Private Client Senior Associate (5+ PQE) - London Firm, International Reach

An opportunity to work with exceptional clients on matters that shape their wealth, families and legacies.

A London Firm with International Reach is looking to welcome a talented Private Client Senior Associate to its London team, offering the opportunity to advise high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, families and family offices on some of the most significant financial and personal decisions of their lives. From protecting family wealth and structuring succession plans to navigating complex international arrangements, the work extends far beyond traditional private client services. Clients look to the team for clear thinking, sound judgement and advice that considers the bigger picture, bringing together their personal ambitions, business interests and long-term plans.

With a relationship-led approach and a strong network of expertise across the firm, this is an opportunity to work on sophisticated matters, develop lasting client relationships and play a meaningful role in helping individuals and families secure their futures.

The successful candidate will become an integral part of a specialist team, working closely with a diverse client base whose affairs often involve complex family structures, significant wealth and international interests.

Responsibilities will include:

• Advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, entrepreneurs and family offices on complex private client matters.
• Developing tailored estate and succession planning strategies to preserve and transfer wealth across generations.
• Advising on the management, protection and structuring of personal and family wealth, taking account of wider commercial and financial interests.
• Supporting business owners and entrepreneurs with succession planning, helping them navigate the transition of wealth and business interests.
• Advising trustees, personal representatives and families on estate administration and related responsibilities.
• Working with internationally connected clients on matters involving cross-border considerations and complex personal arrangements.
• Building trusted relationships with clients and their wider professional advisers, delivering a discreet, responsive and highly personalised service.
• Collaborating with colleagues across complementary practice areas to provide joined-up advice on matters that extend beyond a single legal specialism.
• Supporting the development of junior colleagues and contributing to the continued success of the private client practice.

What Makes This Opportunity Different?

• Work that goes beyond the traditional. The team advises clients whose personal, family and business interests often intersect, creating opportunities to work on sophisticated matters that require more than technical legal knowledge alone.
• Clients who value your judgement. Build relationships with individuals, families and business owners who need a trusted adviser to help them navigate important decisions, protect what they have built and plan for the future.
• A genuinely collaborative environment. Work alongside specialists across the firm, drawing on a breadth of expertise to deliver thoughtful, commercially aware solutions to complex client challenges.
• Space to develop your practice. Take ownership of challenging work, strengthen existing relationships and contribute to the continued development of the team, with support for your ongoing professional growth.

About You

• An established Private Client Solicitor with strong technical expertise and experience handling complex private client matters.
• Experienced in advising high-net-worth individuals, families, trustees and business owners.
• Confident advising on estate planning, succession and wealth preservation, with an appreciation of the wider considerations affecting clients and their families.
• Comfortable managing sensitive matters with discretion, empathy and sound commercial judgement.
• A natural relationship-builder who enjoys working closely with clients and their professional advisers.
• Collaborative, commercially minded and keen to contribute to a team that values individual expertise and shared success.

Joining this London Firm with International Reach offers the chance to build a career around high-quality work, meaningful client relationships and complex matters with real personal and commercial significance. The firm places genuine importance on its people, providing an environment where individual perspectives are valued, specialist expertise is encouraged and ambitious lawyers have the opportunity to develop their careers alongside talented colleagues.

For a Private Client Senior Associate seeking more than a conventional next move, this is an opportunity to work at the intersection of wealth, business and family, helping clients protect their interests today while shaping what comes next.