Stone King LLP

Senior Associate Solicitor

Stone King LLP

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Leeds • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage a complex individual caseload with minimal supervision, ensuring high-quality service delivery at all stages.
  • Supervise, mentor, and support junior team members, offering technical guidance and contributing to their professional development.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships, attending client meetings in-office or off-site as required, and ensuring a responsive and client-focused approach.
  • Collaborate effectively within the immediate team and across the wider firm.
  • Communicate clearly and professionally, both internally with colleagues and externally with clients, stakeholders, and other professionals.
  • Take responsibility for your own continuing professional development, staying up to date with legal and regulatory changes within criminal law.
  • Play an active role in team meetings, including contributing to strategic discussions, case reviews, and knowledge sharing.
  • Lead or support business development and marketing initiatives, including event preparation, networking, and client engagement activities to help grow the team’s presence and reputation.

Requirements

  • An experienced Solicitor or Barrister with relevant criminal and/or regulatory experience.
  • Must be able to travel to client meetings and hearings on a regular basis.
  • The ability to advocate at all hearings in a Magistrates Court and appropriate Crown Court hearings.
  • Confident in representing suspects in the police station or other PACE interviews.
  • Higher Rights of Audience is essential.
  • Strong drafting, file management and client building skills.
  • Experience in supervising others and contributing to others development.
  • Proven experience in driving business development and marketing initiatives, with a willingness to take a leading role in planning and execution.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with team members and clients (both oral and written communication).
  • Possess strong organisation skills, technologically proficient and capable of working on their own and within a team.
  • This role requires travel to other office locations and off-site venues in response to client needs, including attendance at courts, police stations, and prisons nationwide. Due to the nature of the work, there may be occasional requirements to work outside standard office hours, including evenings or weekends, depending on client demands. As such, the ability to travel is essential to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Profit Share Scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Benefit Platform
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life assurance (4 x salary)
  • Pension scheme
  • 31 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
  • Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
criminal lawregulatory experienceadvocacyHigher Rights of Audiencedraftingfile managementbusiness developmentmarketing initiativesclient engagementPACE interviews
Soft skills
supervisionmentoringclient relationship managementcommunicationorganizational skillsteam collaborationstrategic discussion contributionprofessional developmentresponsivenessindependence