Job Description

Salary

Competitive

Location

Southampton

This is a permanent

,

full time vacancy that will close in 2 months at 23:59 GMT.

The vacancy

Moore Barlow is seeking a Paralegal to join our Private Wealth Team based in our offices in Chandler's Ford.

More about us:

Formed via a merger in 2020, Moore Barlow is a leading law firm aiming to be the best law firm to work for regionally. We are a career firm, providing access to high-quality work, long-term career opportunities, and an environment built on the premise of being "human first" in everything we do. Put simply, we care as much about your career as you do.


We are featured in The Times' Best Law Firms 2025 list and consistently achieve recognition for the quality of our services in The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, including specific recognition for our work in Private Wealth.


We are now 450 people, including 280 lawyers and 58 Partners, with offices across the South-East and London.

More about our Private Wealth Team:

Led by Sonia Green (Partner), our Private Wealth Team in Southampton has received recognition in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for the quality of the service we provide to our clients.


Our team works predominantly with individuals falling into the "high-net-worth" category (which typically refers to those with personal assets totalling 5m-20m) across the full spectrum of private client matters. This will include taking instructions on the preparation of Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, lifetime and succession planning, IHT and CGT planning, estate administration, as well as the creation, administration, and winding up of trusts.

Day to day:

As a Paralegal, you will play a key role within the team by assisting qualified lawyers and other paralegals to manage their caseload in both an administrative and fee-earning capacity.


In addition, you will:

Collaborate closely with colleagues of all seniorities in the team, working towards achieving the best possible outcome for our clients and their families. Act as a point of contact and team liaison throughout the progress of the matter. Help to support clients through the complex legal processes associated with their matter, ensuring their best interests are considered at all times. Attend client meetings and prepare comprehensive attendance notes. Various administrative duties, such as making and receiving phone calls, supporting with the billing process, scheduling appointments, and file opening and closure. Taking on additional fee-earning and non-fee-earning responsibilities as required.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in this specialist area of law. You will be immersed in the broad variety of private wealth matters, building a strong foundation of knowledge and practical skills that will serve you throughout your career.


You will have the chance to work with a diverse range of high-net-worth private clients, helping you develop valuable technical and interpersonal skills, and the ability to adapt your approach to different clients' needs. Alongside this, you will be supported by highly experienced colleagues who have been practicing private client law for many years, giving you the chance to learn directly from experts while carving out your own reputation in this area of practice.


This position comes with a great opportunity for professional development; as you continue to develop your skills and understanding of this area of law, you will have the chance to build your own caseload of work, and to take ownership of more complex and technically demanding tasks.

What we look for:

Moore Barlow is human-first in everything we do, and we seek people who share this trait. You will therefore have excellent communication skills, a passion for helping clients achieve their goals and the ability to think creatively.


In addition;

We estimate that this position will appeal to an individual at the earlier stages of their career, such as a college leaver or graduate. Equally, this role would suit an existing Paralegal (with or without prior private wealth experience) who is looking to take that next step in their professional development. You will be confident in communicating and developing relationships with a wide range of individuals, ensuring you live up to our human-first ethos at all times. A number of your clients will be going through a difficult time in their lives, such as a bereavement, so you will need to possess empathy and the ability to adapt your approach accordingly. You will be confident in building relationships within and outside of your immediate team and able to work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.


If you have the required skills and experience and are keen to advance your career as part of our specialist Private Wealth team, then we strongly encourage you to apply.


If you would like to learn more about this opportunity before applying, please contact Brandon Duchesne, Talent Acquisition Manager, for an informal conversation - brandon.duchesne@moorebarlow.com.

Who we are

We are Moore Barlow, a top regional career law firm with a simple mission - to make a difference.



We support our clients and the communities we help through providing outstanding legal services with empathy and expertise. A full service law firm, we support these core client groups: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal/Catastrophic Injury & Medical Negligence.



We are passionate about making a difference to our people, their careers and care deeply about their experience at work. Moore Barlow aims to be recognised as the best career law firm to work for. This means that we care as much about your career as you do. So whether you join us early in your career, in one of our outstanding business support functions or are continuing an already rich career in law, you'll find Moore Barlow a great place to further build your experience.



With numerous top-tier rankings in law, exceptional quality of work and named a Times Top 100 best law firm to work for, we have big plans. We are seeking passionate, human-focused individuals like you as we continue to grow. With over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers, Moore Barlow offers substantial opportunity for further advancement and personal development.

What we can offer

Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive and we look for likeminded individuals who recognise that it's this individuality that allows us to be truly different to other firms. Everything we do is underpinned by the Moore Barlow Way, which is a set of values and principles to ensure consistency of experience no matter which team you work within.


As a true career firm, we seek to reward the great work our people undertake with continued personal development opportunities. We have big plans for growth, and we see that this creates extensive opportunity for our people as we move towards our long-term ambitions.


In most of our roles, we are also open to supporting hybrid, flexible working and different work patterns. What you do outside of work is as important as your time inside of work - and we want to strike the right balance for both the individual and the firm.


We also offer great benefits including 28 days' annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, firmwide bonus scheme and a generous pension scheme.


If you're seeking to join a firm that seeks to provide a personal and highly engaging place to work - we are confident that you'll find this at Moore Barlow.

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