Senior Private Client Senior Associate

This Top Tier law firm are seeking an ambitious and motivated Senior Private Client Associate to join their rapidly growing and dynamic team based in London.

This role is suited to a candidate who is looking for an exciting new challenge that will allow them to broaden their private client law experience and contribute to business development initiatives.

The Role

• You will be expected to assist Partners and other members of the team in giving lifetime and testamentary tax and estate planning advice.
• Also prepare Wills (and related testamentary documents) and all forms of trust documentation, and to work closely with the Department’s tax and trust team.
• Your work will include advice on inheritance tax and capital gains tax issues (including potential mitigation strategies) and company law.
• You should have a strong background in private client work and good knowledge of tax, trust and private client law generally.

You will be advising both resident and non-resident individuals and trustees, and their family offices, in relation to UK tax legislation affecting them and their investments, including:

• pre-immigration and emigration planning,
• trust creation and distribution strategies;
• the administration of complex multi-national estates;
• tax efficient asset structuring and testamentary planning;
• estate and tax planning associated with divorce;
• trust and tax advice associated with contentious trust and probate claims;
• Charities and philanthropy; and
• family owned businesses and family governance.
• You may be asked to embark on STEP/CTA exams.

The Individual

• The ability to be proactive and reactive in addressing clients’ affairs and requirements.
• Strong communications skills and an ability to work as part of a team, including with our trust team and other professionals within and outside this firm.
• The desire and ability to keep abreast with changes in legislation and market developments.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Kean Smith for a confidential discussion.

Our advertisements use salary and experience as a guide only. Interlink Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.

*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful.