Private Client Senior Associate - Highly Regarded London Firm

Overview

Hunters Legal is working with a Highly Regarded Firm to recruit a talented and driven Senior Associate to join its leading Private Client & Tax team. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic law firm known for advising a diverse and high-profile client base across creative, entrepreneurial, and institutional sectors.

About the Firm

This Highly Regarded Firm is a dynamic and multifaceted law firm providing a broad range of legal services to a creative, entrepreneurial, and internationally connected client base.

The firm acts for clients ranging from cutting-edge start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs through to global corporations, established industry leaders, household names, private individuals, and family offices. It is widely recognised for its sector expertise, which is combined with strength across all traditional practice areas, enabling the delivery of tailored, commercially focused solutions that add real value to clients.

The firm fosters a collegiate, vibrant, and supportive working environment, offering a clear path for career progression and a strong platform for professional development. It seeks high-performing, committed, and innovative individuals who are motivated to excel and who thrive in an environment that encourages ambition and excellence.

A strong emphasis is placed on learning and development, with ongoing investment in training programmes throughout the year, alongside support for individual growth and involvement in broader areas of professional expertise. The firm is committed to empowering its people to reach their full potential and believes its people are central to its continued success.

Private Client & Tax Group

The Firm’s Private Client & Tax Group is an integral part of its wider Private Capital offering. The team delivers a comprehensive range of services to a diverse and engaging client base.

Clients include high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trustees, financial institutions, established businesses, and start-ups. Many clients have connections to the technology, finance, entertainment, media, and sports sectors. The team also has significant experience working with international clients, including those linked to the Middle East and the United States.

The group is recognised for providing sophisticated, cross-border advice and for working closely with colleagues across the firm to deliver integrated, strategic solutions.

The Role

The firm is seeking to recruit a talented and driven Senior Associate to join its Private Client & Tax Group. The ideal candidate will have a strong academic background, high-quality training, and preferably experience gained within a respected private client practice.

This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value, and intellectually challenging matters for a prestigious and diverse client base, within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

The successful candidate will be involved in a broad and varied workload, including both domestic and cross-border matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting wills and advising on succession planning.
• Establishing and maintaining wealth planning structures, including onshore and offshore trusts, foundations, family investment companies, and partnerships.
• Advising on inheritance tax, including reliefs, exemptions, double tax treaties, and strategic planning.
• Providing cross-border succession planning advice, including conflict of law issues and coordination with foreign counsel.
• Advising on tax residency and domicile matters, as well as income tax and capital gains tax issues, including the remittance basis, split-year treatment, overseas workday relief, and related personal tax considerations.
• Advising trustees and beneficiaries on rights and responsibilities, including trust restructuring projects.
• Advising on matters involving mental capacity, including preparation and registration of lasting powers of attorney.
• Advising on philanthropic structures, charitable giving, and impact investing, including charitable law issues.
• Assisting trustees and individuals with compliance matters, including reporting obligations, transparency requirements, and anti-corruption regulations.
• Advising on the establishment, management, and unwinding of UK residential property holding structures, including income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporate tax, ATED, and SDLT considerations.
• Providing general private client and tax advice as required.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be:

• Technically proficient, with strong legal knowledge and excellent commercial judgement.
• A strong problem solver with the ability to navigate complex legal and tax issues.
• Independent and proactive, capable of managing a busy workload with minimal supervision while recognising when to seek guidance.
• Personable, motivated, and confident in client-facing situations.
• Demonstrative of initiative, enthusiasm, and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality client service.

What the Firm Offers

• A collaborative and supportive working environment.
• High-quality, complex work with a prestigious client base.
• Clear opportunities for career progression and professional development.
• Ongoing training and investment in individual growth.
• Exposure to cross-border, high-value private client and tax matters.