Partner - Family Law

📍 Shropshire | Hybrid & Flexible Working Available
⏰ Full Time | Permanent
💷 Competitive Salary + Benefits

The Opportunity

A highly regarded regional law firm is seeking an experienced Family Partner to join its established and successful Family Law team.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior family lawyer to take a leading role within a collaborative and ambitious practice. Working with high-net-worth individuals, business owners, farming families and professionals, you will advise on a broad range of complex and high-value family matters while helping shape the future direction of the team.

The role offers autonomy, high-quality work, strong referral networks, and the opportunity to play a key role in business development, client relationship management and mentoring the next generation of legal talent.

The Role

You will advise clients on a wide variety of family law matters, including:

• Divorce and separation
• Complex financial remedy proceedings
• High-net-worth and high-asset cases
• Children matters, including relocation disputes
• Cohabitation and relationship disputes
• Agricultural and rural family matters
• Wealth protection and family succession-related issues

Alongside your caseload, you will:

• Manage a portfolio of high-value clients and matters
• Develop and strengthen professional referrer relationships
• Support the strategic growth of the Family department
• Supervise, mentor and develop junior lawyers
• Contribute to business development and networking initiatives
• Act as a trusted adviser to clients through often complex and sensitive matters

Why This Role?

High-Quality Work

You'll work on complex and often nationally significant family law matters involving substantial assets, business interests, trusts, farming assets and multi-generational wealth.

Leadership Opportunity

This position offers genuine influence within a respected team, providing the opportunity to shape strategy, mentor colleagues and contribute to the firm's continued success.

Established Platform

Join a firm with a strong market presence, loyal client base and established referral network, providing an excellent platform to further grow your practice.

Sustainable Working Culture

The firm places significant emphasis on maintaining a healthy work-life balance, recognising that exceptional client service is best delivered within a supportive and sustainable working environment.

About You

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced Family Solicitor with significant post-qualification experience
• Have a strong track record advising high-net-worth individuals and families
• Be confident handling complex financial remedy and children matters
• Have experience developing and maintaining referrer relationships
• Demonstrate strong leadership, mentoring and team development skills
• Possess excellent commercial awareness and business development capability
• Be a skilled communicator with exceptional client care skills
• Show sound judgement, empathy and strong technical expertise

Applications are welcomed from established Partners, Legal Directors, Senior Associates or Principal Associates seeking the next step in their career.

What's on Offer?

✅ Competitive salary and benefits package

✅ Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

✅ High-quality, high-value work

✅ Genuine leadership and progression opportunities

✅ Strong referral and client network

✅ Supportive and collaborative culture

✅ Opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the team

✅ Long-term career platform within a respected regional practice

Apply Now

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious family lawyer seeking a senior leadership role within a well-established and growing practice.

📩 For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, get in touch today.

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