Senior Solicitor

At Rathbones, we help people invest their money well, so they can live well. That means more than financial returns – it’s about helping people feel confident in their decisions and supported in their future. We don’t just manage money, we guide people through life’s big moments, helping them stay on track and focus on what matters most.

We’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, with over £109bn* in assets under management and 20+ offices across the UK and Channel Islands. We’re a FTSE 250 company with national reach and a local feel – and we’re growing.
*As of June 2025

Role Title: Senior Solicitor

Location: London

Contract: Perm

Working pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

An excellent opportunity for a dynamic senior private client solicitor to join a respected and growing private client department. This role offers the chance to work on high-quality matters within a supportive and collaborative environment, as well as playing a key role in the future commercial development and success of the department. As a senior private client solicitor you will manage a diverse caseload covering wills, estates, trusts and tax planning, providing a high standard of client care to a broad client base of high-net-worth individuals, trustees, entrepreneurs and landed estates.

What you’ll be responsible for

•  Managing private client matters: Handling wills, probate, estate administration, trusts and tax planning cases; providing clear, practical and sensitive advice to clients; assisting with complex and high-value estates and planning matters.
• Business Development: Developing new business growth and building referrer relationships with investment managers, financial planners and trust directors, while also ensuring that the quality of legal advice and service is of the highest standard.
• Applying up-to-date legal knowledge to complex matters in an efficient and commercial manner.

About you

If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply

• Qualified solicitor, who has reached senior solicitor standard
• Proven experience in private client legal work for high-net-worth clients.
• Experience of building relationships with referrers, either internal or external.
• Experience of successfully delivering a client centric service
• Strong technical knowledge of wills, probate, trusts and tax planning.
• An understanding of key client concerns, including industry/ investment knowledge, family challenges etc.
• Strong technical knowledge of wills, probate, trusts and tax planning.
• An understanding of key client concerns, including industry/ investment knowledge, family challenges etc.
• An understanding of key referrer interests and commerciality drivers.
• Desirable 

• STEP member
• Experience of working within a multi-discipline firm where cross functional awareness and profile drives internal new business.

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
• Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service
• Life assurance  - 8 x salary
• Income protection – 75 % salary
• Company share scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days
• Green Car Scheme
• Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers
• Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications
• Season travel ticket loans
• Volunteering days
• Gym discounts
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you 

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include:

• Sports & Social Committees, such as cricket, football, netball, running, yoga, quiz nights, charity bake sales and much more.
• Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Take a moment to pause (Menopause) and Armed Forces. 
• The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

We’re a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online.

If you feel there are any reasonable adjustments that would make the process easier for you and help you to perform at your best whether that is due to disability, neurodiversity or other protected characteristic, just let us know by emailing us at recruit@rathbones.com

Mission

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of.

Our values shape how we work:
- We aim high
- We get it done
- We show we care
- We do the right thing

These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.

We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out.