Consultant Solicitor / Legal Consultant – Fee Share
Lawrence Kurt Solicitors – Birmingham / Remote / Hybrid
Self-Employed Consultant | Fee-Sharing Arrangement
Lawrence Kurt Solicitors is expanding its consultant team and is looking for experienced legal professionals who have their own cases, client following, referral network or established source of work.
We are currently seeking consultants with substantial experience in at least one of the following practice areas:
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law
- Family Law
- Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Conveyancing
Applicants do not need experience in all of the above areas. However, you must be experienced and capable of independently handling matters in at least one of these practice areas.
The Opportunity
This is a self-employed consultancy position on a fee-sharing basis.
The opportunity is aimed at experienced solicitors, licensed conveyancers or suitably qualified legal professionals who already have their own clients, cases, introducers, referral network or reliable source of new instructions.
You will be able to develop and manage your own practice while operating through an established solicitors' firm and benefiting from the firm's infrastructure, compliance framework and professional support.
Key Responsibilities
Depending on your area of expertise, you will be responsible for:
- Bringing in and developing your own clients and matters.
- Managing your own caseload from initial instruction through to conclusion.
- Providing high-quality legal advice within your specialist area.
- Conducting matters independently and competently.
- Maintaining regular and professional communication with clients.
- Managing court, tribunal, transaction and other relevant deadlines.
- Ensuring files are maintained in accordance with firm policies and regulatory requirements.
- Progressing matters efficiently and managing billing.
- Building relationships with clients, introducers and referral sources.
- Generating repeat business and developing your own practice.
Essential Requirements
Applicants must:
- Have substantial practical experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law
- Family Law
- Civil Litigation
- Conveyancing
- Be capable of independently managing matters within their specialist area.
- Have their own existing cases, client following, referral network or proven source of work.
- Have excellent client-care and communication skills.
- Be commercially minded and motivated to grow their own caseload.
- Have strong organisational and file-management skills.
- Be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Maintain high professional and regulatory standards.
Please note: this role is specifically intended for experienced practitioners who can introduce their own work. The firm is not offering a ready-made caseload.
What We Offer
- Attractive fee-sharing arrangement.
- Opportunity to retain a significant proportion of the fees you generate.
- Flexibility to manage your own caseload and working arrangements.
- Remote, hybrid and office-based working options, depending on the nature of the work.
- Access to an established law firm's infrastructure.
- Compliance and administrative support.
- Established Birmingham presence and professional brand.
- Freedom to develop your own client base and referral network.
- Opportunity to grow your own practice without the cost and regulatory burden of establishing your own solicitors' firm.
- Potential for a long-term consultancy relationship.
Who This Role Would Suit
This opportunity may particularly suit:
- Solicitors already working on a fee-share or consultancy basis who are considering moving firms.
- Experienced solicitors looking for greater flexibility and control over their earnings.
- Practitioners with an established client following.
- Lawyers with strong introducer or referral relationships.
- Solicitors wishing to move away from traditional salaried employment.
- Experienced lawyers who want to grow their own practice under the umbrella of an established law firm.
Remuneration
Self-employed consultant position – fee-share basis.
The fee-sharing percentage and arrangements will be discussed with suitable candidates and may depend on:
- Experience;
- Area of expertise;
- Existing caseload;
- Anticipated level of work introduced;
- Expected fee income; and
- Level of support required from the firm.
How to Apply
Please send your CV together with a brief summary confirming:
- Your main area of legal expertise;
- Your level of experience;
- The types of cases or transactions you currently handle;
- Whether you have your own existing caseload or client following;
- How you currently generate or expect to generate work; and
- Your approximate anticipated annual fee income.
Please send applications directly to:
[email protected]
All enquiries and applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Job Type: Self-employed / Consultant
Location: Birmingham / Remote / Hybrid
Remuneration: Fee-share arrangement
Pay: £28,057.84-£84,202.45 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham
