Associate, Wealth & Succession

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented Associate or Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Wealth and Succession team with our Private Client department.

We excel in advising UK and international high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, entrepreneurs and senior executives, addressing their complex estate planning, tax and succession needs. Clients include entrepreneurs, business owners, artists, authors, musicians, members of foreign royalty, and sport professionals in the UK and overseas.

We benefit from the firm's wider private wealth offering that includes family, immigration, reputation management, business crime, residential property and cultural property. Our Wealth and Succession team is comprised of 2 main areas of focus; Tax, Trusts and Estate Planning and Administration of Estates.

We are known for our focus on delivering straightforward advice and solutions that resolve problems and creating the circumstances for a smooth and tax efficient transition of wealth between generations. This often involves preparing complex wills and creating trusts or corporate structures. We also regularly deal with estates containing business assets or containing assets in overseas jurisdictions, where we co-ordinate with lawyers and professionals in those jurisdictions to ensure the administration of the estate is a seamless and streamlined experience for the client.

Main responsibilities

The role will involve:

• Advising on succession planning and structuring for UK and international high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families
• Wills, trusts and estate planning for UK and international clients;
• The planning of a broad range of estates from the straightforward to complex estates with international aspects
• Trust administration;
• Responsibility for participating in business development and client relationship management activities.
• Supervising and mentoring more junior members of the team including Trainees, Paralegals, Solicitors

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• Significant experience in domestic and international estate planning, including advising UK and international clients ;
• A good level of tax knowledge necessary for wealth and succession planning; including trusts and other structures for tax efficient solutions
• The ability to mentor and supervise less experienced members of the team;
• Strong intellectual and analytical abilities;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to drive and develop long-standing client relationships
• Good commercial understanding and ability to apply legal principles to client circumstances in a commercially aware manner;
• Excellent business development and client management skills;
• Strong legal skills, including proficiency in research and the ability to digest and explain complex legal and factual points in a language that clients understand.
• An organised and accurate approach to work.

At Howard Kennedy we believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

We understand that every candidate’s needs are different If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable— whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you.

Contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any support you might need.

Agency Introductions

Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.