part of the role, you will receive extensive supervision and training to develop your knowledge and experience in a successful private client department. In addition, you will be responsible for your own clients and caseload as well as being expected to be involved in team, and firmwide, business development activities.

You will be joining a busy team dealing with a wide range of matters and will be working in a friendly, professional department. Our Band One recognised Chambers and Legal 500 team continues to grow and there is now an exciting opportunity for you to develop your career to join an expanding, busy team with high quality work in this area. You will work with colleagues on large cases whilst benefitting from supervision and support from the widely experienced team. You’ll also work together with other colleagues within the contentious and non-contentious teams and take part in business develop opportunities.

If this role is something you are interested in, please apply with a detailed CV.

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Working for FSP

We have fantastic people at Field Seymour Parkes, from our receptionists to our partners, and we know that every single one of them is key to our success.

We have a track record in developing people and their careers, with success being rewarded regardless of length of service or background. Our Family FSP ethos ensures that there are opportunities for all and we encourage engagement, participation and responsibility at all levels.

In the same way that we build lasting relationships to support our clients through their personal and business lives, we aim to do the same for our employees. Our offices in the heart of Reading are a great place to work, but we also understand that our people have lives outside of their job and we offer enhanced family-friendly benefits, a core hours policy and opportunities for remote working.  We also offer life assurance, income protection and an employee assistance program to all employees.

If you are enthusiastic, pragmatic and want to join our friendly team to achieve your full potential, and help others achieve theirs, we would love to hear from you.

Employee benefits

  • You’ll start FSP with 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year in your first 5 years up to a maximum of 30 days
  • A core working hours policy meaning you can flex your day start and end times
  • Hybrid working
  • Eligibility to join our annual performance related discretionary bonus scheme
  • Enhanced enrolment to our company pension scheme
  • Enhanced family leave policies such as maternity and paternity leave
  • Professional subscription fees covered
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Virtual GP 24/7 service
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Recruitment bonus scheme
  • Training opportunities
  • Season ticket loans
  • Mental wellbeing support from fully qualified counsellors or clinically trained psychotherapists
  • Digital gym for live and on-demand fitness classes and physical wellbeing pathways, including pre-created workout programmes
  • Self-guided mindfulness and meditation programmes of clinician led, self-guided mindfulness and meditation exercises
  • Nutritional wellbeing pathways including recipes and calorie descriptors for every recipe
  • Mental health eLearning via clinician-led content on mental health, depression, anxiety, sleep, financial wellbeing, parenting and more
  • Shopping discounts including access to a wide range of shopping offers and discounts