Head of Family Solicitor – £120K + Employee Shares

We are looking for a capable Head of Family Solicitor who will lead our Family Team and drive the practice forward.

About the role

As Head of Family Team, you’ll find your expertise valued, your growth encouraged, and your career thriving without sacrificing what matters most. We understand the challenges faced by practitioners and have redesigned the traditional model to give ownership to those who deliver care. At Hedges Law, every case, every client, and every decision is powered by people who are personally invested in long‑term success.

From day one you will be:

• A share of the business (with NO buy‑in)
• Empowered (everyone really does have a voice)
• 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

Your skills

Best‑in‑class Family‑Law advice. Professional support to the team members and delivering legal services to our high net worth clients. The legal role will involve advising on all family related matters, including divorce and separation, children disputes, financial remedy claims, pre‑and post‑nuptial settlements, domestic violence, cohabitation matters, ToLATA claims, domestic violence, surrogacy and adoption, etc.

Responsibilities and expectations

Lead the family law practice, manage a team of solicitors, deliver high‑quality legal services with outstanding client care, ensure efficient billing and financial management, participate in marketing and business growth activities, and contribute to the firm’s culture and ownership model.

About you

• Qualified Solicitor with significant legal experience and a high level of proven competency in the family law field. Specifically, experience in the high net worth financial remedy claims and contested proceedings is essential.
• A solid billing history & clean claims record
• 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
• Ability to contribute to marketing and business growth

Benefits & culture

• People‑focused culture that empowers you to LOVE work
• Best‑in‑class tech (Actionstep) to make your life easier
• Career growth without barriers
• An incredible eclectic mix of interesting, creative, affluent and uber‑successful HNW clients
• Hand‑built invested team who win and succeed together
• City‑quality legal work set against the backdrop of Oxfordshire & the Cotswolds
• 25/28 days annual leave plus statutory holidays dependent on position
• Company pension
• Salary Sacrifice
• Paperless Technology: to make your life easier
• Coaching and Personal Development
• High Pedigree Team

Employment details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Legal Services

Equal opportunity employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

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