- Join a Legal 500 Tier 1 Private Client team handling complex, high-value Private Wealth matters
- Enjoy hybrid and agile working, with genuine flexibility and manageable team-based targets
- Benefit from tailored career progression, with opportunities to reach Partner level without rigid timescales
Are you an experienced Private Client Solicitor with strong tax and trusts expertise, looking for high-quality work and the freedom to shape your own career?
This established, employee-owned boutique law firm is seeking a Private Client Senior Associate / Associate Partnerto join its Warwickshire team, with convenient motorway links to Birmingham and the surrounding areas.
You’ll advise high-net-worth clients on sophisticated Private Wealth matters, working alongside experienced Partners and dedicated tax and trust specialists.
This is an opportunity to join a technically excellent team without the pressures often associated with larger firms. You’ll handle complex matters while benefiting from realistic expectations, genuine team-based targets and a collaborative approach.
The firm takes a refreshingly individual approach to career development. Whether you want to become a recognised technical specialist, mentor junior colleagues or progress towards Partnership, you’ll be supported in building a career that suits your strengths and ambitions.
As an employee-owned practice, the firm is committed to protecting its supportive, non-hierarchical culture. Partners work closely alongside fee earners, and progression is based on contribution rather than fixed timescales or restrictive promotion structures.
Who we’re looking for
- Experienced Private Client Solicitor with strong technical expertise (E)
- Solid experience of trusts and private client tax matters (E)
- Understanding of inheritance tax, lifetime gifting and estate planning (E)
- Working knowledge of capital gains tax and income tax considerations (E)
- Experience advising high-net-worth clients (E)
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to consider the wider picture (E)
- Excellent client care, communication and relationship-building skills (E)
- Collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to the wider firm (E)
- Enthusiasm for developing technical expertise (E)
- Ideally 5+ years' PQE (D)
- Experience within a reputable Private Client practice (D)
- STEP or CTA qualification, or willingness to work towards one (D)
- Experience mentoring junior colleagues (D)
What you’ll be doing
- Advising high-net-worth clients on Private Wealth matters
- Handling complex trusts and tax planning work
- Advising on inheritance tax and lifetime gifting
- Supporting succession and estate planning strategies
- Considering CGT and income tax implications
- Working alongside specialist tax and trust colleagues
- Managing sophisticated client relationships
- Delivering exceptional client care
- Contributing to shared team targets
- Developing a technical specialism if desired
- Mentoring junior colleagues where appropriate
- Supporting the wider firm's collaborative culture
Salary & Benefits
- £80,000–£90,000, depending on experience
- Annual discretionary bonus, with a strong history of meaningful annual payouts, although not guaranteed
- Hybrid working – 2 days from home per week
- Additional agile working flexibility, including adaptable start and finish times
- 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays at Senior Associate level, with increased entitlement on promotion
- Employee-owned, independent law firm
- Genuine team-based targets rather than individual billing pressures
- High-quality, complex Private Wealth work
- Supportive, non-hierarchical working environment
- Tailored personal development plans
- No fixed timescales or caps on progression
- Potential to progress from Senior Associate towards Partner level within approximately 3 years, depending on performance
- Support for STEP and CTA qualifications
- Study leave for exams and professional development
- Opportunity to develop a specialist practice or pursue leadership
- Strong staff retention and collaborative culture
This is an excellent opportunity for a Private Client Senior Associate or Associate Partner seeking exceptional work, genuine flexibility and a career path shaped around their individual ambitions.
If you’re looking for a technically strong team where progression is based on merit and you’re supported to develop at your own pace, we’d love to hear from you.
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