Private Client Associate

Osborne Clarke

  • Barbican, City of London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 3 hours ago
Role profileWe are looking for an Associate to join our Private Client team in either Bristol or London.Working alongside three highly experienced Partners, you will have access to high quality work advising international families and the leaders of the national and international businesses that form our key client base. In addition, you will play an important role in developing our practice through focused business development activities.You will be joining a successful firm with a collegiate and supportive culture, which makes it a rewarding place to work.The practiceOur thriving private client practice acts for High-Net-Worth/Ultra-High-Net-Worth clients across the full spectrum of private wealth issues, including:
  • UK tax and estate planning: We advise on the establishment of lifetime trusts, particularly using business assets, tax efficient Wills, family investment companies, as well as on charity matters. For our entrepreneurial clients, we advise on a wide range of succession issues, as well as tax efficient business exits.
  • International clients: We regularly advise clients on moving to the UK, including on how to structure their affairs to manage the resulting UK tax exposure. We also help them with cross-border estate planning and the establishment of offshore trusts/asset holding structures
  • Trust and estate administration: We advise trustees in the UK and offshore on a range of trust law matters. We also act in the administration of high-value UK trusts and estates.
We have an impressive client base of entrepreneurs and international families. In keeping with Osborne Clarke’s reputation for acting for some of the UK’s leading businesses and global corporates, we are regularly called on to assist the owners/CEOs of those businesses with their tax structuring and estate planning.In addition, we have established a reputation as a ‘go-to’ firm for US related private client matters. Our US offices in Silicon Valley and New York enable us to tap into a significant client base in those regions, particularly those in the technology sector.Our private client team also has in-depth knowledge of the establishment and management of charities, which is a growing area within the practice.We act closely with Osborne Clarke’s immigration, corporate, private equity and property teams, enabling us to advise our clients on all aspects of settling and investing in the UK. Our private client team forms part of the firm's Tax Group, giving it the expertise to advise on all forms of UK taxation.Find more about our Private Client practice using this link:The teamStuart Janaway, Andrew Goodman and Patrick Wooddisse each have over 20 years’ experience in the Private Client market, and have a reputation for excellence in both expertise and service. Stuart and Andrew are based in London and Patrick, who joined this year, in Bristol. Please use the link below to find out more about them:In addition to our dedicated UK private client team, we can also call on private client and tax expertise throughout our European office network, enabling us to advise on international as well as domestic tax issues.Technical skills and experienceYou will have demonstrable technical expertise commensurate with your level of qualification, coupled with experience of both UK and offshore private client work. You will be able to advise on estate planning, personal tax issues and trusts in a UK and international context for high net worth individuals.Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are ideally looking to appoint an Associate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience, including CILEX qualified lawyers and paralegals with relevant experience.Your career developmentLike all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:
  • clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress
  • high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure
  • thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues
  • robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you
  • reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure
Salary and benefitsWe offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.Our recruitment processWe welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on angharad.jenkins@osborneclarke.comPlease note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.About UsOsborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of support this.*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm

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