Senior Associate Private Client Solicitor

Our client is a Legal 500 firm, and they have an opportunity for a Senior Associate to join its Private Client & Tax Group. 

This opportunity combines professional growth with the chance to work alongside a team recognized for its excellence in the private client market. The Private Capital Group is a rapidly expanding area of the firm, recognized for its strong reputation in the private client market (Band 2 Chambers & Partners HNW 2023). 

Clients include wealthy individuals, family offices, trustees, financial institutions, and both established businesses and start-ups. Many clients are connected to the technology, finance, entertainment, media, and sports sectors, with a client base spanning the UK and international markets, particularly the Middle East and the US.

This team forms a key part of the firm’s broader Private Capital Group initiative, delivering a comprehensive range of services to a diverse and engaging client base.
The firm is seeking a qualified associate with 4-6 years of PQE, admitted in England & Wales. Candidates should have excellent academic credentials, high-quality training, and experience from a firm with a strong private client practice.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

•    Strong technical expertise and commercial judgment.
•    The ability to work independently while knowing when to seek guidance.
•    Enthusiasm, confidence, sociability, and self-motivation, paired with practical common sense.

The role encompasses a wide range of complex and stimulating work, including:

•    Drafting wills and advising on succession planning, including the creation and maintenance of wealth planning structures such as onshore and offshore trusts, foundations, family investment companies, and partnerships.
•    Advising on inheritance tax issues, including reliefs, exemptions, double tax treaties, and planning exercises.
•    Offering guidance on cross-border succession planning, including conflict of law issues and collaboration with foreign counsel to develop global strategies.
•    Advising on residency, domicile, income tax, and capital gains tax principles, including the remittance basis of taxation and associated reliefs.
•    Providing advice to trustees and beneficiaries on rights, responsibilities, and trust restructuring projects.
•    Addressing legal issues related to the loss of mental capacity, including the preparation and registration of lasting powers of attorney.
•    Advising individuals and trustees on philanthropic and impact investment initiatives, as well as charitable law matters.
•    Guiding clients on reporting obligations, transparency measures, and anti-corruption initiatives.
•    Advising on tax issues related to UK residential property holding structures, including income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, and corporate tax.
•    Addressing a range of other tax and private client issues as they arise.

The successful Private Client Associate can expect an excellent range of benefits that include hybrid working arrangements, above average annual leave that rises with service, Group private medical insurance, Group income protection and life assurance, pension scheme with employer contributions, complimentary lunch facilities, and much more. 

If you’re a Private Client Solicitor or Associate looking for that next step in your career and you’d be interested in an informal discussion, please call Justine on 0161 914 7357 or forward your most recent CV to j.forshaw@clayton-legal.co.uk