Family Solicitor

Family Solicitor | Winchester | 5+ PQE

This isn't just another senior family role. You'll work alongside an experienced Partner and Head of Department in a thriving Winchester office, running your own caseload with genuine autonomy while helping shape the department's direction and growing the firm's presence across Hampshire.

An award-winning firm with a strong regional footprint is looking for a confident, entrepreneurial Family Solicitor or Legal Executive ready to take ownership, raise their profile, and lay the groundwork for future leadership.

The Opportunity

You'll have genuine autonomy with senior-level support and strategic influence:

• Work directly with an experienced Partner and Head of Department
• Run a well-established, high-quality, privately funded caseload independently
• Help shape the department's direction and growth strategy
• Build local referral relationships and raise your profile across the Hampshire market
• Backed by a collaborative wider team across the firm's offices

The work is varied and sophisticated:

• Divorce and financial settlements
• Private children law matters
• Pre/post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements
• Advocacy (if preferred)
• Mediation (desirable but not essential)

This is your chance to build something meaningful with proper mentorship and backing, not just maintain someone else's client list.

You

• Solicitor or Legal Executive with 5+ PQE in family law
• Experienced running your own caseload independently
• Business-savvy with a track record of attracting or retaining clients
• Confident networking and building local referral relationships
• Commercially astute yet genuinely client-focused
• Ideally embedded in or with strong ties to the Winchester/Hampshire market

Why This Works

This is a well-known practice recognised for quality, integrity, and innovation. They retain their people, many partners started as trainees. The culture is supportive and down-to-earth with genuine work-life balance, not performative flexibility.

What you get:

• Work alongside an experienced Head of Department who'll develop you
• Highly engaged leadership with an open-door ethos
• Strong investment in development and career progression
• Modern offices, tech-forward approach, welcoming team
• Real autonomy with strategic support

This is more than a job. It's a leadership platform within a firm that will back your ambition and give you the space to grow something meaningful.

Apply now for immediate consideration.