Private Family Associate Solicitor

Overview

Private Family Associate role handling high-net-worth and complex matters. Legal 500 team with up to 3 days working from home. Strong salary, flexibility, and long-term progression in a close-knit team. This is an excellent opportunity for a Private Family Solicitor to join a well-regarded Legal 500 family team in Lancashire, at a point of positive change and growth.

The team is rebalancing after internal restructuring, creating space for a strong associate to take on high-quality work from day one. You'll be trusted to handle complex, high-net-worth divorce, financial remedy and private children matters, while benefiting from flexibility that's rare in city-centre firms.

With partners generating a steady flow of work, this is a role where you can focus on fee earning, development and client care, in a genuinely supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Running your own caseload of:
  • Divorce
  • Financial remedy
  • Private children matters
• Working with high-value and complex family law clients
• Delivering excellent client care with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach
• Supporting the growth of the Wigan team as it continues to build out
• Getting involved in light BD and networking (partners lead on work generation)

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' PQE in private family law
• Strong experience in divorce, financial remedy and private children work
• Comfortable handling complex and high-net-worth matters
• Experience working as an associate-level fee earner
• Someone who fits a down-to-earth, no-ego, team-first culture
• Willingness to be involved in some networking and relationship-building (Desired)

Salary & Benefits

• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office, 3 from home
• Flexible working hours, log off earlier or later when it suits
• Private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and wellbeing support)
• Pension (4% employer contribution)
• Life insurance
• Two firmwide social events per year, including internal staff awards
• Ongoing training, development and clear progression opportunities

Contact

Mel Samson

Mel specialises in family law roles across the North West and Lancashire and can talk you through how this opportunity compares to other Legal 500 associate roles - particularly around flexibility, culture and workload quality.