Legal Counsel, Wills & Probate
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Maidenhead (Hybrid – 3 days on-site, 2 days from home)
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
About us:
It's inevitable that all of us are going to deal with death at some time in our lives. It’s a fundamental, tragic part of what it is to be human. But the services that should be supporting us haven’t changed in decades. From writing your will to planning a funeral or organising probate, the way we deal with death can be complicated and expensive. Instead of feeling supported, people feel lost.
But it doesn’t need to be this way. We started Farewill to make the experience warmer, brighter, and friendlier. Now we’re the UK’s top rated probate provider, and help our customers pledge over £300 million to charities through gifts left in their wills.
We’ve also joined the Dignity Group - one of the major providers of funeral services in the UK. Together, we’re on a mission to change the way the world deals with death. It’s no small task - and we’re looking for a Probate Legal Counsel to help us do it.
The role:
Ready to shape the future of legal services? Join one of Europe’s most innovative consumer legal tech companies as Legal Counsel and play a key role in delivering industry-leading Wills and Probate solutions as part of our high-performing, newly established legal team.
You’ll report directly to our Head of Legal and build a close partnership with our Wills and Probate teams. Occasionally, you will be called upon to support other areas of the legal services function.
As Legal Counsel, you will lead on the legal oversight of Farewill’s professional executorship service and probate offering, while also ensuring robust quality assurance across our Wills product.
Key Responsibilities:
Professional executorship duties
Where Farewill Trustees is appointed as professional executor under a will, you will lead on carrying out our professional duties
In collaboration with our Head of Legal, you will contribute to the commercial strategy for Trustees work, including the commercial model and partnering with charities on their executor services
Product design
Provide legal input into our Probate product quote flows, landing pages, product guides, marketing materials, call scripts and more
Quality of service
Train our Probate Sales team on topics such as estate administration, valuing estates and regulatory changes so that they are well-equipped to talk to customers about our product
Be the day-to-day point of escalation for questions/issues related to Probate from across the business
Provide quality assurance by checking wills written by our Will writing specialists for accuracy and compliance with legal requirements
Dealing with Larke v Nugus requests and other queries related to disputed wills
Work closely with our Head of Legal to continuously identify, manage, and mitigate risk across the business
What We’re Looking For:
We're seeking a qualified Solicitor (England & Wales), ideally STEP-certified, with 3–6+ years' experience in probate. A strong command of tax and trusts is essential, with additional knowledge of Northern Irish and Scottish wills being a plus. You’ll be pragmatic, commercially astute, and solutions-driven, with exceptional communication skills. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What We Offer:
Annual salary of £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience
Upto 10% Bonus Scheme
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
X2 Life Assurance
Pension Scheme
Car Allowance
Hybrid flexible working (3 days in our Maidenhead office)
Personal development and mentorship opportunities
A chance to make a meaningful contribution to people's lives and death
What are the next steps?
To be considered for this role, please submit your application via the ‘apply’ button, where a member of our Talent Team will review your application.
FCA Regulation Statement:
Please note that this role is subject to meeting regulatory requirements. As an FCA-regulated organisation, we are committed to adopting the highest standards and we do this by employing individuals with the appropriate skills, experience and integrity to protect both the company and our clients. If you are considered for a role, you will be providing your permission for us to conduct the relevant checks and assessments that will be carried out during the recruitment and onboarding process. The nature of the checks will depend on whether the role is subject to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).
Please note in accordance with our pre-employment checks, all roles will require a criminal record check and further enhanced checks may apply. Certain roles will be subject to ongoing checks in line with the Group SMCR Framework (Fit & Proper Policy). Further details will be explained to you throughout the recruitment process.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company, and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences.
We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and to take decisive, informed, and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.
Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
