Wills,Trust and Estates Solicitor

Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a full-service law firm based in Reading at the centre of the UK's Thames Valley, providing pragmatic, solutions focused advice across both business and personal matters.

We are consistently recognised for the quality of our work, ranked as a Top Tier Firm by Legal 500 and a Top Ranked Law Firm by Chambers & Partners. We hold the Lexcel accreditation for excellence in legal practice management and client care, which we have maintained since 2001.

We have 25 consecutive years of Investors in People accreditation, this achievement places FSP among a select group of organisations recognised for a long term, consistent commitment to making work better. In 2021, we were awarded the Investors in People Gold Standard, an accolade held at the time by only 17% of accredited organisations (including just 14 law firms nationwide).

In April 2026, FSP joined Lawfront - a group of leading regional law firms dedicated to delivering comprehensive legal support to individuals and businesses nationwide. Our mission is to unite exceptional legal practices across the country in a single, supportive platform that drives accelerated growth, fosters innovation and builds long term value for all stakeholders. We're committed to ambitious growth and aspire to be a top 10 regional legal services business in the UK.

Our Wills, Trusts and Estates team is looking to appoint a solicitor with between 2-4 years PQE as part of its continued progression.

Your day to day caseload will involve working on the full range of non contentious matters, including the preparation and drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, as well as handling estate administration work (including advice relating to inheritance tax and the preparation of IHT accounts) for a wide range of private clients.

As part of the role, you will receive extensive supervision and training to develop your knowledge and experience in a successful private client department. You will be responsible for your own clients and caseload and are expected to participate in team and firm wide business development activities.

You will be joining a busy team dealing with a wide range of matters and will work in a friendly, professional department. Our Band One recognised Chambers and Legal 500 team continues to grow, providing an exciting opportunity to develop your career within an expanding, busy team with high quality work. You will work with colleagues on large cases whilst benefitting from supervision and support from the widely experienced team, and will also collaborate with colleagues within the contentious and non contentious teams and take part in business development opportunities.