Head of Private Client Solicitor. c. Hybrid
Listed on 2026-01-24
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Law/Legal
Legal Counsel, Lawyer
Overview
Want to Help Lead the Future of Private Wealth at Hedges?
Ready to scale your career (and earnings) faster whilst shaping the next chapter of high-net-worth private client services? At Hedges
, we don't just protect wealth - we help our clients build lasting legacies. We're looking for a visionary Head of Private Client Solicitor to join our dynamic HNW team, delivering exceptional, personal service to some of the UK's most discerning individuals and families.
If you re passionate about combining technical excellence with a fresh, modern approach to client care, we want to hear from you.
From day one you will be:
- Empowered (everyone really does have a voice)
- Valued
- Challenged by high-quality work for HNW clients
- Set-off at the right pace
- Nurtured and developed
- Accelerated (faster career progression)
- Paid what you are worth, faster than you can in your current gig
Ready to LOVE work again? Ready to be supported by a team? Ready to 'own' part of the practice (with NO buy-in)? Ready to grow without barriers? Ready to work with an incredible eclectic mix of HNW / UHNW clients? Ready to join a hand-built invested team who win and succeed together? Ready to become a Hedgeholder
?
If you are looking for a better deal, better work-life balance and no limits we would love to talk.
Put the kettle on, grab a drink and let's have an informal 15 min chat to see where we can both take this.
About Hedges LawWe may have a 235-year heritage, but that doesn't mean we're a stale, dull and oppressive law firm like so many others. No chance.
Whilst we love and embrace our heritage and history, we’ve evolved this firm with the times to become a truly 21st century business: making it our job to innovate, excite, and ensure that when future generations look at our pictures lining the wall, not only can they see what a terrific, friendly bunch we are, BUT that we were also the 'dream team', the mavericks, the leaders in the field, the game-changers: those who kept moving Hedges forward and relevant, making it one of the most beautifully different law firms of its time.
Word on the street: "City Firm Quality exported to Oxfordshire and The Cotswolds".
We were only the fifth employee-owned law firm in the UK and you will have a share in the business' success from day one. There's no 'buy-in' and no liability with our innovative trust shareholder structure. It's really special and means the world to our employees.
The Role at a GlancePosition: Head of Private Client Solicitor
Location: Oxfordshire / Cotswolds
Salary: Up to £120,000 Base Salary DOE + Individual & Team Performance Bonus (tell us what you want to earn)
Benefits: Plus Company Profit Share & Extensive Benefits in Company EV Vehicle
Career Path: Plus career pathway to Associate Director.
Reporting To: Directors
Location notes: Within 60 mins commute from our offices in Oxford, Wallingford, Chipping Norton
Product / Service: Highly-Respected Private Client Law Practice for High Net Worth Individuals
Clients: Interesting, creative, affluent and uber-successful HNW
Culture: Inspiring working environment with people-focused culture
Structure: Limited company. Part Employee Owned (1 of only 35 such law firms in the country)
Team Size: 50 awesome Hedgeholders
Skills: Best-in-class Inheritance and succession planning advice. Drafting complex Wills. Creation and administration of Trusts. Court of Protection. Support and training. Excellent communication - a real people person. Outstanding client assistance and advisory skills. Leadership skills.
About You• Qualified Solicitor with significant Private Wealth experience with leadership experience (to help nurture & mentor junior members) or the ability to move into a leadership role
• Able to deliver high quality legal services with outstanding client care
• Extremely organised and possess great time management skills
• Warm
• Personable
• Always seeking continued learning and self-development
• Excellent IT skills and have strong desire to learn new ways of working
• Positive, optimistic, hardworking and possess a can-do attitude
• Able to embrace team working and have a keenness to help colleagues
• Professional in appearance
• STEP…
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