Private Client Lawyer (PQE 3+), Glasgow

Location
Glasgow

Application Deadline
Thursday, June 4, 2026

Job Summary

Are you an experienced Private Client Solicitor looking to take your career to the next level? Do you have a passion for providing bespoke legal advice to high-net-worth individuals and families? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

Our Private Client team is part of our wider personal legal services offering. We support individuals, often when they are experiencing a major or stressful period in their lives, helping them to achieve the best outcome whether that is buying or selling a home, adding to their family, going through a divorce or personal injury claim, or protecting family and personal assets.

We advise in all areas of family and matrimonial law, our Modern Families team advising clients on adding to their families, Trusts, Wills, IHT, CGT, executries, estate planning, LBTT, Powers of Attorney, HNWI, residential property matters, agriculture + estates and personal injury + reparation.

About the role

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Private Client Solicitor with at least 3+ PQE to join one of the largest private client teams in the country, based in our Glasgow office.

In this role, you will have a varied caseload and will deal with all aspects of Wills, trusts, estate planning (to include IHT and CGT planning), executries, and supporting adults with incapacity matters. In particular, the successful candidate will have existing experience of each of the following:

• Advising on inheritance tax and estate planning, including agricultural and business property reliefs.
• Drafting trusts and complex Will provisions to meet clients'bespoke needs.
• Managing executry and trust administrations, including for taxable complex estates.
• Delivering proactive and detailed advice to clients particularly in relation to tax planning.

About you

To excel in this role, you will:

• Have the STEP Diploma (preferred).
• Draft and review documents with meticulous attention to detail.
• Have strong technical expertise in Wills, trusts, and complex estate administration.
• Have a good understanding of the taxation of trusts.
• Have a commercial mindset and confidence in collaborating with third parties and with colleagues across the firm to deliver a comprehensive client service.

Let your ambitions grow with ours

At Harper Macleod, ambition is what drives us forward. We are a firm that cares about doing great work and making a real impact for our clients and for each other.

We believe in progress, not standing still. That means sharing ideas, supporting growth and creating opportunities for everyone to shine. If you want to work somewhere that values curiosity and collaboration, you'll feel right at home here.

Our story so far includes recognition as Scotland's Firm of the Year 2025, ESG Firm of the Year 2024 and a place in the Legal 500's Green Guide two years running. But we're not done yet. The best is still to come.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, active colleague engagement, wellbeing, sustainability&CSR programmes and the opportunity to develop your career.

If you're ready to shape the future with us, we would love to hear from you.

To apply please send a CV and current salary details to Rona Cargill, HR Director

Harper Macleod LLP is committed to promoting equal opportunities and developing a diverse workforce.