Solicitor - Private Client (High Net Worth & International Tax)

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

Our award winning High Net Worth and International private client team in London advises on high-value international and domestic and tax, trust and estate matters. We have a loyal and well established client base of HNW and UHNW individuals, families, family offices and fiduciary providers.

The team specialises in two areas. The first is complex international tax planning, succession planning and asset structuring, for which they are highly regarded and in respect of which they have forged strong links in the international finance centres. The second is their tax and business wealth offering to entrepreneurs, business owners, owner-managed businesses and wealth creators of all types in the UK and abroad.

About You

We are looking for ambitious private client lawyers with demonstratable experience in tax planning for high and ultra high net worth clients, family offices and trustees. Cross-border experience is highly desirable however, we would also be interested in applications from those with onshore-focused tax experience.

We believe the role would best suit a Solicitor with around 3 years’ plus PQE however we are open to applications from those outside of this if you feel you can add value to the role.

Relevant experience and skills:

• Drafting wills and trust documents for effective asset protection and succession planning;
• Advising on UK tax issues for high and ultra high net worth clients and their family offices;
• Advising trustees and beneficiaries on tax and legal matters;
• Acting as a point of contact for clients and foreign counsel;
• A confident communicator who can explain complex issues in a clear, client-friendly way;
• A proactive mindset, with commercial awareness and the ability to work with senior members of the team and help with caseload;
• Interest in participating in business development activities internally and externally.

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them;

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive our application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.